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Register of research in urban history

This list is a continuation of that published in Urban History Yearbook 1979. It is based chiefly on replies given to inquiries directed to individual researchers or their supervisors but also draws to some extent on other listings, notably the Theses Supplement of the Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research, and the lists prepared annually under the auspices of the Conference of Heads of Departments of Geography in British Universities, and from two comparable lists prepared by the Institute of British Geographers: Historical Geography Research Group, Register of Research in Historical Geography; Urban Geography Study Group, Register of Members' Research Interest. The Register given here is not confined to research being conducted for the purpose of obtaining a higher degree nor necessarily limited to work being done in this country or on aspects of its own urban history, though these features predominate. It is not rigidly exclusive in scope but all items included relate explicitly or implicitly to the historical development of particular towns or to broader aspects of urbanization as experienced in the past. The key to abbreviations is given below. The usefulness of the list as a means of promoting effective research depends entirely on the accuracy of the information supplied by individual scholars, and we are glad to be told of new projects or modifications to existing ones at any time. An index to place-names and themes is provided at the end.