English villages in the 18th and 19th centuries: a sociological approach Part II a survey of the main types of source material

Mills, Dennis

pp 7-13

This article follows on from (06 08 271-278), in which Mills discusses the sociological analysis of village communities. Here he reviews a wide range of sources, both primary and secondary, which allow the researcher to undertake analysis of this type. He divides the materials into documentary sources, statistical printed sources and general reference works: i) documentary sources: including tithe maps and apportionments; parish enclosure awards; estate records; land tax records; crop returns; census data; ii) statistical printed sources: including census data; poor law returns; county directories; early county histories; Ballot Act poll books; and iii) general printed sources such as published histories and reference works. The article includes a bibliography of relevant texts.

The Amateur Historian Volume 7 Number 1 February 1966