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Local Guides in UK
​Record Offices

Local House History Guides 
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Most County Records offices have published guides to help house historians find records in their local archives. We list those that have  below. Some record offices have not published specific  house history links but have produced a guide dedicated to local history . Where this is the case we show this as "local history" in the list below. 
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Wales

The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales    Researching your House History

National Library of Wales   5 resources for tracing property history
 
Anglesey County Record Office   House History

Carmarthenshire:    None

Ceredigion: Sources for the History of houses

Conwy    None

Denbighshire:     House history

Flintshire: A Beginner’s Guide to Researching the History of a House
 
Glamorgan      Become a House Detective in Glamorgan
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West Glamorgan Archive Service    House History Swansea

Gwyndd:   How to Discover the History of your House
 
Pembrokeshire Record Office     None

Powys:   Research Family History: House History Sources

SCOTLAND

Aberdeen City Archives    None 

Aberdeenshire Council Archives  None  

Angus Archives  Local history
 
Argyll and Bute Council Archives     None 

Ayrshire      None

Clackmannanshire Council Archives    Local history

Dumfries and Galloway Archives   Local Archives

Dundee City Archives House history
 
East Dunbartonshire    
 
East Lothian Council Local History Centre  House history – A case study ( 3 parts)
 
Edinburgh City Archives  None
 
Falkirk Council Archives  None 
 
Fife Council Archive Centre  Local Studies Collections

Glasgow City Council Archives and Special Collections  None

 Highland Council Archive  None 

Midlothian Council Archives  Local Studies  

Moray Council  None 

National Archives of Scotland  None  

Scottish Borders Archive and Local History Centre  None 

Shetland Archives   None 

South Lanarkshire  None  

Stirling Council Archives Services Local History & Heritage

West Lothian Council Archives  Local History
Note to Archivists: We have tried very hard to find a link to house history at each record office. If you do provide guides to tracing the history of a house in your local area we would be grateful if you would let us know and we will happily update our records.

England

​Bedfordshire:  None 

Berkshire   Where I  Live
 
Bristol See Gloucester
 
Buckinghamshire: House History
 
Cambridge   Tracing the history of a house in Cambridgeshire archives
 
  Tracing the history of a house in Huntingdon  archives

Cheshire   Local studies

Cornwall    Property history in Cornwall

Cumbria     Property history
 
Derbyshire:  History of your House
 
Devon       House History

Dorset:   A Guide to Researching Your house history 
 
Durham :   Sources for the study of local history

Essex      House History in Essex
 
This seems to be a private site and not affiliated to the  official Essex Archives 

Gloucestershire:    House history in Gloucestershire  
 
Hampshire:   House history in Hampshire
                 
Herefordshire:    House History in Herefordshire
 
Hertfordshire:   House history in Hertfordshire
 
Isle of Wight  Researching House History
 
London City    None  

Greater London  None 
  
Kent:     House history
 
Manchester – Greater  None  

Merseyside  None 

Norfolk:      Tracing a Norfolk House
 
Northamptonshire:   Local history

Northumberland:    None 

Nottinghamshire:   None 

Oxfordshire:   House history

Shropshire:  House History
 
Somerset:   House History – where to start
 
                      House history – Extended Guide

 Bath & North East Somerset Record Office Bath House history
 
Staffordshire:   Tracing the history of buildings
 
Suffolk Record Office  How to begin Property History
 
Surrey:  House history

East Sussex:  Tracing the history of a building
 
West Sussex:    How to research the history of your house                                House history of West Sussex

Wiltshire   Sources for house history

Worcestershire       Discovering the history of your house at the  Hive                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

​Yorkshire East Riding   Property History Guide
 
Yorkshire North   None 

Yorkshire South  Tracing the History of your House in Sheffield

Yorkshire West  Sources for House History

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  • Welcome
  • The House
    • Land Registry and Title deeds
    • Maps
    • Tax
    • Manorial Records
    • Other Records
    • Postcards & Photos
    • Enclosures
    • Books & House Histories
    • Church & Parish Records
  • The People
    • Census
    • 1939 Register
    • Directories
    • Valuation Survey
    • Probate & Wills
    • Land Tax
    • Rate Books
    • Newspapers
    • Electoral Rolls and Poll Books
    • Civil Registration
    • Fire Insurance Records
    • Inquisitions PM
    • Private Estate Records
    • National Farm Survey
    • Court Records
    • Telephone Books
  • The Stories
    • House Stories
    • House Museums
    • Homes of Famous People
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