England's Past for Everyone

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England’s Past for Everyone , commonly known as EPE, is a Heritage Lottery Fund funded project run by the Victoria County History.

Authors and researchers are working alongside volunteers in ten counties to produce 15 paperback publications, an interactive website and schools and learning resources.

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England’s Past for Everyone is an exciting new community based project which will see historians and local volunteers creating a whole range of groundbreaking resources. From a series of books to interactive materials for schools, it’s all about bringing local history to life.

The project is part of the Victoria County History, which was founded in 1899 to create an encyclopaedic record of England’s places and people.

Over the next 4 years, we aim to help more people access their local history by:

Publishing a series of paperback books Working with schools and other partners to provide education resources Coordinating and supporting a series of volunteer programmes Developing an interactive website to explore the images, documents and audio visual material that we’ve discovered

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  • "History is not just about the dim and distant past, it's happening right now. This is your chance to get involved in the life story of your community."
  • "Bringing local history to life."

[edit] Counties Involved and their projects

  • Bristol - (1) Identity and the City: A History of Ethnic Minorities in Bristol 1000-2001
  • Cornwall - (1) The Fishing Communities of Mousehole and Newlyn, (2) Religious houses of Cornwall
  • County Durham - (1) Sunderland and its Origins: Monks and Mariners, (2) Townscape of Sunderland
  • Derbyshire - (1) Bolsover: Castle and Townscape, (2) Hardwick Hall, Estate and Village.
  • Exmoor - (1) The Settlement of Exmoor
  • Herefordshire - (1) Ledbury Pre-1558, (2) Ledbury Post-1558
  • Kent - (1) People and Work in the Lower Medway Valley 1750 - 1900
  • Oxfordshire - (1) Buildings and People of Burford, (2) Town and River: A History of Henley-on-Thames
  • Sussex - (1) Parham: An Elizabethan House and its Restoration
  • Wiltshire - (1) Codford: wool and war in Wiltshire

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