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Local History
Local and regional history in its broadest terms is one of the most popular
forms of history. Local historians range from professional archivists and academics
through members of local history societies and interested individuals. A large
proportion the History Data Service's collection is of interest to historians of the localities
and regions.
Available from the History Data Service
Clicking on the links below will take you to the relevant catalogue record
from the UK Data Archive catalogue
| Study No. |
Title |
| SN
33349 |
Digital Library of Historical Directories, 1750-1919 |
SN 33331
SN 33288 |
Great Britain Historical Database. UK Higher and Further education users
can also access this data through CHCC. |
| SN 5587 |
Demographic Processes in England and Wales, 1851-1911: Data and Model Estimates
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| SN 5454 |
Women, Work and Trade in the English Industrial Revolution, 1773-1828
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| SN 5319 |
British Local Election Database, 1889-2003 |
| SN 5025 |
Number of Voters on the Burgess Roll in Municipal Boroughs in England
and Wales, 1852, 1865, 1871, 1884 |
| SN 5024 |
Spending and Taxation Patterns for Municipal Corporations, Local Boards
and the Urban Sanitary Authorities in England and Wales, Selected Years,
1868-1888 |
| SN 4375 |
National Sample from the 1881 Census of Great Britain |
| SN 4348 |
Historic Parishes of England and Wales : an Electronic Map of Boundaries
before 1850 with a Gazetteer and Metadata |
| SN 4178 |
1881 Census for Scotland [Note: non higher and further education
users can purchase a full transcription of the 1881 census from the Genealogical
Society of Utah] |
| SN 4177 |
1881 Census for England and Wales, the Channel Islands and the Isle of
Man (Enhanced Version) [Note: non higher and further education
users can purchase a full transcription of the 1881 census from the Genealogical
Society of Utah] |
| SN 4171 |
Markets and Fairs in England and Wales to 1516 |
| SN 4042 |
Docquets of Lord Keeper Coventry, 1625-1640 |
| SN 3895 |
Machine-readable Version of the 1861 Census and Vital Registration Database
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| SN 3883 |
Index of Marfleets, Pre-1500 |
| SN 3443 |
Directories Database, 1772-1787 |
| SN 1659 |
Atlas of Agriculture in England and Wales, c.1840 |
| SN 1316 |
National Sample from the 1851 Census of Great Britain |
Clicking on the links below will take you to the relevant catalogue record
from the UK Data Archive catalogue
| Study No. |
Title |
| SN 5161 |
Scottish Emigration Database, 1923 |
| SN 4667 |
Survey of Scottish Witchcraft, 1563-1736 |
| SN 3651 |
Scots Miners 1891 Census Survey |
| SN 3302 |
Wages and Prices in Scotland, c.1580-1780 |
| SN 2999 |
Bridgeton and Paisley Census, 1851, 1871 and 1891 : A Sample of Households
Containing Cotton Workers |
| SN 2998 |
Heads of Households in Bridgeton and Paisley, 1851, 1871, 1891 |
| SN 2997 |
Valuation Rolls, Paisley, for the Decennial Years, 1871-1911 |
| SN 2980 |
Scottish Parliamentary Commissioners, 1357-1707 : Biographical Data and
Its Presentation |
| SN 2838 |
Glasgow Householders, 1832-1911 |
| SN 1007 |
Labour Elites and Electorates in Glasgow, 1922-1974 |
| SN 991 |
Migration in the Northern Highlands, 1851-1891 |
| SN 32 |
Tayside Industries, 1911-1951 |
Clicking on the links below will take you to the relevant catalogue record
from the UK Data Archive catalogue.
| Study No. |
Title |
| SN 33306 |
Digest of Welsh Historical Statistics |
| SN 5135 |
Digital Library of Historical Directories, 1750-1919: Miscellaneous
Collections, 1846-1901 |
| SN 5134 |
Digital Library of Historical Directories, 1750-1919: Miscellaneous Collections,
1828-1844 |
| SN 5122 |
Digital Library of Historical Directories, 1750-1919: Gloucestershire,
Herefordshire, Monmouthshire, Shropshire, Somerset and Wales, 1900-1919
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| SN 5121 |
Digital Library of Historical Directories, 1750-1919: Gloucestershire,
Herefordshire, Monmouthshire, Shropshire, Somerset and Wales, 1880-1899
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| SN 5120 |
Digital Library of Historical Directories, 1750-1919: Gloucestershire,
Herefordshire, Monmouthshire, Shropshire, Somerset and Wales, 1796-1878
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| SN 3821 |
Social History of the Welsh Language : Evidence of the 1891 Census; Project
2 |
| SN 3679 |
Dyffryn Clwyd Court Roll Database, 1294-1422 |
Clicking on the links below will take you to the relevant catalogue record
from the UK Data Archive catalogue.
