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Excerpt from Domesday Studies, Vol. 1: Being the Papers Read at the Meetings of the Domesday Commemoration 1886
The occurrence of the Eight Hundredth Anniversary of the Completion of Domesday Survey of 1086 was the subject of discussion in the press, and it having been brought before the Council of the Royal Historical Society, it was considered desirable to take measures for its commemoration.
In effecting this it was hoped that some benefit might accrue to the encouragement of historical studies, without un duly promoting popular manifestations. At the same time, if the national history is to become a vital subject with us, then it is necessary that those incidents which affect the population or localities should on suitable occasions receive notice.
There can be no doubt that the announcement of the pro posed celebration did in numerous cases recall attention to the nature of the Domesday record, and to its wide relation to so many thousands of townships and villages throughout the length and breadth of the land. This was one purpose of the Council, because the members considered the documents in question were of singular interest, constituting a most re markable national monument, and relating to an epoch for the description of which the materials are in other respects scanty and obscure.
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