Editing Domesday Book (section)

==Subsequent history==
[[File:Domesday chest.jpg|thumb|The Domesday Chest, the German-style iron-bound chest of {{circa|1500}} in which Domesday Book was kept in the 17th and 18th centuries]]

===Custodial history===
Domesday Book was preserved from the late 11th to the beginning of the 13th centuries in the royal [[HM Treasury|Treasury]] at Winchester (the Norman kings' capital). It was often referred to as the "Book" or "Roll" of Winchester.<ref name="Hallam 1986, pp. 34–5"/> When the Treasury moved to the [[Palace of Westminster]], probably under [[John, King of England|King John]], the book went with it.

The two volumes (Great Domesday and Little Domesday) remained in Westminster, save for temporary releases, until the 19th century. They were held originally in various offices of the [[Exchequer]]: the Chapel of the Pyx of [[Westminster Abbey]]; the Treasury of Receipts; and the Tally Court.<ref>Hallam 1986, p. 55.</ref> However, on several occasions they were taken around the country with the Chancellor of the Exchequer: to [[York]] and [[Lincoln, England|Lincoln]] in 1300, to York in 1303 and 1319, to [[Hertford]] in the 1580s or 1590s, and to [[Nonsuch Palace]], Surrey, in 1666 for a time after the [[Great Fire of London]].<ref>Hallam 1986, pp. 55–56.</ref>

From the 1740s onwards, they were held, with other Exchequer records, in the [[Westminster Abbey#Chapter house and Pyx Chamber|chapter house of Westminster Abbey]].<ref>Hallam 1986, pp. 133–34.</ref> In 1859, they were transferred to the new [[Public Record Office]], London.<ref>Hallam 1986, pp. 150–52.</ref> They are now held at [[The National Archives (United Kingdom)|the National Archives]] at Kew. The chest in which they were stowed in the 17th and 18th centuries is also at Kew.

In modern times, the books have been removed from the London area only rarely. In 1861–1863, they were sent to [[Southampton]] for [[Photozincography of Domesday Book|photozincographic reproduction]].<ref>Hallam 1986, pp. 155–56.</ref> In 1918–19, prompted by the threat of [[German strategic bombing during World War I|German bombing]] during the [[First World War]], they were evacuated (with other Public Record Office documents) to [[Bodmin Jail|Bodmin Prison]], Cornwall. Likewise, in 1939–1945, during the [[Second World War]], they were evacuated to [[HM Prison Shepton Mallet|Shepton Mallet Prison]] in [[Somerset]].<ref>Hallam 1986, pp. 167–69.</ref><ref>{{cite book |first=John D. |last=Cantwell |title=The Public Record Office, 1838–1958 |publisher=HMSO |place=London |year=1991 |isbn=0114402248 |pages=379, 428–30 }}</ref>

===Binding===
The volumes have been rebound on several occasions. Little Domesday was rebound in 1320, its older oak boards being re-used. At a later date (probably in the [[Tudor period]]) both volumes were given new covers. They were rebound twice in the 19th century, in 1819 and 1869 – on the second occasion, by the binder [[Robert Riviere]] and his assistant, James Kew. In the 20th century, they were rebound in 1952, when their physical makeup was examined in greater detail; and yet again in 1986, for the survey's ninth centenary. On this last occasion Great Domesday was divided into two physical volumes, and Little Domesday into three volumes.<ref>Hallam 1986, pp. 29, 150–51, 157–61, 170–72.</ref><ref>{{cite book |first=Helen |last=Forde |title=Domesday Preserved |publisher=Public Record Office |place=London |year=1986 |isbn=0-11-440203-5 }}</ref>

===Publication===
{{Main article|Publication of Domesday Book}}

[[File:Domesday Croydon Cheam.jpg|thumb|upright=1.32|right|Entries for [[Croydon]] and [[Cheam]], Surrey, in the 1783 printed edition of Domesday Book]]
The project to publish Domesday was begun by the government in 1773, and the book appeared in two volumes in 1783, set in "[[record type]]" to produce a partial-[[facsimile]] of the manuscript. In 1811, a volume of indexes was added. In 1816, a supplementary volume, separately indexed, was published containing
# The ''[[Exon Domesday]]''&nbsp;– for the south-western counties
# The ''[[Ely Inquiry|Inquisitio Eliensis]]''
# The ''[[Winton Domesday|Liber Winton]]''&nbsp;– surveys of Winchester late in the 12th century.
# The ''[[Boldon Book|Boldon Buke (Book)]]''&nbsp;– a survey of the bishopric of Durham a century later than Domesday

[[Photozincography of Domesday Book|Photographic facsimiles]] of Domesday Book, for each county separately, were published in 1861–1863, also by the government. Today, Domesday Book is available in numerous editions, usually separated by county and available with other [[English local history|local history]] resources.

In 1986, the [[BBC]] released the ''[[BBC Domesday Project]],'' the results of a project to create a survey to mark the 900th anniversary of the original Domesday Book. In August 2006, the contents of Domesday went online, with an English translation of the book's Latin. Visitors to the website are able to look up a place name and see the index entry made for the manor, town, city or village. They can also, for a fee, download the relevant page.

===Continuing legal use===
In the [[England in the Middle Ages|Middle Ages]], the Book's evidence was frequently invoked in the law courts.<ref>Hallam 1986, pp. 50–55, 64–73.</ref> In 1960, it was among citations for a real manor which helps to evidence legal use rights on and anchorage into [[the Crown]]'s foreshore;<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/census/2011/how-our-census-works/about-censuses/census-history/early-census-taking-in-england-and-wales/index.html|archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20160105160709/http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/census/2011/how-our-census-works/about-censuses/census-history/early-census-taking-in-england-and-wales/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2016-01-05|title=Early census-taking in England and Wales |website=Office for National Statistics |access-date=10 January 2017}}</ref><ref>''Iveagh v Martin [and another]'' [1961] 1 Q.B. 232; [1960] 3 WLR 210; [1960] 2 All ER 668; 1 Lloyd's Rep. 692 QDB (1960)</ref> in 2010, as to proving a manor, adding weight of years to sporting rights (deer and foxhunting);<ref>''Mellestrom v Badgworthy Land Company'' (adverse possession over continued common) [2010] EWLandRA 2008_1498 (21 July 2010) https://www.bailii.org/cgi-bin/format.cgi?doc=/ew/cases/EWLandRA/2010/2008_1498.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624192357/https://www.bailii.org/cgi-bin/format.cgi?doc=/ew/cases/EWLandRA/2010/2008_1498.html |date=24 June 2021 }}</ref> and a market in 2019.<ref>''Harvey, R (on the application of) v Leighton Linslade Town Council'' [2019] EWHC 760 (Admin) (15 February 2019)
URL: http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Admin/2019/760.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326023642/http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Admin/2019/760.html |date=26 March 2023 }}</ref>