IF you pop along to the Museum of Somerset in Taunton today you'll be able to get a feel for what it was like in the county almost 1,000 years ago.
A document written back in 1086 charting the goings on in Somerset and the rest of the South West is on display to the public there until April 1.
Exon Domesday is part of a vast survey of England ordered by William the Conqueror.
It has been preserved for centuries in Exeter Cathedral.
Its 532 parchment pages give a remarkable picture of the landscape and people of the region at the time the Normans were taking control.
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