Welcome to the Victoria County History
Founded in 1899 and originally dedicated to Queen Victoria, the VCH is an encyclopaedic record of England's places and people from earliest times to the present day. Based at the Institute of Historical Research in the University of London since 1933, the VCH is written by historians working in counties across England and is without doubt the greatest publishing project in English local history.
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Leicestershire volunteers braved the rain (having missed the hail and thunder by a few hours) to study two...
The theme of the study day is medieval rural society with a particular focus on Sussex. Four experts on the...
Professor John Blair, The Queen's College, Oxford. Lewes before the foundation of King Alfred's...
Usng a variety of sources, we will explore the development of Hove from the 1700s to 1940 when much of the...
Did You Know?
Since the days when spiders were regarded as a cure for fen ague and as weather prophets for the husbandman little attention was paid to them in the county until the latter half of the 19th century.
History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely: Volume 1 (1938)