| Study No. |
Title |
| SN
33276 |
Database of Irish Historical Statistics |
| SN 4993 |
Credit, Class and Community: Working Class Belfast, 1930-2000 |
| SN 4848 |
Sources for Medieval Ireland in the National Archives of the United Kingdom,
c. 1200 - c. 1485 |
| SN 1660 |
Segregation and Social Structure in Early 20th Century Belfast |
| SN 1482 |
Enumerators Returns for County Antrim, 1851 |
Clicking on the links below will take you to the relevant catalogue record
from the UK Data Archive catalogue.
| Study No. |
Title |
| SN 5607 |
Durham Tithes Database, 1270-1536
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| SN 5135 |
Digital Library of Historical Directories, 1750-1919: Miscellaneous
Collections, 1846-1901
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| SN 5134 |
Digital Library of Historical Directories, 1750-1919: Miscellaneous
Collections, 1828-1844
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| SN 1736 |
1851 Census of Seaham Harbour, County Durham |
Clicking on the links below will take you to the relevant catalogue record
from the UK Data Archive catalogue.
| Study No. |
Title |
| SN 5454 |
Women, Work and Trade in the English Industrial Revolution, 1773-1828
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| SN 5135 |
Digital Library of Historical Directories, 1750-1919: Miscellaneous
Collections, 1846-1901
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| SN 5134 |
Digital Library of Historical Directories, 1750-1919: Miscellaneous Collections,
1828-1844 |
| SN 4729 |
Business Leadership and Industrial Change in North West England, 1750-1870
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| SN 4429 |
Violence in Early Modern England : a Regional Survey, 1600-1800; Cheshire
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| SN 4376 |
Violence in the North West with Special Reference to Liverpool and Manchester
1850-1914 |
| SN 3882 |
Liverpool Community, 1649-1750 |
| SN 3319 |
Warrington in 1841-1881 |
| SN 2923 |
Liverpool Trade and Shipping, 1744-1786 |
| SN 1978 |
Occupation and Family in the Somerset Coalfield and St Helens, 1851 |
Clicking on the links below will take you to the relevant catalogue record
from the UK Data Archive catalogue.
| Study No. |
Title |
| SN 5454 |
Women, Work and Trade in the English Industrial Revolution, 1773-1828
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| SN 5135 |
Digital Library of Historical Directories, 1750-1919: Miscellaneous
Collections, 1846-1901
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| SN 5134 |
Digital Library of Historical Directories, 1750-1919: Miscellaneous Collections,
1828-1844 |
| SN 5133 |
Digital Library of Historical Directories, 1750-1919: Yorkshire, 1887-1913
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| SN 5132 |
Digital Library of Historical Directories, 1750-1919: Yorkshire, 1787-1885
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| SN 4241 |
Name, Residence, Vote and Occupation for the 1852 and 1857 Sheffield General
Elections |
| SN 4239 |
Sheffield Club Membership Book, 1873-1970 |
| SN 2708 |
Census Enumerators' Books : Four Rural Areas, 1851-1881 |
| SN 2592 |
Census Enumerators' Books, Keighley, West Yorkshire, 1851-1881 |
Clicking on the links below will take you to the relevant catalogue record
from the UK Data Archive catalogue.
| Study No. |
Title |
| SN 5135 |
Digital Library of Historical Directories, 1750-1919: Miscellaneous
Collections, 1846-1901
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| SN 5134 |
Digital Library of Historical Directories, 1750-1919: Miscellaneous Collections,
1828-1844 |
| SN 5131 |
Digital Library of Historical Directories, 1750-1919: Staffordshire,
Warwickshire and Worcestershire, 1896-1914
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| SN 5130 |
Digital Library of Historical Directories, 1750-1919: Staffordshire, Warwickshire
and Worcestershire, 1818-1892 |
| SN 5122 |
Digital Library of Historical Directories, 1750-1919: Gloucestershire,
Herefordshire, Monmouthshire, Shropshire, Somerset and Wales, 1900-1919
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| SN 5121 |
Digital Library of Historical Directories, 1750-1919: Gloucestershire,
Herefordshire, Monmouthshire, Shropshire, Somerset and Wales, 1880-1899
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| SN 5120 |
Digital Library of Historical Directories, 1750-1919: Gloucestershire,
Herefordshire, Monmouthshire, Shropshire, Somerset and Wales, 1796-1878
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| SN 3040 |
Bromyard Workhouse Database, 1840 |
| SN 3035 |
Psephological Datasets, 1702-1865; Hereford Poll Books, 1734-1764 |
| SN 3034 |
Psephological Datasets, 1702-1865; Worcester Poll Books, 1841-1857 |
| SN 3033 |
Psephological Datasets, 1702-1865; Shrewsbury Poll Books, 1814 |
| SN 2708 |
Census Enumerators' Books : Four Rural Areas, 1851-1881 |
Clicking on the links below will take you to the relevant catalogue record
from the UK Data Archive catalogue.
