I have lived in Birmingham all my life, which is part of the West Midlands, and the different areas I have lived in or visited define my own personal local history.
These subjects will be covered in my decades and West Midlands sections and. as such deserve any relevant blog posts. will appear there and here. As this section, you are on now is relevant to my life it deserves a place in the menu all to itself for everyone to clearly see.
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About Local History
Local history is the study of history in a geographically local context and it often concentrates on the local community. It incorporates cultural and social aspects of history. Local history is not merely national history writ small but a study of past events in a given geographical but one that is based on a wide variety of documentary evidence and placed in a comparative context that is both regional and national. Historic plaques are one form of documentation of significant occurrences in the past and oral histories are another.
Local history is often documented by local historical societies or groups that form to preserve a local historic building or other historic sites. Many works of local history are compiled by amateur historians working independently or archivists employed by various organizations. An important aspect of local history is the publication and cataloguing of documents preserved in local or national records which relate to particular areas.
In a number of countries, a broader concept of local lore is known, which is a comprehensive study of everything pertaining to a certain locality: history, ethnography, geography, natural history, etc.
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The above articles were taken from Wikipedia and are subject to change.
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The Lewis Building Birmingham – The image shown at the top of this page is the copyright of The Lewis Building Birmingham. On their website, you can read about the history of the building and much more.