Books in the Approaches to Local History series

This practical text considers what local history is, why researching it is valuable and rewarding, and how we should go about it. Issues addressed include getting oral and documentary evidence; keeping records; the nature of data; and their use to create the different products of local history.

Part of a series concerned with local history, this text looks at the derivation of different types of surnames. It ranges from those which have evolved from occupations and location to those which have evolved from personal names and by hereditary.

Field names are not only interesting in themselves, but also a rich source of information about the communities originating them. This is a pioneering history, by the author of the standard Dictionary of Field Names.