Humanities & social sciences research - Local history
Historical Atlas of Oxfordshire
The county historical atlas has become an essential resource for local historians in recent years. By mapping the past it provides a guide to future research on historical, architectural and archaeological themes across a wide range of topics and periods.
November 2010 saw the launch of Oxfordshire's own historical atlas, the Historical Atlas of Oxfordshire. Edited by Dr Kate Tiller of Kellogg College, the Atlas contains the work of over 40 contributors, including Department for Continuing Education historians Dr Mark Smith, Dr Elizabeth Gemmill, Dr Adrienne Rosen, and many others who teach for the Department's Local History programme.
The Historical Atlas of Oxfordshire presents the history of Oxfordshire in a way never previously available. Through concise and expert texts, accompanied by over 100 specially drawn maps, it captures current knowledge of the archaeology, landscape, buildings and history of the county. Some 75 topics range from geology and prehistory to the 20th-century motor industry. Place-names, politics, settlement, landholding, agriculture, population, wealth, poverty, country houses, vernacular buildings, trade, industry, communications, religion, education, health care and war are amongst the themes considered.
The Atlas is published by the Oxfordshire Record Society, and can be purchased from them using an order form, which is found on this page: http://www.oxfordshire-record-society.org.uk/tiller-publication.htm.