The Local Historian Volume 9 Number 3 August 1970

By Alan Rogers

An account of an ambitious long-term project to publish a multi-volume History of Lincolnshire.

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By Kenneth Twinn

Dr Williams's Library of Ecclesiastical History was opened in 1729, and is named after its founder, Daniel Williams, a Presbyterian minister in London. The article details the contents of the library and the scope of its collections in the context of local history research, particularly on social and religious subjects.

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By Jack Mosdell

An informal or anecdotal description of a village shop in Willingdon, Sussex, in the late 19th century, based on contemporary records.

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By B.G. Everett

Study of the effects of the Elementary Education Act of 1870 which, in many communities, enabled the formation of School Boards elected by and from among the local ratepayers. These bodies were not uncontroversial since - among other contentious issues - they were held to pose a direct challenge to the control of schools by the various churches. The author recommends that further studies of the School Board system and its local impact should be carried out, and suggests a range of sources which might be available to the local historian undertaking such a project.

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By Gareth Jenkins

A 'folkloric' study of Welsh valentines of the 19th century, in which they are interpreted as being characteristic of a typical working-class or popular example of folk culture and tradition, later merging with and being superseded by the more familiar mass-produced valentines: the article includes numerous examples of the genre.