The Sources used in Gatehouse

The information on the individual buildings pages in this web site is derived from several types of sources.

Online Sources (click for more detailed list of links)

Several databases are now available online, the most important of these are PastScape and Coflein, which approximate to the national monuments records for England and Wales.

A small, but increasing, number of county councils are putting their Historic Environment Records (Previously called the Sites and Monuments Records) online in searchable databases. Clearly many of the secondary sources I have used have used the original hard copies of these important records but I have only rarely visited the county offices where these are held myself.

There are a few web sites covering many sites and a fair number of buildings have web pages, usually of limited worth but occasionally of real value.

A number of important source texts are beginning to become available online. Notably British History Online is transcribing many editions of the Victoria County History and other importance primary and secondary sources. A direct link is often given, but with these sources I do reference the original published text.

Books (click for a full bibliography)

Books fall into several different types;

• General Texts, cover general descriptions and themes but will use specific sites as detailed examples of a more general point.
• Gazetteers are listing of sites in a specific area, or of a specific type, usually with site descriptions.
• Journal articles can be detailed site descriptions or local gazetteers.
• Primary tend to be published transcriptions/translations of the primary source such as the PRO editions of the Calendar of Patent Rolls rather than the actual original manuscript, although very occasional these are detailed.
• Antiquarian are published transcriptions/translations of texts written by contemporary or near contemporary authors, most notably John Leland.
• Unpublished and other sources are often unpublished thesis or in house reports but can be a variety of other things including personal correspondence. This gray literature also includes archaeological 'watching briefs' and some other small scale archaeological investigations which do not get published in journals. Information on academic thesis may be available via Index to Theses other reports may be lodged with the appropriate Historic Environment Record holder (contact details via each site page.)