Preface v
Contributors ix
Thematic Contents xiii
Note to Reader xli
Thematic Essays
1(250)
Family History
3(1)
Tracing a Family Tree: Getting Started
3(5)
David Hey
Surnames
8(9)
David Hey
Britain and America: A Common Heritage
17(9)
George Redmonds
African-Caribbean Genealogy
26(7)
Guy Grannum
South Asian Genealogy
33(6)
Abi Husainy
Family History
39(8)
Anthony Camp
Family and Society
47(12)
Ralph Houlbrooke
Local History
59(1)
The Antiquarian Tradition
59(7)
David Hey
Local and Regional History: Modern Approaches
66(7)
David Hey
Irish Local and Family History
73(8)
Kevin Whelan
Scottish Local and Family History
81(9)
David Moody
Welsh Local and Family History
90(10)
D. Huw Owen
Women Local and Family Historians
100(11)
Joan Thirsk
Landscape and Culture
111(1)
Place-Names
111(9)
Margaret Gelling
Landscape History: The Countryside
120(10)
H. S. A. Fox
Towns
130(8)
David M. Palliser
Domestic Buildings
138(9)
Malcolm Airs
Historic Churches
147(9)
David Hey
Popular Culture
156(11)
Charles Phythian-Adams
Folklore, Customs, and Civic Ritual
167(10)
Charles Phythian-Adams
Themes
177(1)
Population Levels and Trends
177(6)
David Hey
Agricultural History
183(7)
David Hey
Industrial History
190(7)
David Hey
Labour History
197(9)
John L. Halstead
The Poor
206(7)
David Hey
Central Government, Courts, and Taxation
213(12)
R. W. Hoyle
Local Government
225(9)
R. W. Hoyle
Education
234(6)
David Hey
The Twentieth Century
240(11)
Brian M. Short
A-Z 251(400)
Appendix: Record Offices and Special Collections 651