First steps
- Researching the sources of the village's history
- Setting out aims for the project
With hindsight I realise that, apart from wanting to write a 'village history', I had no specific aims or plan - it was only when I began my research that I realised the magnitude of the task I had set myself. However, as research progressed my aims were refined and chapters of a potential book began to take shape.
'I began by reading everything that I could find about Freckleton ...'
The final product was exceedingly rewarding not only from a sense of personal satisfaction but also from knowing that it has created a great deal of interest amongst the community which it describes.
I began by reading everything that I could find about Freckleton which had already appeared in print. This meant working through sources such as the Victoria County History of Lancashire and the publications of the county history societies.
I also read three published books on the village, one of which was a general history, but I soon realised that there were large areas that these did not cover. There was much more to be found out, but only by going back to original sources and investigating documentary evidence.
Published: 2005-03-03
