Pertinax Posted August 4, 2006 Report Share Posted August 4, 2006 The "Nation's finest Treasure" or if you are a Saxon , a gross invasion of privacy by hated Norman overlords : http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/arti...in_page_id=1770 can now be referenced online. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WotWotius Posted August 4, 2006 Report Share Posted August 4, 2006 According to the National Archives, the book was voted the "nation's finest treasure" last year. But research commissioned to celebrate the online launch showed nearly 2 per cent think the Domesday Book is a novel by Dan Brown, and 13 per cent believe it is a chapter in the Bible. ...you gotta love the general public! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longbow Posted August 4, 2006 Report Share Posted August 4, 2006 (edited) One person thought Tony Blair wrote it! I did a search of my home town and its not listed,the closest town is Normanlay (Normanebi) in Yorkshire.I guess the people of Normanebi didnt fight against the Norman invaders,it sounds like a Norman settlement(traitors ). Longbow Edited August 4, 2006 by longbow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primus Pilus Posted August 4, 2006 Report Share Posted August 4, 2006 Perhaps trivial, but its so intriguing to see one's surname (or at least the origin of) in existence for a millenium. Heaton in the Domesday Book Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pertinax Posted August 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2006 Perhaps trivial, but its so intriguing to see one's surname (or at least the origin of) in existence for a millenium. Heaton in the Domesday Book A true Yorkshire name ! You are a Brigantine! The settlement of veterans (Ribchester ) was going strong : http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/search/....x=0&go.y=0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primus Pilus Posted August 4, 2006 Report Share Posted August 4, 2006 A true Yorkshire name ! You are a Brigantine! But I'm a Saxon! Now if I could only figure out which branch sallied forth to the new world I could lay my rightful claim to the family crest, coat of arms and of course hereditary lands. Alas. If all else fails, I could just get a boat, assemble a clan of naturally violent fellows and retake said lands in the historical tradition of my migrating ancestors! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pertinax Posted August 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2006 A true Yorkshire name ! You are a Brigantine! But I'm a Saxon! Now if I could only figure out which branch sallied forth to the new world I could lay my rightful claim to the family crest, coat of arms and of course hereditary lands. Alas. If all else fails, I could just get a boat, assemble a clan of naturally violent fellows and retake said lands in the historical tradition of my migrating ancestors! Slaughter, rapine , plunder, pillage (burning of sacred places) etc etc all the traditional folkways! our homely customs are all lost. You may have to gruesomely murder any surviving male heirs to your fiefdom and enslave their womenfolk, do you feel lucky? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primus Pilus Posted August 4, 2006 Report Share Posted August 4, 2006 Slaughter, rapine , plunder, pillage (burning of sacred places) etc etc all the traditional folkways! our homely customs are all lost. You may have to gruesomely murder any surviving male heirs to your fiefdom and enslave their womenfolk, do you feel lucky? Unfortunately, chances of success while avoiding detection by the UK military is probably a bit slim. However, we will have the advantage of surprise on our side. Of course feel free to forewarn any friends in the Bolton area of our impending arrival (while maintaining the afore mentioned pivotal element of surprise of course). To ease any concern regarding wider implications to the local population, we will probably limit the takeover to the Hanging Heaton area, simply because it is so aptly named for such an expedition. Now if anyone is familiar with cross Atlantic voyages via the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway on small wooden boats, you will be richly rewarded with sheep and metallic icons of some yet to be determined nature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaius Octavius Posted August 4, 2006 Report Share Posted August 4, 2006 Hanging Heaton. How informing. Do any of your deceased ancestors have an "S.P.C." on their tombstones? I take it that Ribchester was the ancestral home of Adam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docoflove1974 Posted August 4, 2006 Report Share Posted August 4, 2006 I take it that Ribchester was the ancestral home of Adam. Egads...that was bad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pertinax Posted August 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2006 I take it that Ribchester was the ancestral home of Adam. Egads...that was bad Judge for yourself! http://www.unrv.com/forum/index.php?act=mo...d=si&img=74 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaius Octavius Posted August 4, 2006 Report Share Posted August 4, 2006 I take it that Ribchester was the ancestral home of Adam. Egads...that was bad Judge for yourself! http://www.unrv.com/forum/index.php?act=mo...d=si&img=74 DoLl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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