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A Norfolk Village: Cawston 1595-1605

What was it really like to live in an English village at the end of Queen Elizabeth's reign? To what extent was it a close-knit community? How deeply was it divided by wealth and religious belief? Was the village even an important part of the identity of its members? Susan Amussen addresses these questions in one village in East Anglia.

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British Towns and Cities: Lewes

Garth Christian appraised the “ancient character” of Lewes, taking in its Puritanical influence, its legacy of ironworks and its architectural highlights.

Published in 1951, History Today, Volume: 1 Issue: 11

British Towns and Cities: Swindon

J.D. Hargreaves appraised Swindon, “a city very much itself”, with a view of its idiosyncrasies, architecture and people.

Published in History Today, Volume: 2 Issue: 5, 1952

The Writing of Local History

Not problems of the Squire’s pedigree, or of titles to land, but the origins and growth of town and village communities, W.G. Hoskins argues, should be the subjects of local historians today.

Published in History Today, Volume: 2 Issue: 7, 1952

British Towns and Cities: Chipping Campden

D.H. Pennington introduces the picturesque Cotswold town.

Published in History Today, Volume: 2 Issue: 1, 1952

British Towns and Cities: Nottingham

J.D. Chambers pays an historical visit to the regional capital of the English East Midlands.

Published in 1951, History Today, Volume: 1 Issue: 10

British Towns and Cities: Leicester

W.G. Hoskins pays an historical visit to Leicester.

Published in 1951, History Today, Volume: 1 Issue: 9

British Towns and Cities: Birmingham

Michael Rix takes an historical and architectural look at England's second city.

Published in 1951, History Today, Volume: 1 Issue: 7

British Towns and Cities: York, the Capital of the North

John Rodgers pays a visit to the historical viking city of York

Published in 1951, History Today, Volume: 1 Issue: 6

British Towns and Cities: Exeter

W.G. Hoskins pays an historical visit to Exeter.

Published in 1951, History Today, Volume: 1 Issue: 5

British Towns and Cities: The City of Leeds

Arnold N. Shimmin pays an historical visit to the inventive Yorkshire city.

Published in 1951, History Today, Volume: 1 Issue: 4

Paris, 1900-1950

D.W. Brogan pays a historical visit to the city of light in the first half of the twentieth century.

Published in 1951, History Today, Volume: 1 Issue: 3

British Towns and Cities II: Newcastle-upon-Tyne

A.L. Lloyd pays an historical visit to the capital of north-eastern England.

Published in 1951, History Today, Volume: 1 Issue: 2

Bristol

Bryan Little pays an architectural visit to the famous city on the Avon.

Published in 1951, History Today, Volume: 1 Issue: 1

St. Petersburg, Petrograd, Leningrad: 1703-1953

Richard Hare recounts the history of Russia's Western metropolis.

Published in History Today, Volume 3: Issue: 12, 1953

The Cotswolds and Regional History

The problem of writing local history, R.H. Hilton suggests, can seldom be solved on the basis of parishes or even of counties; regions with a distinctive character and economy, such as the Cotswolds, are the natural units for the local historian’s attention.

Published in History Today, Volume 3: Issue: 7, 1953