The module will be formally assessed by three items: (a) a 1,000 critical review of available secondary sources for a specified national theme in a Surrey context, comprising 30% of the final mark  (b)  A seminar presentation on a pre-defined theme using Surrey as a case study; 20% and (c) a 2,500 word essay reassessing existing secondary work in the light of available primary sources, comprising 50% of the final mark. An overall pass only is required. The first element will test the student’s capacity to complete a systematic literature search, the second their ability to consider historical themes in a discursive manner, whilst assessing another’s contribution, the third their ability to form independent judgements based on the integration of primary and secondary material. Submission of the first assessment element will be mid-way through the module so that students can receive formal feedback on progress. Presentations will be part tutor and part student assessed throughout the course.

Although the programme frequently uses local Surrey examples to illustrate general themes and sources of information, it does so in an unsystematic way. This module focuses entirely on Surrey and its records in the early-modern period, providing the students with insights into the experiences of people living in the county at that time. It aims to improve knowledge of local sources, places and people, which may be of particular value to students when they choose their independent research projects at Level HE3. On a more general level, Surrey provides a good case study to illustrate developments occurring more widely throughout the country in the early modern period. It has a varied topography and this had an impact on agricultural and industrial change, as well as on the transport network and on settlement patterns.  Prime concerns will be to consider how far its people shared the same concerns as others elsewhere in and how proximity to London affected different areas of the county. This module will require the student to demonstrate their ability to combine  local events with the main national themes and concerns of the period.

• To develop the overall history of one particular county
• To relate that history to wider ranging historical themes using primary and secondary sources
• to develop ways of applying principles learnt to any particular community
• To develop skills not only in writing but in oral presentation through local history talks

Students who successfully complete this module will:

·         acquire greater knowledge of the county in a period of considerable change;

·         have learned about the key social, cultural and economic issues that concerned Surrey ’s inhabitants in the period;

·         know how to handle and interpret a range of documents that can be used to research the history of local communities in Surrey ;

·         have gained experience in integrating classroom teaching with field work and individual research in the archives;

·         be able to put Surrey ’s history into the wider context: with an awareness of recent scholarship

The module contributes particularly to the following general Learning Outcomes of the programme:

·         Knowledge & Understanding:             11.1: 3, 4, 5, 6

·         Cognitive Skills:                               11.2: 1, 2, 3,

·         Practical Skills:                               11.3: 1, 3, 4, 6

·         Key Skills:                                      11.4: 1, 2, 4, 6

Knowledge, understanding and skills will be developed within the following framework of topics:

·         social issues:

social structure;

demography;

poverty and crime;

religion and education.

·         economic issues:

agricultural change;

industrial change;

transport developments.

·         landscape:

observational visit

The syllabus develops knowledge and understanding of the history of Surrey within the stated period, introducing students to a wide range of records and the problems they present as historical evidence. It fosters cognitive skills by requiring students to analyse material and to relate conclusions to broader frameworks of academic debate. The enhancement of practical skills includes increased confidence in palaeography and fieldwork activity. Key skills are fostered through collaborative work on a range of practical tasks, including some analysis of numerical data.

Classroom sessions are partly workshop based in order to provide the most appropriate learning and teaching framework for a module involving direct engagement with sources on a regular basis. In most weeks, students in small groups will examine and comment on material relevant to the theme being considered. This may be drawn from databases of local material and local collections including those at the Surrey History Centre. Seminars which will be student –led will enable a consideration of current scholarship with Surrey case studies.  

Adair, R. (1996) Courtship, illegitimacy and marriage in Early Modern , Manchester U. P.

