Another gem from Peter Kurilecz's RAIN postings, probably already known to
those more involved in local studies. If you want to skip the history
lesson, you can go straight to the English Heritage's developing site
http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/
Richard Leonard
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Subject: RAIN 01/09: Historians, Digital MDs, H20 archives and the
Domesday Book
Chicago Tribune 01/08/01
Web awaits modern Domesday book
England seeks to photograph all historic sites
http://www.chicago.tribune.com/version1/article/0,1575,SAV-0101080135,00.htm
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by Ray Moseley
Tribune Foreign Correspondent
LONDON As any resident or visitor knows, England's range of historic places
and buildings seems limitless. But there are, to be exact, 360,000 of them,
ranging from Roman ruins to castles to churches to stately homes. Even the
distinctive English red public telephone booth qualifies.
More than 550 photographers have set out to take pictures of every one of
these heritage sites for what will become the Web's equivalent of the
Domesday Book compiled under William the Conqueror in 1086.
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