From Heritage Trail to History Book: The Story of Langley Burrell
In this blogpost, Dr Louise Ryland-Epton describes the gestation of her Victoria County History (VCH), Partnership Publication, which illuminates how VCH research engages with local communities and, in partnership, can expand our mutual understanding of past places....
‘The holiday resort of the people’: Exploring the History of the ‘Community at the Crossroads’
In this blogpost, Dr Pamela Fisher, County Editor of the Victoria County History (VCH) project in Leicestershire, describes a project on a tiny midland settlement and shows how VCH research engages with local communities and, in partnership, can expand their,...
Digitising the Victoria County History: first new volume added to British History Online
In this blog post, Dr Ruth Slatter (Co-General Editor of the Victoria County History and the VCH Digitisation Project Manager) celebrates the publication of new digitised VCH material on British History Online. With the generous support of the Marc Fitch...
Four New Victoria County History Projects
This blog post was written by Ruth Slatter and Adam Chapman, Co-General Editors of the VCH. The Victoria County History (VCH), is delighted to announce that its national network of place-based history is growing! 125 years after the VCH was founded, over the last few...