This is the 12th volume in the series of guides to archival sources related to British history. This volume identifies and briefly describes the papers of 1,300

From an obscure, misty archipelago on the fringes of the Roman world to history's largest empire and originator of the world's mongrel, magpie language - this i

England is remarkable for the wealth and variety of its archival heritage – the records created and preserved by institutions, organisations and individuals.

This fascinating book looks at how local history developed from the antiquarian county studies of the sixteenth century through the growth of 'professional' his