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Image of The Boer War memorial being erected at Saltfleet in 1906

The Boer War memorial being erected at Saltfleet in 1906; a symbol of the parish community. Note its utilitarian character - a village pump was a great asset in times before piped water. (Copyright Lincolnshire Library Service, Saltfleet 4).

Preliminary Reading for Lincolnshire Parish Historians

Dennis Mills

Introduction

This guide to reading on Lincolnshire history may be useful for many different purposes, but it is aimed particularly at those who wish to pursue research on the history of an individual village, or small town. Such work will require the use of sources of information peculiar to the chosen parish, but that may not be the best, and certainly will not be the only way to approach the subject.

Although the history of each parish is in some way different from that of its neighbours, they will all have gone through many common experiences, the Norman Conquest, the Reformation, and the influence of railway construction, to name only three. It is, therefore, sensible and useful to look at some general sources at an early stage of the research.

This guide contains sources of background information and the general history of Lincolnshire, as well as the titles of standard reference works giving information on many different individual parishes. All titles are available in Lincoln Central Library (LCL), at least in the form of one reference copy. Many of them can be borrowed and/or are to be found in the larger branch libraries. Some are also to be found in the Lincolnshire Archives (LA).

The titles have been divided into two groups, one listing three kinds of very general suggestions for reading and activities, the second and much longer group focusing on periods and topics. With each set of titles will be found some remarks indicating what help to expect from them, and in many cases examples of the type of information have been included.

Copyright on Text © 2001 Dr D R Mills

Last Updated: 27 May 2010

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