Institute of Historical Research


Her Majesty the Queen has graciously permitted the Victoria County History to rededicate its series of county volumes, in celebration of her Diamond Jubilee. The History keeps the name it was given in honour of Queen Victoria when it was founded in 1899 as one of great national projects of that time. It has remained one of the foundations of knowledge about English localities, publishing a remarkable series of encyclopaedic volumes, county-by-county, parish-by-parish.
This book is about the Victoria County History of today: how it developed in
its early commercial years through the commitment of its General Editors and a
team of experts, before becoming a great public project based at the University
of London,...




This collection of essays resulted from a unique gathering of leading British and Chinese historians hosted by the Peking University, Beijing in mid April 2009. Over four days a wide-ranging conference took place covering topics and recent trends in British history since the early middle ages.