num_pages: 312
description: Revised and expanded edition of an extremely popular book on local history. A guide to research into local history with chapters land and agriculture, the local community, taxes, services and rents, archives, documents and printed records; palaeography; museums, libraries and county record offices; organistions and societies; genealogy; education; social welfare; law and order; utilities and services; roads and transport; religion; coins and tokens; the militia; architecture and housing; heraldry; trades and occupations; archaeology.
language: English
title: The Local Historian's Encyclopedia
titlecomplete: The Local Historian's Encyclopedia
genres: Reference
ratings_count: 2
publisher: Historical Publications Ltd