Local history is the study of the History is a term for information about the past. When used as the name of a field of study, comes from the Greek ιστορία remarked that history in the wider sense is all that has happened, not merely all the phenomena of human life... history of a relatively small geographic area; typically a specific settlement, parish or county. Local history came to the fore with the An antiquarian is one concerned with antiquities or things of the past. More narrowly, the term is often used for those who studied (usually local) history with special attention to the physical traces of the past. Antiquarianism is usually considered to have emerged in the sixteenth century; by the nineteenth... antiquarians of the lead most of Latin America to independence. The Industrial Revolution continues and spreads, developments include the Rail Transport, telegraph, and telephone. The rebellion of Greece begins in 1821 which ultimately leads to its independence Belgium becomes independent in 1830 after a massive uprising against the Dutch. Leopold becomes the first... nineteenth century and was particularly emphasised by the creation of the The Victoria History of the Counties of England, commonly known as the Victoria County History or the VCH, is an English history project begun in 1899 in honour of Queen Victoria with the aim of creating an encyclopaedic history of each of the traditional counties of England. The responsibility for... Victoria County History series in Capital London Capitals coordinates 51° 30 N, 0° 10 W Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Religion Church of England (Established Church): 31,500,000 Roman Catholic: 5,000... England. Its establishment as a formal academic discipline is usually credited to W. G. Hoskins who also popularised the subject with his book The Making of the English Landscape.

See also Microhistory is a branch of the study of history. First developed in the 1970s microhistory is the study of the past on a very small scale. The most common type of microhistory is the study of a small town or village. Other common studies include looking at individuals of minor... microhistory.