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High Street History

 
Oakham in 1988
Oakham in 1988

Past notes

Unpicking monuments, a modern approach to the past and studying family trees. Join in the history forum.

The unquiet settlement

History surrounds us, often unnoticed. Raise your eyes to view your street, town or city name and unravel the imprint left during Roman or Anglo-Saxon times by reading cities, towns and villages.

The Deco quake

Explore the art deco stylings of the era when architecture took the world From Here To Modernity.

Try for yourself

Get a feel for the OU's genealogy course with our  start writing family history sample.

Related programmes

We've extended our High Street to include more features that tell us about the way our ancestors lived. if you think you know the High Street, look again...

The past always leaves its imprint on the present. The story of how our surroundings have changed is sometimes obscured by modernity, but there are hints of how we used to live in the shapes of buildings, the names of streets, the heroes commemorated by public statues.

Sometimes these things even become matters of public debate: what should be conserved of our heritage and how? Take a journey down our typical High Street and see how to decode your own town.

A detail from our typical High Street

Launch the High Street History interactive

The tool is a Flash file. There is also an HTML version.

Content last updated: 15/10/2008

 
 
 

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