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RECORD SOURCES FOR LOCAL HISTORY

by Philip Riden

Published by B.T. Batsford Ltd.. 1st. 1987

Nearly fine condition. A guide for local historians to the main archival sources available to them in England and Wales. Coverage extends from the eleventh to the twentieth centuries. Batsford Local History Series. Laminated pictorial boards.

A nice copy.

ISBN: 0713447265
Stock no. 820480

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Contents

  • Preface
  • 1 RECORDS AND RECORD OFFICES
  • 2 THE MIDDLE AGES
  • The Chancery
  • The Exchequer
  • Administration of Justice
  • The Counties Palatine, Duchy of Lancaster and Wales
  • Local Adminstration
  • Manorial and Estate Records
  • The Church
  • 3 EARLY MODERN CENTRAL GOVERNMENT AND THE LOCAL COMMUNITY
  • Secretariat and Council
  • Financial Adminstration
  • The Customs
  • Taxation
  • Land Revenues
  • Administration of Justice
  • Common Law
  • Equity
  • Prerogative, Conciliar and Regional Courts
  • Ecclesiastical Courts
  • 4 EARLY MODERN LOCAL GOVERNMENT
  • The Counties
  • Manor, Parish and Township
  • Boroughs and Improvement Commissions
  • Turnpike Trusts
  • Church Records
  • 5 THE MODERN LOCAL GOVERNMENT SYSTEM
  • Poor Relief and Medical Services
  • Registration of Birth, Marriage and Death and the Census
  • Mental Health Care
  • Public Health
  • Housing and Planning
  • Roads and Bridges
  • Education
  • Police, Prisons and Fire Service
  • Municipal Trading
  • Licensing and the Administration of Justice
  • 6 LOCAL MATERIAL AMONGST THE MODERN RECORDS OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
  • Home Office and Privy Council
  • Agriculture and the Land
  • Trade, Industry and Transport
  • Supervision of Voluntary Organisations
  • Administration of Justice

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