A New Domesday Assessment for Corby and Braintree

The Domesday Book completed in 1086 was a survey of all of the wealth in England. It was undertaken by order of William I in order to find out how much each property holder had in land and livestock. This would facilitate the taking of taxes.

Great British Cuisine

Britain has something of a reputation amongst its continental cousins, for producing a particularly bland selection of native cuisine; famous for its fish and chips and flavourless, starchy dumplings, it is no wonder that the British Isles are so often the butt of Europeans’ culinary criticisms.