a local history is usually a book about a particular town or county. Local histories were quite popular in the late 19th century. While they often give the history of the development of the area, they usually also include some information about the important families that lived there.
A command processor option which allows you to store the command history in a local area only accessible to the current copy of the command processor, so that a change made in the current copy of the command processor does not affect other copies, and vice versa. See also Global History.
a book or document that gives facts and information about a town or county
the events of the past that impact a certain area; often includes family histories.
Local history is the study of the history of a relatively small geographic area; typically a specific settlement, parish or county. Local history came to the fore with the antiquarians of the nineteenth century and was particularly emphasised by the creation of the Victoria County History series in England. Its establishment as a formal academic discipline is usually credited to W.