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• About the Project Partners
  • Victoria County History (VCH)
  • Heritage Lottery Fund
  • Institute of Historical Research
  • University of London
  • English Heritage
  • Phillimore & Co Ltd
• Press and Marketing Materials
  • National Press Releases
  • Promotional Materials
• Annual Reports
• Contact Us
• EPE Support Staff
• County Contact Details
• Useful Links
• Editing and Peer Review Process

Victoria County History (VCH)

The Victoria County History runs the England's Past for Everyone project across 10 counties in England, supported by the central team in London.

Begun in 1899 and dedicated to Queen Victoria the Victoria County History (VCH) is creating an encyclopaedic history of the counties of England, based on original research and ranging from earliest times to the present.

Over the last 100 years over 230 distinctive large red volumes have been published. General chapters cover subjects such as prehistory, and ecclesiastical and economic history and topographical chapters give a comprehensive, fully referenced account of each city, town, and village in the county.

This work is carried out by staff in counties all over England, whose research is edited and prepared for publication by a central team based at the University of London's Institute of Historical Research.