Somerset Victoria County History

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The Somerset Victoria County History is an encyclopaedic history of the county of Somerset in England, forming part of the overall Victoria County History of England founded in 1899 in honour of Queen Victoria. With ten volumes published in the series A History of the County of Somerset, the Somerset VCH is among the most substantial of the Victoria County Histories.

Volumes published

=General volumes=

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  • Volume I (1906), ed. William Page: the Natural History of the county, with some archaeological material and a chapter on Romano-British Somerset, especially Bath; the Somerset Domesday and the Geld Inquest[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/source.aspx?pubid=117298 A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 1] at british-history.ac.uk, accessed 28 October 2011[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/place.aspx?gid=29®ion=3 Victoria County History: Somerset] at british-history.ac.uk, accessed 28 October 2011[http://www.victoriacountyhistory.ac.uk/counties/somerset/publications Somerset Publications] at victoriacountyhistory.ac.uk, accessed 28 October 2011
  • Volume II (1911), ed. William Page: Religious houses, including Wells Cathedral, Bath Abbey and Glastonbury Abbey[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/source.aspx?pubid=248 A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 2] at british-history.ac.uk, accessed 28 October 2011

=Topographical volumes=

County Editors

  • William Page
  • C. R. J. Currie
  • 1971–2006: Robert W. Dunning
  • 2006– : Mary C. Siraut[http://www.victoriacountyhistory.ac.uk/counties/somerset/about About VCH Somerset] at victoriacountyhistory.ac.uk, accessed 28 October 2011

The present county editor, Mary C. Siraut, served as deputy editor from 1978 to 2006 and was a full-time VCH employee until March 2011, when because of a funding shortfall she took early retirement. She is continuing work on the project on a part-time basis and is based at the new Somerset Heritage Centre in Norton Fitzwarren.Elizabeth Williamson, [http://www.balh.co.uk/lhn/article.php?file=lhn-vol1iss99-9.xml HARD TIMES AND GREEN SHOOTS] (2011) at balh.co.uk, accessed 28 October 2011

Deputy County Editors

  • 1970–1978: Robin Bush
  • 1978–2006: Mary C. Siraut

See also

References

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