The BBC Domesday Project was an attempt to make a digital record of British life in the mid-1980s, to celebrate the 900th anniversary of the Domesday book. The majority of the content was submitted by school children carrying out surveys. The original computers and retrieval software are long gone but the content is still available on the internet in its original style, via an emulator. There is some information on life in Ashbury and Idstone at that time. To access it click Southern Britain You should be able to click the map to zoom in and locate Ashbury. Click on Ashbury’s location and you can see a photo and a number of text pages. Some patience may be required as the navigation reflects its 1980s origins!