| Study No. |
Title |
| SN 5620 |
Summary of Selected Wills of West Northamptonshire, 1500-1700
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| SN 5328 |
Selected Wills of West Northamptonshire, 1500-1700
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| SN 5135 |
Digital Library of Historical Directories, 1750-1919: Miscellaneous
Collections, 1846-1901
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| SN 5134 |
Digital Library of Historical Directories, 1750-1919: Miscellaneous Collections,
1828-1844 |
| SN 5123 |
Digital Library of Historical Directories, 1750-1919: Lincolnshire,
1856-1919
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| SN 3822 |
Urban Hierarchy and Functions in the East Midlands in the Late Middle
Ages, 1300-1550 |
| SN 3178 |
Psephological Datasets, 1702-1865; Northampton Borough Elections, 1768-1796
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Stanwick Baptisms, 18th Century (Northamptonshire) |
| SN 2708 |
Census Enumerators' Books : Four Rural Areas, 1851-1881 |
| SN 2236 |
Nottinghamshire Woodlands, 1911-1919 and 1978-1980 |
Clicking on the links below will take you to the relevant catalogue record
from the UK Data Archive catalogue.
| Study No. |
Title |
| SN 5221 |
Cornwall Online Census Project, 1841 |
| SN 5135 |
Digital Library of Historical Directories, 1750-1919: Miscellaneous
Collections, 1846-1901 |
| SN 5134 |
Digital Library of Historical Directories, 1750-1919: Miscellaneous Collections,
1828-1844 |
| SN 5131 |
Digital Library of Historical Directories, 1750-1919: Staffordshire,
Warwickshire and Worcestershire, 1896-1914 |
| SN 5122 |
Digital Library of Historical Directories, 1750-1919: Gloucestershire,
Herefordshire, Monmouthshire, Shropshire, Somerset and Wales, 1900-1919
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| SN 5121 |
Digital Library of Historical Directories, 1750-1919: Gloucestershire,
Herefordshire, Monmouthshire, Shropshire, Somerset and Wales, 1880-1899
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| SN 5120 |
Digital Library of Historical Directories, 1750-1919: Gloucestershire,
Herefordshire, Monmouthshire, Shropshire, Somerset and Wales, 1796-1878
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| SN 5001 |
Cornish Parish Records: West Penwith and Kerrier, 1580-1903 |
| SN 4978 |
Cornwall Online Census Project, 1891 |
| SN 3896 |
Residence and Kinship in Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, 1558-1804 |
| SN 3218 |
Gloucester Port Books, 1575-1765 |
| SN 3032 |
Psephological Datasets, 1702-1865; Totnes Poll Books, 1837-1865 |
| SN 1978 |
Occupation and Family in the Somerset Coalfield and St Helens, 1851 |
| SN 1206 |
A Demographic Analysis of a Subdivided Population, 1851-1871 |
Clicking on the links below will take you to the relevant catalogue record
from the UK Data Archive catalogue.
| Study No. |
Title |
| SN 5135 |
Digital Library of Historical Directories, 1750-1919: Miscellaneous
Collections, 1846-1901 |
| SN 5134 |
Digital Library of Historical Directories, 1750-1919: Miscellaneous Collections,
1828-1844 |
| SN 4338 |
Records of Central Government Taxation in England, c.1190-1690; Bedfordshire,
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire and Oxfordshire
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| SN 4170 |
Parliamentary Poll Books of Sandwich, Kent, 1831-1868 |
| SN 4132 |
Thame, Oxfordshire in the Seventeenth Century |
| SN 3165 |
Psephological Datasets, 1702-1865; Guildford Poll Books, 1865 and 1866
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| SN 2993 |
Kent's Directories of Businesses in London, 1759-1828 |
| SN 2948 |
Ashford, 1840 - 1870: a Socio-demographic Study |
| SN 1819 |
Sheerness Naval Dockyard Study; Census Enumerators Books, 1851-1871 |
| SN 977 |
Voting Behaviour in Guildford, 1790-1868 |
Clicking on the links below will take you to the relevant catalogue record
from the UK Data Archive catalogue.
