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 link)

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.

There are a few web sites covering many sites and a fair number of buildings have web pages.

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. A link is given, but with these sources I also reference, in the book section, 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 actual primary source such as the PRO editions of the Calendar of Patent Rolls.
• 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• Unpublished and other sources are often unpublished thesis or in house reports but can be a variety of other things including personal correspondence.