Local History Research Projects

Record Office staff will bring out a selection of records - originals and copies relating to your area and/or a particular topic. For example: maps, parish registers, census details, photographs, postcards, sales particulars, deeds, village histories, trade directories, etc.

This session benefits from a pre-visit discussion with and input from the teacher, so that Record Office staff can tailor the session to the specific needs of the school and the topics to be researched.

Please contact Herefordshire Archive Services with any requests and for more details.

Links to QCA Geography Curriculum Unit 6

Investigating our local area

Also links to QCA History Curriculum Units 12, 13 and 18

How did life change in our locality in Victorian times?

How has life in Britain changed since 1948?

What was it like to live here in the past?

Maps (c) Crown Copyright Reserved Licence No. LA 09069L/2003