Fieldwork in local history / W.G. Hoskins.

Main entry:

Hoskins, W. G. (William George), 1908-1992.

Title & Author:

Fieldwork in local history / W.G. Hoskins.

Edition:

2nd ed.

Publication:

London : Faber and Faber, 1982.

Description:

202 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-192) and index.
Introduction to fieldwork -- A backwoods parish -- Exploring towns -- The country landscape -- Additional note on Great Yarmouth -- Anglo-Saxon landscapes -- Old English estates -- Domesday Book and fieldwork -- Fieldwork in medieval history -- The documentary background -- Medieval parks and forests -- Moated homesteads -- Deserted village sites -- Medieval river ports -- Towns and villages -- Towns -- Urban housing -- Urban street patterns -- Villages -- Place-manes and topography -- Place-names on the Norfolk coast -- Place-names and ancient churches -- Old and new -- Other names -- Small houses -- Probate and other inventories -- Glebe terriers -- Homes in towns -- Farmsteads -- Bartonbury -- General sources for farm history -- Hedges and walls -- Mapping hedge-banks -- Hedge-banks and their flora -- Field walls -- Why date walls and hedges? -- Roads and Lanes -- Early trackways -- Roman roads -- cattle roads -- Other roads and lanes -- Two tours -- Some fieldwork in Norfolk -- Some fieldwork in Somerset -- Farewell to fieldwork

Summary:

The author attests that although much insight can be gained from maps, archive records, and local knowledge, there is no substitute for investigating what is actually still visible on the land. This book seeks to inform the reader what to look for when investigating using fieldwork.

ISBN:

0571180507
9780571180509
0571180515 (pbk.)
9780571180516 (pbk.)

Subject:

Local history.
Histoire locale.
local history (discipline)
Historiography.
Ortsgeschichte
Feldforschung
Great Britain Historiography.
Grande-Bretagne Historiographie.
Great Britain.
Great Britain History Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Großbritannien
Great Britain Localhistory Research Manuals

Holdings:

Location: Library main 18839
Call No.: W12420; ID:87-B6109
Status: Available

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