Medieval source material on the internet: Modern works: Local history: N

Modern works:

(2) Local history: N

N.B. See also the index of places covered by the Victoria County History - some articles are available online.

• Walter Money The history of the ancient town and borough of Newbury, in the county of Berks. (1887) (Google Books [Hints and tips])
  [Other copies at: Internet Archive - Text Archive:  1 ;  2 ;  3 .]
• Eneas Mackenzie, A descriptive and historical account of the town and county of Newcastle upon Tyne, including the borough of Gateshead (1827) (British History Online)
• Norfolk: Samuel Woodward (revised by W. C. Ewing), The Norfolk Topographer's Manual (1842) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
  A catalogue of materials relating to the history of Norfolk, including books, pictures, manuscripts and deeds.
• Norfolk: See Victoria County History and Older County Histories
• Northamptonshire: See Victoria County History and Older County Histories
• Northamptonshire: The lost churches of Northamptonshire (Stephen Swailes, this site)
  This document contain brief information on 47 lost churches, often referred to as destroyed churches, that once stood in medieval Northamptonshire. Information on lost churches is dispersed across a range of sources and it is hoped that by bringing it together a useful purpose is served. Further information on some of the churches listed and on the development of the Church in the county can be found by following up the sources in the bibliography, many of which are online.
• Northamptonshire: Deserted villages and hamlets in Northamptonshire (Stephen Swailes, this site)
  This document provides an expanded list of 121 deserted villages and smaller settlements in Northamptonshire, with a brief description of each one, a summary of the reasons why villages were deserted and an outline of the sources used to identify them.
• Northamptonshire: Francis Howcutt, editor, Henry Isham Longden: Indexes to Pedigrees and associated notes (this site)
  Over 2,000 pedigrees, mainly of families connected with Northamptonshire, were compiled by Rev. Henry Isham Longden and are now deposited at Northamptonshire Record Office. This paper consists of an introduction to the collection along with indexes, arranged by surname and by parish or place.
• Northampton/Northamptonshire: Extensive collection of books and articles on Northamptonshire history (Northamptonshire by Postcards and Books) [not available, 26 May 2009; see the Internet Archive's copy of this page, from January 2008]. The texts can be seen by going to the main page, clicking "Books", and then choosing the link indicated on the left-hand side.
  The texts include:
  • K. J. Allison, M. W. Beresford and J. G. Hurst, The Deserted Villages of Northamptonshire (link "Deserted villages of Northants 1966")
    Text of Leicester University, Department of English Local History, no 18 (1966)
  • J. Britton and E. W. Brayley, The Beauties of England and Wales: [County of] Northampton (1818) (link "Beauties of Northants (in progress) 1815")
  • Alice Dryden, ed., Memorials of Old Northamptonshire (link "Memorials of old northampton")
    Includes a detailed account of the monumental effigies of Northamptonshire, and the texts of various 16th-century muster rolls.
  • P. M. Eastman, An Hour Among the Echoes of Northampton Castle (link "Northampton Castle (Eastman)")
    Text of a lecture given at Northampton, 1879.
  • P. J. Harris. and P. W. Hartop, Northamptonshire, its Land and its People [1950] (link "In progress. Northants its land and it people (62 pics)")
  • Arthur Mee, Kings England: Northamptonshire (link "Arthur Mees Tour de Force on Northants (1M)")
  • R. M. Serjeantson, The Castle Of Northampton (link "Northampton Castle (Serjeantson)")
    Text originally published in Northamptonshire Natural History Society & Field Club, vol. 14 (1907).
  • R. M. Serjeantson, The Hospital of St. Thomas, Northampton (link "St. Thomas's Hospital")
    Text of a paper read at the Annual Meeting of the Architectural Excursions Club in 1909
  • R. M. Serjeantson, A History of Delapre Abbey, Northampton (1909) (link "Delapre Abbey again")
    Text originally published in Journal of the Northamptonshire Natural History Society, vol. 16 (1912).
  • R. M. Serjeantson, Some Notes upon the History of Northampton (link "History of Northampton")
    Text of a paper read to the Royal Archaeological Institute at Northampton in 1912.
  • R. M. Serjeantson, The Hospital of St. John, Northampton (link "St. John Full book with pictures")
    Text originally published in Journal of the Northamptonshire Natural History Society, vol. 16 (1912).
  • R. M. Serjeantson, The Leper Hospitals of Northampton (link "The Leper Hospitals of Northampton")
    Detailed account with illustrations, originally published in Northamptonshire Natural History Society & Field Club, vol. 18, no 141 (1915).
  • Joan Wake and W. A. Pantin, Delapre Abbey, its History and Architecture (Northamptonshire Record Society, 1959) (link "Delapre Abbey")
  • A. P. White, The Story of Northampton (1914) (link "The story of northampton")
• Northumberland: See Older County Histories
• Norwich [Norfolk]
  • History of medieval Norwich [Norfolk] (Stephen Alsford, Medieval English Towns)
  • William Creasy Ewing, Notices of the merchants' marks in the city of Norwich (1850) (Making of America, University of Michigan)
    Choice of images, PDF files or text, with a search facility (but beware of sometimes inaccurate text conversion)
  • Richard John King, Handbook to the Cathedrals of England (1862) (Bill Thayer) [not available, 11 December 2015]
    Excerpts, including accounts of the history of the see of Norwich, and the history of the cathedral
• Nottingham:
  • David Roffe, Pre-Conquest Nottingham
    Text of a lecture
  • St Mary's Church, Nottingham - Its Past and Present History (Brian Taylor) [formerly at http://ibis.nott.ac.uk/~plzbt/stmarys/1874logo&lights.htm; not available, 2 November 2003]
    A detailed treatment, including references to many clerics, benefactors and others associated with the church
  • Percy G. Whatnall, ed., Links with Old Nottingham - Historical notes by J. Holland Walker (1928) (Andy Nicholson, Nottinghamshire History and Archaeology)
  • Harry Gill, A short history of Nottingham Castle (1904) (Nottinghamshire History and Archaeology)
• Nottinghamshire: See Victoria County History and Older County Histories
• Nottinghamshire:
  • Miscellaneous articles on Nottinghamshire history and archaeology (Andy Nicholson, Nottinghamshire History and Archaeology)
    A collection of articles, in progress, mainly from the Transactions of the Thoroton Society and John Throsby's 1790 edition of Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
  • David Roffe, Nottinghamshire and the North: a Domesday Study (David Roffe)
    Text of David Roffe's thesis examining the Domesday record for Nottinghamshire, and its implications for the county and the Danelaw