By Joe Chick Take a walk around the historic sites of Kenilworth in Warwickshire with the aid of the Victoria County History’s ‘A History of English Places’ App. Welcome to the first of several posts exploring the use of the Victoria County History’s...
By Adam Chapman Do you want to explore England’s Past? Are you interested in maps? Then the Victoria County History’s App for mobile devices, ‘A History of English Places’ brings both these things together. Developed by the IHR’s Victoria County History (VCH)...
Metropolitan History7 December 2011Applying new spatial techniques in the study of late medieval LondonJustin Colson (CMH/IHR)As part of the postmodern turn in the study of history, the focus on space (alongside the usual questions of who, when, why) has become a...
Digital History seminarUsing Geographical Information Systems (GIS) to Explore Historical Texts: Examples from the Lake District and Census ReportsIan Gregory (Lancaster)20 November 2012, 5.15pm GMTRoom G37, Senate House or online on History SPOTOn Tuesday the...
Digital History31 May 2011Professor Richard Rodger (Edinburgh)Space, place and the city: a simple anti-GIS approach for historians If you suggest using GIS (geographical information system) to an historian they might look back at you blankly or with a...
