Writing Parish History
Approaches to the history of localities
Crosby, Alan, (BBC History Trail, 2005)
Crow, Graham, What are Community Studies? (London, 2018) []
Dymond, David, Researching and Writing History: A Guide for Local Historians (3rd edn, Lancaster, 2009)
Few, Janet, Putting Your Ancestors in Their Place: A Guide to One Place Studies (2014)
Gooder, Eileen, Latin for Local History: An Introduction (2n edn, London, 1978)
Magn煤sson, Sigur冒ur Gylfi, ': In-Between Methodologies and Conceptual Frameworks鈥�, Journal of Microhistory (2006) [and cf. a much briefer article on 鈥� for theHistory News Network]
Raymond, Stuart A., Tracing Your Ancestors鈥� Parish Records: A Guide for Family and Local Historians (Pen & Sword Books, 2015) [a general overview of parish records]
Tate, W.E., The Parish Chest: A Study of the Records of Parochial Administration in England (3rd edn, Cambridge, 1969)
Willis, J., 鈥楨cclesiastical Sources鈥� in: L. Sangha & J. Willis (eds), Understanding Early Modern Primary Sources (London, 2016)
Training
Local History is taught at a number of UK universities (e.g. , , , , 鈥�)
A bespoke training opportunity is the at the University of York (sadly closing in 2022).
'' - course delivered on the Coursera platform, introducing learners to applied public history: understanding and interpreting the past today, and engaging diverse communities in the practice of making and sharing histories
Writing guides
: advice provided by Gabriel Byng on ChurchGuides.co.uk
Leicestershire History, 鈥樷�� (a 2-step guide to the building and documentary evidence, prepared by Pam Fisher)
Victoria History of Wiltshire,
Other resources
: Online Course
: compiled by the Centre for Metropolitan History at the Institute for Historical Research in London (associations, journals, research resources etc)
Munby, Lionel; Hobbs, Steve; Crosby, Alan, Reading Tudor and Stuart Handwriting (2nd edn, Chichester: , 2002)
: tutorial for medieval and early modern sources developed by David Postles (Leicester)
: a portal for regional history in Germany
