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Tithe map

Tithe map - find out more in the Local history guide

Festival of Britain: William Cox, plasterer's labourer, 1950. Cat ref: WORK 25/202Learning guides

Our guides cover a range of our most popular research topics. Experts have created each guide to make your time here as rewarding as possible.

Family history

Family history

This guide displays and describes some of our key documents for family historians. It also:


  • Shows you what the documents look like and what you may find in them
  • Identifies and explains how to get to these records and how to use themGo to First World War
  

Local history

Chertsey Abbey, 15th century estate map. Cat ref: E 164/25

This guide aims to help those interested in local history by illustrating the types of material which will be useful for local and regional historical studies.Go to Trafalgar to Korea

Palaeography

Learn how to read and transcribe old handwriting

Learn how to read and transcribe old handwriting. This interactive guide will mark your attempts at transcribing 10 documents dating from the reign of Henry VIII to 1760. Go to Trafalgar to Korea