High Street History
Oakham in 1988
Past notes
Unpicking monuments, the latest Timewatch and studying family trees. Share your love of history.
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
As time moves on, the past leaves its imprint. These clues can help us unravel the tale of how our surroundings have changed: hints in the shapes of buildings, the names of streets, the heroes commemorated by public statues. Take a journey down our typical High Street and get some pointers on how to decode your own town
Launch the High Street History interactive
The tool is a Flash file. There is also an HTML version.