Victoria County History
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Founded in 1899 and originally dedicated to Queen Victoria, the Victoria County History (VCH) is an encyclopaedic record of England's places and people from earliest times to the present day. Based at the Institute of Historical Research in the University of London since 1932, the VCH is written by historians working in counties across England.
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- Website:
- http://www.victoriacountyhistory.ac.uk
- Historians:
- Power, Eileen
Pugh, Ralph Bernard
Salzman, Louis Francis - Institutions:
- Centre for English Local History
Institute of Historical Research - Themes:
- Local history
Other Articles
- John Beckett, 'Local history, family history and the Victoria County History: new directions for the twenty-first century', Historical Research, OnlineEarly Articles, online 19th July 2007
John Beckett, 'Victorian makeover', History Today, 57 (2007), 20–1
C. R. J. Currie, 'The Victoria County History', History Today, 49 (1999), 28–30
Anthony Fletcher, '"englandpast.net" : a framework for the social history of England', Historical Research, 75 (2002), 296–315
R. B. Pugh, 'The structure and aims of the Victoria History of the Counties of England', Historical Research, 40 (1967), 65–73
R. B. Pugh, 'The Victoria History: its origin and progress', in The Victoria History of the Counties of England: General Introduction, ed. R. B. Pugh (London, 1970), pp. 1–27
Louis Francis Salzman, 'The Victoria County History', Genealogists Magazine, 7 (1937), 449–54
'The Victoria County History: history 1970–1990', in The Victoria History of the Counties of England: General Introduction. Supplement 1970–1990 (London, 1990)
