Projects
The Parishes Project
Houses that are the subject of our series of house histories have been selected by our volunteers for a variety of reasons – sometimes focusing on a particular area or estate, or because they appear in historical sources like rentals or surveys, or because people are interested in their own houses or those of their friends, or simply because the houses look interesting.
Although over 1,000 houses have been visited, many have been missed. By adopting a parish-by-parish approach, using local knowledge, internet searches and research in local Archives, we hope to identify most of the houses built before about 1750 (including ruins) that still survive in North Wales.
Over the long term, we hope to deepen our knowledge of these buildings by carrying out more house histories, surveys and, on a more selective basis, commission tree-ring dating to provide firm dates where there is insufficient documentation.
If you are interested in taking part in this project, please contact research@dowh.wales. You will need to join as a member.