An accessible introduction to researching English local history from original records and written sources.

This title was first published in 2000. Practised since the Middle Ages, it is only over the course of the last century that English local history attained prof

Paul Jennings traces the history of the British pub, and looks at how it evolved from the eighteenth century's coaching inns and humble alehouses, back-street b

The Encyclopedia of Local History addresses nearly every aspect of local history, including everyday issues, theoretical approaches, and trends in the field. Th

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