Jan 25, 2023
The IHR’s Centre for the History of People, Place and Community recently published the findings of a project on ‘Creative Repurposing and Levelling Up: History, Heritage and Urban Renewal’: both a website featuring case studies, and a policy paper for History &...
May 6, 2021
By Adam Chapman May is Local History Month and as such we are delighted to introduce two new volumes in the Victoria County History (VCH) series of big Red Books from Staffordshire and from the East Riding of Yorkshire. To celebrate, in collaboration with our...
Sep 7, 2020
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...
Aug 6, 2020
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...
Oct 18, 2019
Harwich, Dovercourt and Parkeston in the 19th Century, by Andrew Senter The latest ‘Short’ from the Essex series of the Victoria County History (VCH) which has just been published by the University of London Press explores the changing character of Harwich, Dovercourt...