Description
by W. B. Stephens
The first edition, which appeared in 1973, has long been recognised as a standard work on the subject. This new edition brings up to date the factual information in the original book and also provides a great deal of new material, both to give more detailed attention and also to sources that are only recently being exploited to add an extra chapter on houses, housing and health.
For the growing range of researchers using original, local sources—-whether students in universities or in adult education classes, archivists, librarians, family historians or amateurs wishing to study their neighbourhood, community or house—- this popular and practical guide describes and explains not only the maze of manuscript and printed sources themselves but also the many catalogues, commentaries and other useful secondary works.
As the study of English local and regional history continues to expand, a further generation of students will find Dr. Stephens an invaluable help, in this well organised book, with the questions of what sources exist, where they are to be found and what techniques are suitable in making the best use of them.
