Bedfordshire See:
History of Bedfordshire;
:Category: History of Bedfordshire; •
Magna Britannia (1806) •
Victoria County History three volumes, 1904–1912
Berkshire •
Elias Ashmole,
Antiquities of Berkshire (1719) • J. Rocque,
A Topographical Survey of the County of Berkshire, 1761
Buckinghamshire See:
History of Buckinghamshire;
:Category: History of Buckinghamshire;
Victoria County History edited by William Page •
George Lipscomb,
The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham published in eight parts, 1831–47 *
James Joseph Sheahan,
History and Topography of Buckinghamshire: comprising a general survey of the county, preceded by an epitome of the early history of Great Britain (1862)
Cambridgeshire •
Edmund Carter,
History of the County of Cambridge (1753)
Cheshire •
Sir Peter Leycester, 1st Baronet,
Historical antiquities (1673) •
Peter Perez Burdett,
Survey of the County Palatine of Chester (1772) •
George Ormerod,
The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester (1816–19)
Cornwall •
Richard Carew,
The Survey of Cornwall (1602) •
William Hals,
Compleat History of Cornwall, from about 1750 • An historical survey of the county of Cornwall, etc., compiled by William Penaluna •
Richard Polwhele,
The History of Cornwall (7 vols. 1803–08, revised 1816) •
Daniel Lysons and
Samuel Lysons,
Magna Britannia The Cornwall history was supported by
Francis Vyvyan Jago Arundell. •
Charles Sandoe Gilbert,
Historical Survey of the County of Cornwall (2 vols., 1817–20) •
Fortescue Hitchins and
Samuel Drew,
The History of Cornwall (1824)
Cumberland and Westmorland •
Richard Burn and Joseph Nicolson,
The History and Antiquities of the Counties of Westmorland and Cumberland, 1777. This goes back to the manuscript
Accompt of the most considerable estates and families in the county of Cumberland of about 1603 by John Denton. Through copies made by
Daniel Fleming, it used material collected by
Christopher Rawlinson. Joseph Nicolson (born 1706, baptised William – 1777), son of John Nicolson of Hawkesdale, was a nephew of Bishop
William Nicolson, and inherited from him collections relating to Carlisle. Burn and Nicolson used in particular material collected by
Thomas Machell, vicar of
Kirkby Thore, and collated by William Nicolson. •
William Hutchinson,
History of the County of Cumberland (1794).
Derbyshire •
Stephen Glover,
Directory of the County of Derby (1827–29); and
History of the County of Derby (1829–31) Glover made use of, and expanded, an unpublished history by William Woolley. • Samuel Bagshaw,
History, Gazetteer and Directory of Derbyshire (1846) •
White,
History, Gazetteer and Directory of the County of Derby (1857)
Devon •
John Hooker,
Synopsis Corographical of the County of Devon (c. 1587), unpublished • Sir
William Pole (d. 1635),
Collections Towards a Description of the County of Devon, notes made (c. 1608–1617), published by
Sir John-William de la Pole (ed.), London, 1791 •
Thomas Westcote,
Survey of Devon of 1630 •
Tristram Risdon,
Chorographical Description or Survey of the County of Devon (c. 1632) •
Richard Polwhele,
The History of Devonshire (1793–1806)
John Swete supplied material to Polwhele. •
William White,
History, Gazetteer and Directory of the County of Devon: including the city of Exeter, and comprising a general survey of the county Dorset •
John Hutchins,
History and Antiquities of Dorset (1774) • John Hutchins,
The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset, Vols. 1–4, 1815.
Durham •
William Hutchinson,
History and Antiquities of the Country Palatine of Durham •
Robert Surtees,
The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham Both Hutchinson and Surtees drew on the work of
George Allan.
