Thanks for the free plug. The site is still under development and is worth
re-visiting from time to time as new material will appear with increasing
frequency in future.
There is actually more Darlington text at present on the national VCH site
(which has links to all other active VCH counties and is being developed as
a gateway for local history):
http://www.englandpast.net.
Clicking on 'HLF Project site', then 'Contents', you can find your way to
our text and also to new work on Oxfordshire - Broadwell and Kelmscott.
Most of what is mounted on Darlington so far covers the development of the
landscape, earliest times to medieval, and also 1780-1914. Sections on
economic history will follow shortly, starting with an account of the
textile industry.
Comments and suggestions on content and format are very welcome.
Gill Cookson
Dr Gill Cookson,
County Editor,
Victoria County History of Durham.
----- Original Message -----
From: Roger Fern <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 2:15 PM
Subject: Durham VCH
> More unwanted free information. People in Co. Durham (particularly
> the Tees end of the county) will probably know all about it -- sorry.
>
> The Victoria County History for Durham has a website:
>
> http://www.durhampast.net/
>
> As with many websites, a lot of the electronic space is devoted to
> telling you about the venture, and what they hope to do. So far, so
> usual. However, the Darlington volume is trundling along nicely, and
> they have put some of the text on the website. If you click on
>
> "The Darlington Project",
>
> and then on "here" in
>
> "Newly produced sections of the history of Darlington are now
> available in draft, and can be read here"
>
> you can read what they've got so far, with little photos which you
> can click on for full-screen enlargements.
>
> Roger Fern.
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> Roger W. Fern,
> 27 Ladybank,
> Chapel Park,
> Newcastle upon Tyne,
> NE5 1UJ.
> (0191) 267-3074 [log in to unmask]
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