England's Past for Everyone
Encyclopedia
England’s Past for Everyone, commonly known as EPE, is a Heritage Lottery
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.
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.
EPE aims to help more people access their local history by:
Heritage Lottery Fund
The Heritage Lottery Fund is a fund established in the United Kingdom under the National Lottery etc. Act 1993. The Fund opened for applications in 1994. It uses money raised through the National Lottery to transform and sustain the UK’s heritage...
funded project run by the Victoria County History
Victoria County History
The Victoria History of the Counties of England, commonly known as the Victoria County History or the VCH, is an English history project which began in 1899 and was dedicated to Queen Victoria with the aim of creating an encyclopaedic history of each of the historic counties of...
.
Authors and researchers are working alongside volunteers in ten counties to produce 15 paperback publications, an interactive website, and schools and learning resources.
General
England’s Past for Everyone is a community-based project where historians and local volunteers are creating a whole range of valuable resources, including a series of books, and interactive materials for schools. It's all about bringing local history to life.The project is part of the Victoria County History
Victoria County History
The Victoria History of the Counties of England, commonly known as the Victoria County History or the VCH, is an English history project which began in 1899 and was dedicated to Queen Victoria with the aim of creating an encyclopaedic history of each of the historic counties of...
, which was founded in 1899 to create an encyclopaedic record of England’s
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
places and people.
EPE aims 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 has been discovered
Strapline
- "Bringing local history to life."
- "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."
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