Popular television programmes highlight the satisfaction that can
be gained from investigating the history of houses, and there is
always plenty of interest in the subject, with archives becoming
ever more accessible with access to the internet. As the subject
covers a broad field, the authors have set out to include advice on
those aspects that usually apply to a project and others that will
be of particular use for beginners. The reader is guided through
every stage of research, from the first exploration of the archives
to the completion of the task. Suggestions are also included on how
to present the findings - a house history makes a very attractive
gift. The authors describe how to deduce the age of a property (it
is very seldom directly recorded when a house was built) and
characteristics of research on particular types of property - such
as cottages, manor houses, inns, mills, former church properties,
and farms - are discussed. In one example, research demonstrated
that a farm was likely to have been a Domesday manor - a
fascinating discovery achieved using records accessible to any
beginner.
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