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Hoskins prelims 16/6/11 09:59 Page i NEW DIRECTIONS IN LOCAL HISTORY SINCE HOSKINS http://avaxhome.ws/blogs/ChrisRedfield Hoskins prelims 16/6/11 09:59 Page ii Hoskins prelims 16/6/11 09:59 Page iii NEW DIRECTIONS IN LOCAL HISTORY SINCE HOSKINS Edited by Christopher Dyer, Andrew Hopper, Evelyn Lord and Nigel Tringham University of Hertfordshire Press Hoskins prelims 16/6/11 09:59 Page iv First published in Great Britain in 2011 by University of Hertfordshire Press College Lane Hatfield Hertfordshire AL10 9AB © Copyright the individual contributors 2011. The right of Christopher Dyer, Andrew Hopper, Evelyn Lord and Nigel Tringham to be identified as the editors of this work has been asserted by them in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilised in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 978-1-907396-12-0 Design by Mathew Lyons Printed in Great Britain by Henry Ling Ltd, Dorchester Hoskins prelims 16/6/11 09:59 Page v Contents List of Figures vii List of Plates ix List of Tables x Contributors xi Preface xv Acknowledgements xvi Abbreviations xviii Introduction: local history in the twenty-first century 1 Christopher Dyer, Andrew Hopper, Evelyn Lord and Nigel Tringham The practice of local history 1 Does local history have a split personality? 13 David Dymond 2 The great awakening of English local history, 1918–1939 29 C.P. Lewis Region, class and ethnic diversity 3 Twentieth-century labour histories 54 Malcolm Chase 4 Parliamentary elections, 1950–2005, as a window on 66 Northern English identity and regional devolution Stephen Caunce 5 Locality and diversity: minority ethnic communities 84 in the writing of Birmingham’s local history Malcolm Dick Hoskins prelims 16/6/11 09:59 Page vi Making a living in town and country 6 Hythe’s butcher-graziers: their role in town and country 98 in late medieval Kent Sheila Sweetinburgh 7 The houses of the Dronfield lead smelters and merchants, 1600–1730 114 David Hey 8 A community approaching crisis: Skye in the eighteenth century 127 Edgar Miller 9 ‘By her labour’: working wives in a Victorian provincial city 143 Jane Howells Religious culture and belief 10 Religious cultures in conflict: a Salisbury parish during 159 the English Reformation Claire Cross 11 The Court of High Commission and religious change 172 in Elizabethan Yorkshire Emma Watson 12 From Philistines to Goths: Nonconformist chapel styles 186 in Victorian England Edward Royle 13 Evangelicals in a ‘Catholic’ suburb: the founding of St Andrew’s, 216 North Oxford, 1899–1907 Mark Smith Sources, methods and techniques 14 The kings bench (crown side) in the long eighteenth century 231 Ruth Paley 15 Local history in the twenty-first century: information 247 communication technology, e-resources, grid computing, Web 2.0 and a new paradigm Paul S. Ell Index 267 Hoskins prelims 16/6/11 09:59 Page vii Figures 1.1 W.G. Hoskins in Devon, in the 1970s 18 1.2 The first issue of Norfolk Archaeology 26 6.1 Maletote return: Thomas Honywode and John Honywode’s widow, 1470–71 101 6.2 Annual sales of slaughtered livestock by John Honywode and his widow 104 6.3 Annual sales of live and slaughtered cattle by John Honywode and his widow 107 6.4 Annual sales of live and slaughtered sheep by John Honywode and his widow 109 7.1 Map of the parish of Dronfield, Derbyshire 116 8.1 Map of Skye showing parishes and the adjacent mainland 130 9.1 Trade cards for Mr and Mrs White 147 9.2 Salisbury High Street 149 9.3 Mrs Todd’s advertisement, Salisbury and Winchester Journal, 11 January 1851 151 9.4 Wood bill-head 154 9.5 Harding bill-head 157 12.1 Meltham, St Bartholomew Church of England, with tower and chancel (1877) 188 12.2 Wakefield, Westgate Unitarian (1751–2) 189 12.3 York, Lendal Congregational, original arrangement of pews 191 12.4 Leeds, Headingley, Otley Road Wesleyan 192 12.5 York, Centenary Wesleyan 193 12.6 Hyde, Gee Cross Congregational 194 12.7 Leeds, Mill Hill Unitarian, interior as modified after 1884 195 12.8 Leeds, Mill Hill Unitarian 196 vii Hoskins prelims 16/6/11 09:59 Page viii 12.9 Todmorden, Unitarian 197 12.10 Morley, St Marys-in-the-Wood Congregational 198 12.11 Halifax, Square Chapel, Congregational 199 12.12 Shipley, Saltaire Congregational 201 12.13 Shipley, Saltaire Congregational, interior 202 12.14 Brighouse, Lightcliffe Congregational 203 12.15 Leeds, Blenheim Baptist 204 12.16 Morley, Wesley Street, Wesleyan 205 12.17 Morley, Fountain Street, Primitive Methodist 206 12.18 Huddersfield, Lindley Wesleyan 207 12.19 Huddersfield, Gledholt Wesleyan 208 12.20 Huddersfield, Longwood Wesleyan 209 12.21 Huddersfield, Longwood Wesleyan, interior 210 12.22 Islington, Union Chapel, Congregational 211 12.23 Newcastle upon Tyne, St James, Congregational 212 12.24 York, Priory Street Baptist, architect’s drawing 213 12.25 York, Priory Street Baptist, interior 214 13.1 St Andrew’s, North Oxford (1908) 225 14.1 Notice of bail, prosecution affidavit and warrant of committal for George Carter 235 14.2 London and Middlesex defendants with surnames beginning with D, 1769–72 241 14.3 Process entries 242 15.1 The JSTOR Ireland Collection 257 15.2 The Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative’s community web page 258 15.3 The Vision of Britain through Time website 260 15.4 A wiki for the local history of the Leeds area 263 viii Hoskins prelims 16/6/11 09:59 Page ix Plates 1 Hallowes Hall, Derbyshire 2 Cartledge Hall, Holmesfield, Derbyshire 3 Cartledge Grange, Holmesfield, Derbyshire 4 Dronfield Woodhouse Hall, Derbyshire 5 Dronfield Manor House, Derbyshire, now the public library 6 Dronfield Hall, Derbyshire 7 Chiverton House, Derbyshire 8 Rose Hill, Derbyshire 9 North Oxford parishes, 1896 10 North Oxford parishes, showing proposed new district for St Andrew’s 11 North Oxford parishes, showing Hartley’s scheme for an extension to St Margaret’s 12 North Oxford parishes, showing bishop’s compromise scheme ix
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