Durham

Status: Active, 4 volumes published

Since the Victoria County History of Durham was revived in 1999, the Durham VCH has produced the first red volume in the county series since 1928. Durham volume IV, published in 2005, is an important new history of Darlington.

The Durham VCH has also led the way in the VCH's new paperback series publishing the first ever VCH paperback, a study of the Darlington landscape. The Townscape of Darlington by Gillian Cookson, with contributions by Christine M Newman and Graham R Potts, was published in 2003. 

There are also now two paperbacks about the City of Sunderland for the England's Past for Everyone project:  

Sunderland and its Origins: Monks to Mariners (2008) by Maureen M Meikle and Christine M Newman is a lavishly-illustrated early history of the Wearmouth settlements, up to the foundation of Sunderland parish in 1719. 

Sunderland: Building a City (2010) by Gillian Cookson, takes a long view of how the Wearside landscape evolved from medieval settlements to modern city.

Durham volume V, expected publication date 2013

This comprehensive new history of the parishes of Sunderland, Bishopwearmouth and Monkwearmouth is edited by Gillian Cookson. Work in progress is now appearing on this website - follow the links below.