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A History of the Atlas Project

Former Trust Chair Professor Caroline Barron writes about the history of the project and its connection with Oxford



'Mapping Historic Oxford'

The Oxford Historian
June 2016

Professor Caroline Barrn OBE, trustee and former Chair of the HTT, has written an article on the history of the project, with an emphasis on its Oxford connections, for the History Faculty of Oxford University. The article appeared in the June 2016 edition of The Oxford Historian, and we are grateful to the History Faculty for permission to reproduce the article on our website.


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'Town Maps for Historians'

Local History News
Spring 2017


Professor Barron has also written a short article entitled 'Town Maps for Historians' for Local History News, the newsletter of the British Association for Local History. It appeared in issue number 123, Spring 2017, and can be found here.



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About the British Historic Towns Atlas

01. About the Atlas

What is a Historic Towns Atlas? We explain text, illustrations and format

02. Aims of the Atlas Project

What are the aims of the project?

03. History of the Atlas Project

Former Trust Chair Professor Caroline Barron writes about the history of the project and its connection with Oxford

04. Gazetteers

What is a gazetteer? We explain its function and purpose and how you can view our London gazetteer online.

05. The Changing HTA

Former Trust Chair Professor Keith Lilley writes about the Trust's evolving approach to the British Historic Towns Atlas and the maps that it publishes

06. Bibliography

A published list of articles about and references to the British Towns Atlas and the European Project

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