John Brewster assisted Surtees. •
James Raine,
The History and Antiquities of North-Durham, 1852 • William Fordyce,
The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham • Whellan,
History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham (1856)
Essex •
Philip Morant,
The History and Antiquities of the County of Essex, two volumes 1763–1768 Morant used collections of
Thomas Jekyll; and also material from
Richard Symonds he obtained via
Gregory King. A major source was the parish descriptions of
William Holman. These had been acquired by
Nicholas Tindal, for whom Morant worked as a curate; Tindal made a small start on publishing Essex history, around 1732. They then passed via Nathaniel Salmon,
Anthony Allen and John Booth, before Morant had them from Booth about 1750. •
A New and Complete History of Essex, from a late survey (1772) •
Elizabeth Ogborne,
The History of Essex (1817, one volume only)
Thomas Leman and probably
Joseph Strutt assisted. • William White,
History, Gazetteer and Directory of the County of Essex, 1848
Gloucestershire •
Sir Robert Atkyns,
The Ancient and Present State of Glostershire (1712) •
Samuel Rudder,
A New History of Gloucestershire (1779) Rudder's work was based on Atkyns and a manuscript of
Richard Furney. •
Ralph Bigland,
Historical, Monumental & Genealogical Collections relative to the County of Gloucester (1791–94) •
Thomas Rudge,
The History of the County of Gloucester, compressed and brought down to the year 1803 (1803) •
Thomas Dudley Fosbroke,
Abstracts of Records and Manuscripts Respecting the County of Gloucester (1807) •
Gloucestershire Victoria County History Hampshire •
William Bingley,
The Topographical Account of the Hundred of Bosmere (fragment) 1817 • William White,
History, gazetteer and directory of the County of Hampshire (1859; 2nd edition 1878)
Herefordshire •
John Duncumb, partial work (1804–12) continued by others. Duncumb used work by
Richard Blyke; and an older manuscript by
Silas Taylor (Domville).
Hertfordshire See:
History of Hertfordshire;
:Category:History of Hertfordshire; [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/catalogue.aspx?gid=16&type=1
Victoria County History •
John Norden,
Speculi Britaniae Pars: the Description of Hartfordshire (1598) •
Henry Chauncy,
Antiquities of Hertfordshire (1700) •
Nathaniel Salmon,
History of Hertfordshire (1728) Salmon drew on unpublished material of Chauncy. •
Robert Clutterbuck,
The History and Antiquities of the County of Hertford (1815–27) Clutterbuck used collections of
Thomas Blore. •
John Edwin Cussans,
A History of Hertfordshire, containing an account of the Descents of the various Manors, Pedigrees of Families, Antiquities, Local Customs, &c. (16 parts in three folio volumes, 1870–81)
Kent •
William Lambarde,
A Perambulation of Kent (completed 1570; published 1576) •
Richard Kilburne,
A Brief Survey of the County of Kent (1657) [a summary digest of parishes]; and
A Topographie, or Survey of the County of Kent (1659) •
Thomas Philipot,
Villare Cantianum: or Kent Surveyed and Illustrated (1659) Philipot drew on materials originally collected by his father,
John Philipot, and the
Villare Cantianum is sometimes said to be John's work published under Thomas's name. He also drew on notes inherited from
Robert Glover, his great-uncle. •
Edward Hasted,
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent, (1st edn, 4 folio vols, 1778–99); (2nd edn, 12 octavo vols, 1797–1801) •
Samuel Henshall,
Specimens and parts; containing a history of the county of Kent and a dissertation on the laws (1798, partial) • Christopher Greenwood,
An Epitome of County History Vol. 1 (1818)
Lancashire •
Matthew Gregson,
Portfolio of Fragments relative to the History and Antiquities of the County Palatine and Duchy of Lancaster (1817) •
John Corry,
History of Lancashire (1825) •
Edward Baines,
Directory and Gazetteer of the County of Lancaster (1824–25) and
History of the County Palatine of Lancaster (1836). Baines used
Edwin Butterworth as researcher and author; he also took much from Gregson's
Portfolio.
Leicestershire •
William Burton,
The Description of Leicester Shire (1622) Burton made use of notes of
Augustine Vincent. •
John Nichols,
The History and Antiquities of the County of Leicester. 4 vols. (1795–1815) Nichols included unpublished material from William Burton,
Francis Peck, and
Richard Farmer. • William White,
History, Gazetteer and Directory of Leicestershire, 1863
Lincolnshire •
William Marrat,
History of Lincolnshire (1814–16), incomplete •
Thomas Allen,
A History of the County of Lincoln (1833–34)
Middlesex •
John Norden,
Speculum Britanniae: the First Parte: an Historicall, & Chorographicall Discription of Middlesex (1593)
Norfolk • Anonymous,
The Chorography of Norfolk (
c.1602: unpublished) •
Francis Blomefield,
Topographical History of Norfolk (1739–45) Blomefield used materials from
Peter Le Neve and
Thomas Martin of Palgrave.
