Local history

Here you will find all the resources identified by our tutors as useful for the study of this subject, arranged in ascending alphabetical order. Browse the tiles and descriptions to discover if there are any resources of interest to you, or click on any of the keywords to see resources sorted by more in-depth topics.

Local history (V321): Social historical study of a particular locality such as a town or village.

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Title	Description	Keywords	Full details
John Aubrey Reading List	A list of books and other resources useful for students attending this course.	Seventeenth century, John Aubrey, History of Medicine, Industrial history, Exploration, English Civil War	view
A Vision of Britain Through Time	Access to hundreds of primary sources, from 1801 to the present day, including maps, statistics and historical descriptions, and many analyses of...	Historical Maps, Travel writing, Census, Election results, Victorian, 19th century, 20th century, History	view
Agricultural revolution week 1 slides	Introduction	Agricultural history, agricultural revolution, 17th century, 18th century, 19th century	view
Archives hub	Enables the user to search across a wealth of archives held at over 220 institutions in England, Scotland and Wales. Covers arts and humanities,...	Art, Humanities, Social sciences, Science, Technology, Health & hygiene, Life sciences, Use of historical sources, History	view
BBC British History	Covering many aspects of British History from Norman to the present day, authoritative articles, well-illustrated and accessible.	Norman, Medieval, Middle ages, Tudor, English Civil War, Victorian, First World War, Second World War, 19th century, History	view
BBC History website	Vast array of resources and infomation on British and international history, from the Egyptians to the present day.	History	view
Britain from above – arial photographs, 1919-1953	Aerofilms collection of over 16,000 aerial photographs taken between 1919 and 1953, fully searchable by keyword. Many photographs are annotated....	Aerial photography, Photography, Historical geography, Urban & metropolitan history, Landscape, History	view
British History On-Line	A digital library containing some of the core printed primary and secondary sources for the medieval and modern history of the British Isles....	Historical geography, Urban & metropolitan history, Parliamentary history, Ecclesiastical History, Religious history, Medieval, Modern, History	view
British Library - Learning History	Diverse resources covering a range of historical, social and cultural topics from the medieval period to the present day.	Timeline, Medieval, Tudor, Georgian, Victorian, 19th century, History	view
British Women's History	Concentrates on British women's emancipation since the Renaissance, bringing together many primary sources and presenting essays, summaries and...	Gender, Women, Sufferage, History	view

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