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From The Muniment Room, a resource for social history, family history, and local history.

Hints to assist the enquiries of visitors

Some visitors use the Muniment Room to acquire knowledge, others to share knowledge; either way, the site seeks to involve the visitor in an ongoing process of creation and collaboration. We invite and encourage you to create an account, which only takes a few seconds.

Reading and browsing

If you want to get a general overview of the site, a good place to start might be the Gazetteer, Bonds of association, or Tour pages. You can view changes and additions as they happen at the Recent changes page. You can also view random articles.

You may also search for articles using the search box on the left side of the screen. The best way to find specific people is to use the search box to find references to surnames.