New Directions in Local History Since Hoskins

Local history in Britain can trace its origins back to the 16th century and before, but it was given inspiration and a new sense of direction in the 1950s and 1960s by the work of W.G. Hoskins. Utilizing the techniques developed by Hoskins, this record examines the landscape developments in the post-medieval period and demonstrates how local history has evolved as a discipline over the last 50 years. Covering a variety of local history topics, this record contains examples of a variety of approaches, including social, economic, religious, legal, intellectual, and cultural. An invaluable resource to those studying British local and regional history, it explores many different parts of the country, from Skye to the Kent coast.

Christopher Dyer is the Leverhulme Emeritus Professor of Regional and Local History and the former Director of the Center for English Local History at the University of Leicester. He is the author of Deserted Villages Revisited and Lords and Peasants in a Changing Society: The Estates of the Bishopric of Worcester, 680-1540. Andrew Hopper is a lecturer in English local history at the University of Leicester. Evelyn Lord is former Course Director for the MSt in Local and Regional History, and has been Staff Tutor in Local History for the Institute of Continuing Education at the University of Cambridge. She is review editor of the Local Historian and the author of The Hellfire Clubs: Sex, Satanism, and Secret Societies and Knights Templar in Britain. Nigel Tringham is a lecturer in Anglo-Saxon and medieval history at the University of Keele. He is county editor and therefore responsible for writing the Victoria County History of Staffordshire. He is also a member of the Council and Management Committee of the British Association for Local History.