Charles Parkin worked to complete the history. Blomefield used material collected by
Antony Norris, who later worked on completing and revising the history with
John Fenn. • Anonymous,
History and Antiquities of the County of Norfolk (1781) By Crouse and Booth of Norwich, this was largely copied from Blomefield. •
George Baker,
History and Antiquities of the County of Northampton (1822–30)
Northumberland •
John Wallis,
The Natural History and Antiquities of Northumberland, and so much of the County of Durham as lies between the rivers Tyne and Tweed, commonly called North Bishoprick (2 vols., 1769). •
Eneas Mackenzie,
An Historical and Descriptive View of the County of Northumberland (1811, 2 vols. and revised 1825); and
A Descriptive and Historical Account of the Town and County of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1827, 2 vols.) •
John Hodgson,
History of Northumberland (unfinished, from 1825) •
John Hodgson Hinde,
A History of Northumberland (1858) •
History of the County of Northumberland (15 volumes 1893–1940). This was issued by the Northumberland County History Committee.
Nottinghamshire •
Robert Thoroton,
Antiquities of Nottinghamshire, 1677 •
John Throsby,
Antiquities of Nottinghamshire, 1790
Oxfordshire •
Robert Plot,
The Natural History of Oxford-shire (1677)
Rutland •
James Wright,
The History and Antiquities of the County of Rutland (1684) •
Thomas Blore,
History and Antiquities of the County of Rutland (1811, partial)
Shropshire •
Charles Hulbert,
History of the County of Salop (1837) This included an edition of the 1779
History and Antiquities of Shrewsbury by
Thomas Phillips, which drew on the work of
James Bowen and
John Bowen. •
Thomas Farmer Dukes,
Antiquities of Shropshire (1844) Dukes used a manuscript of
Edward Lloyd.
Somerset •
John Collinson (1791, 3 vols.) including survey by
Edmund Rack •
Somerset Victoria County History Staffordshire •
Sampson Erdeswicke,
Survey of Staffordshire •
Robert Plot,
The Natural History of Staffordshire (1686) •
Stebbing Shaw,
History of Staffordshire (
History and Antiquities of Staffordshire) • William Pitt,
A Topographical History of Staffordshire (1817)
Suffolk • Anonymous,
The Chorography of Suffolk (1602: unpublished) •
Robert Reyce,
A Breviary of Suffolk (
c.1618: unpublished) •
John Gage Rokewode,
The History and Antiquities of Suffolk, 1838 •
Alfred Suckling,
The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk (1846) [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/source.aspx?pubid=413 •
M. R. James,
Suffolk and Norfolk: A Perambulation of the Two Counties with Notices of Their History and Their Ancient Buildings (1930)
Surrey •
John Aubrey,
Perambulation of Surrey (written 1673–92); published by
Richard Rawlinson as
The Natural History and Antiquities of the County of Surrey (1718–19) •
Owen Manning and
William Bray,
The History and Antiquities of the County of Surrey (1804–14) •
Edward Wedlake Brayley with
Gideon Algernon Mantell (geology),
A Topographical History of Surrey (1841)
Sussex •
James Dallaway,
History of the Western Division of Sussex (1815 to 1832), with Edmund Cartwright •
Thomas Walker Horsfield,
The History, Antiquities and Topography of the County of Sussex (1835) •
John Russell Smith,
Sussex archaeological collections illustrating the history and antiquities of the county, 1853
Warwickshire •
William Dugdale,
The Antiquities of Warwickshire (1656) Dugdale used notes from
William Burton; and much material from
Simon Archer.
Wiltshire •
John Aubrey,
Antiquities of Wiltshire (written 1656–71; partially published 1862); and
Naturall Historie of Wiltshire (written 1656–91; partially published 1847) •
Sir Richard Colt Hoare,
The History of Modern Wiltshire (1822–44) •
Wiltshire Victoria County History •
Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine Worcestershire •
Treadway Russell Nash,
History and Antiquities of the County of Worcester (1781) Nash used collections of
Charles Lyttelton, including older research of
Thomas Habington. He also was aware of the work of
Thomas Dingley.
Yorkshire •
Ralph Thoresby, using collections of
John Hopkinson •
Memoirs Illustrative of the History and Antiquities of the County and City of York (1816) •
Joseph Hunter,
South Yorkshire (a history of the Deanery of Doncaster) (1828–31) •
Edward Baines,
History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York (1822–23) •
Thomas Allen,
A New and Complete History of the County of York (1828–31) •
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