House History module (RM50035)
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Credits
10
Module code
RM50035
- Techniques required to research the history of a house, locating and interpreting key sources
- Dating houses and buildings: architectural styles, interiors and furnishings
- Maps and land surveys, tracing community developments
- Land and property law including manorial tenure, searching for title deeds, property inheritance and disputes
- Finding occupants of houses and buildings
- Social, local and national contexts