Braddick, M.J. (2000) State formation in Early Modern 1550-1700, e-book

Charlton, K. (1999) Women, Religion and Education in Early modern , e-book

Clark, P. (1996) The early modern town: a reader New York Open University

Cressy, D. (1997) Birth, marriage and death: ritual, religion and the life-cycle in Tudor and Stuart England. OUP

Cressy, D. (1980) Literacy and the social order: reading and writing in Tudor and Stuart England, CUP

Gaskill, M. (2000) Crime and mentalities in early modern   e-book

Heard, N. (1995) Stuart economy  & society. Hodder & Stoughton

Hinde, A. (2003) ’s population: a history since the domesday survey, Hodder Arnold

Laslett, P. (1983) The world we have lost – further explored, Methuen

Orr, D.A. (2002) Treason and state: law politics and ideology in the English Civil War, e-book

Overton, M. (1996) Agricultural Revolution in , CUP

Pounds, N. J. (2000) History of the English parish; the culture of religion from St. Augustine to Queen Victoria , e-book

Reay, B. (1998) Popular cultures 1550-1750, Longman

Sharpe, J.A. (1984) Crime in Early Modern 1550-1750, Longman

Sharpe, J.A. (`1987) Early modern : a social history 1550-1750, Edward Arnold

Solt, L.F. (1990) Chuirch and state in early modern 1509-1640 e-book

Spaeth, D.A. (2000) The church in an age of danger – parsons and parishioners e-book

Spufford, M. (2000) Contrasting communities: English villagers in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries  CUP

Spufford, M. & K. Charlton (2002) ‘Literacy, Society and education’ in Lowenstein & Muller, eds (2002) New Cambridge History of early modern English Literature 1520-1660, CUP

Wall, A.D. (2000) Power and protest in 1525-1640, Arnold

Watt, T. Cheap print and popular piety 1550-1640 CUP

Wrightson, K. & D. Levine (2^nd ed. 1979) Poverty and piety in the English village: Terling 1525-1700, New York , Academic P.

Wrigley, E.A. (2004) Poverty, progress and population e-book

Suggested Local Titles*

Alexander, M. (1986) Guildford : a short history, Godalming: Ammonite Press

Blatch, M. (1997) The Churches of Surrey, Chichester : Phillimore

Boulton, J. (1987) Neighbourhood and Society: A London suburb in the seventeenth century,

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

Brandon, P. (1998) A History of Surrey, Chichester : Phillimore

Crocker, G., ed. (1999) Surrey’s Industrial Past, Guildford : Surrey Industrial History Group

Dent, J. (1981) The Quest for Nonsuch, Sutton: London Borough of Sutton Libraries and Arts Services

Fortescue, S.E.D. (1975) The Story of Two Villages: Great & Little Bookham, Great Bookham: privately published

Janaway, J. (1994) Surrey: A County History , Newbury: Countryside Books

Malden, H.E. (1902-1967) The Victoria History of the County of Surrey, Vols 1-5 and index, London: Dawson (available in the Surrey History Centre and the Public Record Office)

Manning, O. & W. Bray (1804) History and Antiquities of the County of Surrey, Vols 1-3, John White (available in the Surrey History Centre and the Public Record Office)

Michell, R. (1981) The Carews of Beddington, Sutton: London Borough of Sutton Libraries and Arts Services

Milward, R. (1989) Historic Wimbledon , Moreton-in-Marsh: Windrush Press

Nairn, I. & N. Pevsner (1971) The Buildings of : Surrey , Harmondsworth: Penguin

Robinson, D. (1989) Pastors, Parishes and People in Surrey, Chichester : Phillimore

Stridder, D. (1997) The Watermills of Surrey , Buckingham: Barracuda Books Ltd.

Taylor, B. (1999) Abbot’s Hospital Guildford, Guildford: St. Thomas ’s Trust

Vine, P.A.L. (1987) Surrey Waterways, Midhurst: Middleton Press

            Ward, W.R., ed. (1994) ‘Parson and parish in eighteenth-century Surrey : replies to bishops’            visitations’, Surrey Record Society, 34

* Many of these will only be available in Local Collections – and the list is not exhaustive!