Ibstock, by Pamela J. Fisher The latest Short from the Leicestershire series of the Victoria County History (VCH) has just been published by the University of London Press. Ibstock, written by Pamela Fisher, is the third VCH Short from the Leicestershire...
By Nancy Rickman Earlier in 2020, Nancy Rickman, a sixth-form History student from Guildford High School, undertook some work experience with the Victoria County History of Hampshire. What did she discover about the practice of historical research? And what did...
Edited by Christopher Thornton, the latest Red Book publication in the Victoria County History (VCH) series for the county of Essex is the first part of volume XII, St Osyth to the Naze: North-East Essex Coastal Parishes, now available from Boydell & Brewer. Part...
This Autumn, the IHR’s Centre for the History of People, Place and Community launches an exciting new programme of online training, supporting skills for those working in ‘local history’ and beyond. How can tools for understanding place offer a way into examining the...
Colwall is the latest VCH ‘Short’ from Herefordshire series of the Victoria County History (VCH), published by the University of London Press. VCH Shorts are accessible histories which present high-quality VCH research for the general reader, focused on a particular...
By Nigel Tringham Founding a monastic house in middle ages could be a complicated affair, as revealed in this blog by Nigel Tringham introducing his article – ‘Polesworth abbey (Warws.) and the Marmion lord of Tamworth castle: using an Anglo-Saxon saint’s cult in the...
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