The Domesday Book was written in 1086 by William the Conquerer. It was the first ever national census. Every town or village in England was listed along with its contents - buildings , people and animals.
The article below was written in 1986 about life in Sir Robert Hitcham's School.
'A day at school is quite busy and we learn lots of new things.First we hang up our coats and bags and go out
In 1986 there was no internet!
To mark the 25th anniversary of the BBC have put the information collected (in 1986) on to a new webbsite - called Domeday Reloaded.
Click on Domeday reloaded to go to the new BBC website - where you can see this article and 20 others about Framlingham - all written in 1986.. It is interesting to see how Framlingham ha changed over the years.
The picture above is of the original Domesday Book. Below is an extract from one of the pages.
The Framlingham entry in the Domesday book refers to Roger Bigod as sheriff of Suffolk and landowner.
1986 was the 900th anniverary of the Domesday Book. A national event took place to commerate the 900th anniversary. It was called the Domeday Project.
The article below was written in 1986 about life in Sir Robert Hitcham's School.
'A day at school is quite busy and we learn lots of new things.First we hang up our coats and bags and go out
to play.At 9.00am someone blows a whistle and we go into our classroom for the register.We read a book until Assembly at 9.10am.On Mondays the effort cup and swimming certificates are given out and birthdays are mentioned.After Assembly we do Maths until snack playtime comes at 10.40am. At 11.00am we have English and on Fridays we have Spelling and Music.Soon it's dinner time when some people have a cooked meal and others have a packed lunch.After dinner it's Art and Craft or Topic.At 2.10pm we have last play. Last lesson is Games,Physical Education, History or Science.We may have a story before we say our prayers and go home at 3:30pm. I am 9 years old, I am in Class 3.'
This was written by a child in year 3 in 1986 when Mr Gilder was Headteacher.
Can you notice any similarities or differences with life at Sir Robert Hitcham's today?
To mark the 25th anniversary of the BBC have put the information collected (in 1986) on to a new webbsite - called Domeday Reloaded.
Click on Domeday reloaded to go to the new BBC website - where you can see this article and 20 others about Framlingham - all written in 1986.. It is interesting to see how Framlingham ha changed over the years.
