Stories
- Photo story
Wool, fleas, plague
During the bubonic plague epidemic of 1665-6, the residents of Eyam in Derbyshire quarantined themselves to help prevent the disease spreading. Simon Norfolk tells the story of this small community’s sacrifice.
- Article
‘Jessy’, a film about cerebral palsy
How the 1950s British film industry portrayed this disease.
- Article
Homes for the hives of industry
By building workers’ villages, industry titans demonstrated both philanthropy and control. Employees’ health improved, while rulebooks told them how to live ideal lives.
- Article
On nature cures and taking the waters
When chilly outdoor swims began to chip away at her depression, Jessica J Lee was drawn to a closer study of the complex natural world around her.
Catalogue
- Books
Villages of vision / Gillian Darley.
Darley, GillianDate: 1978
- Books
- Online
Villages of the Algonquian, Siouan, and Caddoan tribes west of the Mississippi / by David I. Bushnell, jr.
Bushnell, David I., Jr. (David Ives), 1875-1941.Date: 1922- Books
Villages and towns as social patterns : a study in the processes and forms of societal transformation and progress / by Benoy Kumar Sarkar.
Sarkar, Benoy Kumar, 1887-1949.Date: 1941- Archives and manuscripts
Joseph Rowntree Villages Trust correspondence
Date: 1959-1963Reference: SA/TIH/A/2/1/13Part of: Tavistock Institute of Human Relations- Archives and manuscripts
Branch newsletters: Wantage, Grove and Villages
Date: 2011-2013Reference: SA/NCT/F/1/6/4Part of: National Childbirth Trust (NCT)
