The United Kingdom's oldest public record, the 920-year-old census known as the Domesday Book, has been put on the internet in English for the first time.

The Domesday Book details the lands and resources that belonged to King William the Conqueror in 1086, proving an indispensible record of the wealth of England and what daily life was like at the time.

With an English translation of the book's Latin inscriptions online, visitors will now be able to search a place name, see the index entry made for the town, city or village and for fee of about six dollars download the appropriate page.

"Everyone can now enter The National Archives' website, discover how and why Domesday was made and read about its enormous importance in history," said Adrian Ailes, Domesday expert at the National Archives.

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NATIONAL ARCHIVES DOMESDAY LINK