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

Modern works:

(2) Local history: W

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

• Robin Bush, Waddon, Dorset: The Waddon Manors and the Dorset Domesday (Time Team, Channel 4)
  Version of an article written for Somerset & Dorset Notes & Queries discussing the identification of the settlements of Friars Waddon, West Waddon and Little Waddon with the two Domesday manors
• George H. Crowther, A Descriptive History of the Battles of Wakefield (1886) (Beryl Thompson) [not available, 25 February 2010; see the Internet Archive's copy of this page, from July 2008]
  PDF format; rather slow to download
• Frederic W. Willmore A History of Walsall [Staffordshire] And its Neighbourhood (1887) (Google Books [Hints and tips])
  [Other copies at: Internet Archive - Text Archive.]
• Local History Articles: Wantage, Oxfordshire (The Vale and Downland Museum, Wantage)
  A collection of detailed articles on the local history of Wantage and the surrounding area, including a number covering the medieval period - on King Alfred's Palace, Church History, Kingston Bagpuize, the Manor House, the 1522 Muster Roll, the Open Fields, Tudor Documents, West Challow Old Hall, and the Wedon and Wirdnam families
• Warwickshire: See Victoria County History and Older County Histories
• David Roffe, Lady Godiva, the book, and Washingborough [Lincolnshire] (David Roffe)
  Discussion of the manor around the 11th century, and its connection with Godiva, apparently the third wife of Siward, Earl of Northumbria. Originally published in Lincolnshire Past and Present, vol. 12, pp. 9, 10 (1993)
• Westmorland: See Older County Histories
• [Westwick, Hertfordshire] The Leverstock Green Chronicle (Barbara Chapman)
  Includes a chronological listing of evidence from medieval records
• Blanche's Yorkshire Tenants / Fieldnames (Ruth E. Richardson, Blanche Parry)
  Lists of tenants in Wheldrake, East Riding of Yorkshire, in the 16th century.
• George T. O. Bridgeman The history of the church and manor of Wigan, in the County of Lancaster. Part 1. (1888) (Google Books [Hints and tips])
  Chetham Society, new series, volume 15. Covers the history up to 1615.
  [Other copies at: Internet Archive - Text Archive:  1 ;  2 .]
• George T. O. Bridgeman, The history of the church and manor of Wigan in the County of Lancaster. Part 2. (1889) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
  Chetham Society, new series, volume 16. Covers the period 1616-c. 1643.
  [Other copies at: Internet Archive - Text Archive.]
• George T. O. Bridgeman, The history of the church and manor of Wigan in the County of Lancaster. Part 3. (1889) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
  Chetham Society, new series, volume 17. Covers the period c. 1643-1880.
• George T. O. Bridgeman, The history of the church and manor of Wigan in the County of Lancaster. Part 4. (1890) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
  Chetham Society, new series, volume 18. The church, chapels and documents relating to the Priory of St Thomas at Holland or Upholland.
• J. Charles Cox, Isle of Wight - its churches and religious houses. (1911) (Internet Archives - Text Archive)
• John Aubrey, The Natural History of Wiltshire (Project Gutenberg)
  Text from the edition of John Britton (1847)
• Wiltshire: See Victoria County History and Older County Histories
• [C. Mayo] A History of Wimborne Minster; The Collegiate Church of Saint Cuthberga and King's Free Chapel at Wimborne [Dorset] (1860) (Google Books [Hints and tips])
  [Other copies at: Internet Archive - Text Archive.]
• Winslow History (Winslow History Project)
  Project to make available documents and photographs relating to Winslow, Buckinghamshire, including sections on Wills and inventories and Medieval Winslow.
• Edward Marshall The early history of Woodstock manor [Oxfordshire] and its environs, in Bladon, Hensington, New Woodstock, Blenheim (1873) (Google Books [Hints and tips])
  [Other copies at: Internet Archive - Text Archive:  1 ;  2 .]
• Edward Marshall, A supplement to the history of Woodstock manor [Oxfordshire] and its environs, with a Notice of the Church and Parish of Wootton (1874) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
• John Noake The Monastery and Cathedral of Worcester (1866) (Google Books [Hints and tips])
  [Other copies at: Internet Archive - Text Archive:  1 ;  2 ;  3 .]
• Worcestershire: See Victoria County History and Older County Histories
• John Holland The history, antiquities, and description of the town and parish of Worksop, in the county of Nottingham (1826) (Google Books [Hints and tips])
  [Other copies at: Internet Archive - Text Archive.]
• Robert White, Worksop, the Dukery, and Sherwood Forest [Nottinghamshire] (1875) (Andy Nicholson, Nottinghamshire History and Archaeology)
• Wrenthorpe History Web [near Wakefield, West Yorkshire] (Edward Green) [not available, 25 February 2010; see the Internet Archive's copy of this page, from December 2005]
  Includes information on the medieval history of Wrenthorpe, in the sections on "First 600 Years" and "Wrenthorpe in Old Local History Books"
• John Parker The early history and antiquities of Wycombe, in Buckinghamshire (1878) (Google Books [Hints and tips])
  [Other copies at: Internet Archive - Text Archive:  1 ;  2 .]