The Land and People of Britain: A Domesday Record, 1986

This paper provides an overview of the environmental and population data which are stored in a spatially detailed form on the Domesday discs. The differing characteristics of the data are stressed and the implications of these for subsequent use are examined. Particular stress is laid upon the organization and results of a survey of land use and land cover and of various enterprises and activities, carried out by 14 000 schools and other organizations. The vexed question of data copyright is described.