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A Norfolk Village and the Agricultural Revolution
Reading the Landscape
Jul 23
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Neil Jopson
3
How to Read a Tithe Map
And What It Tells You About Your Parish
Jul 16
•
Neil Jopson
3
2
The Factory Comes to Town
How British Industry Transformed Local Life
Jul 9
•
Neil Jopson
2
1
Parish Registers
Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Everything In Between
Jul 2
•
Neil Jopson
5
June 2026
Jan Morris and the Power of Atmosphere
How to put a reader in a place
Jun 25
•
Neil Jopson
3
The Enclosure Acts
How Parliament Stole The Commons
Jun 18
•
Neil Jopson
2
4
The National Archives at Kew
What’s There and How to Access It
Jun 11
•
Neil Jopson
1
Bromley: Reading a Town’s Growth in Maps
From Market Village to London Suburb
Jun 4
•
Neil Jopson
1
May 2026
How to Use the Victorian Census Like a Professional
Digging deeper
May 28
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Neil Jopson
2
1
Fields, Commons, and Enclosures
The Agricultural Revolution Begins
May 22
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Neil Jopson
2
1
How Local History Connects to the Bigger Story of Britain
In the churchyard of a small village in Wiltshire, there is a war memorial.
May 20
•
Neil Jopson
5
W.G. Hoskins and the Art of Making a Landscape Speak
THE foundational text for local history
May 16
•
Neil Jopson
1
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