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The Domesday Project, published by the BBC, captured 23,225 photos of the United Kingdom, in 1986, read more here. The whole of the UK - including the Channel Islands and Isle of Man - was divided into 23,000 4x3km areas called Domesday Squares or "D-Blocks".

This page shows the images Geograph has for each D-Block. Can enter a Grid-Reference above, to jump to the corresponding D-Block, and optionally filter the images by keyword.

• View D-Block GB-388000-342000 on Domesday Reloaded (Photos in 1986 and 2011)
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SJ8844 88 images Stoke shed by Roger Cornfoot	SJ8944 51 images Oldfield Business Park, Fenton by Mike Shields	SJ9044 5 images Fenton Park Methodist Church by Steven Birks	SJ9144 9 images Longley Road, Sandford Hill by Phil Eptlett
SJ8843 96 images The Britannia Stadium, Stoke by Andrew Smith	SJ8943 27 images Glebe Hill View by Mike Shields	SJ9043 84 images Railway Arches, Longton by Steven Birks	SJ9143 220 images Gladstone Pottery Museum by Val Vannet
SJ8842 45 images New Warehousing by John Allan	SJ8942 2 images Longton Hall Lodge by Steven Birks	SJ9042 28 images Longton Park by Phil Eptlett	SJ9142 48 images Sutherland Institute, Longton by Phil Eptlett

Example written accounts from this D-block

• Built on the site of the former Hem Heath colliery. Stoke City's Britannia Stadium is visible behind. on New Warehousing by John Allan
• On Longton Hall Road, this lodge is the only remains of Longton Hall. On the 1898 OS map Longton Hall, Longton Hall Colliery and Longton Hall Brick Works are all shown. John E Heathcote, Esq, owned a great part of the land in this area and was latter lord of the manor, and owner of Longton Hall on Longton Hall Lodge by Steven Birks
• Fenton Park was built on the site of the blacksmiths workshop. Six of the local stalwarts mortgaged their houses to pay for the original building which opened in 1900. Real faith. The second building was for the Sunday School is now the Church Hall. The Church is located high on the... (more) on Fenton Park Methodist Church by Steven Birks
• Each of the six towns of Stoke on Trent has its own park, this is Longton. They were all created when each town was an authority in its own right prior to federation, when Stoke on Trent was founded in 1910. on Longton Park by Phil Eptlett
• Railway Arches alongside Moulton Road, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent. In the background is the chimney and top of a bottle kiln at the Phoenix Works. Photos on SJ9043 show the Railway Bridge at Times Square and also the Phoenix Works. on Railway Arches, Longton by Steven Birks
• Longley Road, Sandford Hill, Longton, Stoke on Trent. This is looking across Longton and is typical of many housing estates built in the immediate post war era in the area. on Longley Road, Sandford Hill by Phil Eptlett
• Completed in 1898 on land donated by the Duke of Sutherland who lived at nearby Trentham Hall. The building is now one of Stoke on Trent's libraries and also houses the Hothouse Project to help fledgling businesses on Sutherland Institute, Longton by Phil Eptlett
• One of the last surviving groups of bottle kilns in 'The Potteries' - now converted into an industrial museum on Gladstone Pottery Museum by Val Vannet

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