| Study No. |
Title |
| SN 5323 |
Pinner Census, 1901 |
| SN 5135 |
Digital Library of Historical Directories, 1750-1919: Miscellaneous
Collections, 1846-1901 |
| SN 5129 |
Digital Library of Historical Directories, 1750-1919: London, 1916-1919
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| SN 5128 |
Digital Library of Historical Directories, 1750-1919: London, 1914-1915
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| SN 5127 |
Digital Library of Historical Directories, 1750-1919: London, 1906-1911
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| SN 5126 |
Digital Library of Historical Directories, 1750-1919: London, 1899-1905
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| SN 5125 |
Digital Library of Historical Directories, 1750-1919: London, 1895-1897 |
| SN 5124 |
Digital Library of Historical Directories, 1750-1919: London, 1808-1891
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| SN 4710 |
Census Enumerators' Returns for Kingston upon Thames, 1851, 1861, 1871 and 1891 |
| SN 4423 |
Burial Registers for Kingston upon Thames Parishes, 1850-1901 and Bonner
Hill Cemetery, 1855-1911 |
| SN 3758 |
New Survey of London Life and Labour, 1929-1931 |
| SN 3497 |
Metropolitan London in the 1690s : Four Shillings in the Pound Aid, 1693-1694;
For the City of London, the City of Westminster, and Metropolitan Middlesex
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| SN 3139 |
1891 Census Project, Spitalfields |
| SN 3025 |
Feeding the City II : Demesne Agriculture in the London Region, 1375-1400
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| SN 2988 |
Pinner Census, 1841-1891 |
| SN 1853 |
1861 Census Southwark; Parishes of Christ Church, St. Thomas and St. Saviour |
Clicking on the links below will take you to the relevant catalogue record
from the UK Data Archive catalogue.
| Study No. |
Title |
| SN 33248 |
Ashwell History Census Data Project, 1841-1881 |
| SN 5619 |
Colchester Primitive Methodist Baptismal Register, 1834-1877
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| SN 5135 |
Digital Library of Historical Directories, 1750-1919: Miscellaneous
Collections, 1846-1901 |
| SN 5134 |
Digital Library of Historical Directories, 1750-1919: Miscellaneous Collections,
1828-1844 |
| SN 4986 |
Village Records of Chelsworth, Suffolk, 1441-1904 |
| SN 4212 |
Census Enumerators' Books for Downham, Cambridgeshire, 1851 and 1891 |
| SN 3923 |
1851 Census : Berkhamsted Superintendent Registrar's District, Hertfordshire
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| SN 3179 |
Psephological Datasets, 1702-1865; Lynn Regis Poll Books, 1822 |
| SN 3037 |
Biographical Database Based on Morant's History of Essex, 1768 |
| SN 3036 |
Psephological Datasets, 1702-1865; Essex Poll Books, 1702-1722 |
| SN 2708 |
Census Enumerators' Books : Four Rural Areas, 1851-1881 |
| SN 1745 |
1851 National Census : Random One per Cent Sample of Norwich Wards |
| SN 1342 |
Census Statistics for the Harwich Area, 1801-1841 |
| SN 1341 |
Ship Tax for the Harwich Area, 1636 |
| SN 1328 |
Suffolk Census Data, 1851-1876 |
| SN 978 |
Demographic History of a Group of Nine Parishes in the Tendring Hundred,
Essex, 1533-1838 |
Further Information
A number of universities have centres for local history these include:
Links
Intute's Resources for
Local/Regional History provides links to a range of useful resources for
local historians, including primary and secondary source available online.
The Vision of Britain
website provides maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions of localities
throughout Great Britain.
University of Lancaster's Cumbrian
Manorial Records website provide practical guidance to users of manorial
records, particularly in Cumbria
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Finding resources
All of the History Data Service resources can be found in the following way:
Via the UK Data Archive Data Catalogue which enables users to search
for historical data held at UK Data Archive. Data can be browsed by theme via a search by Subject Keyword, as an search option
in the Data Catalogue. Users can also browse
all data held by ESDS by subject category.
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