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Dunwich Museum receives many enquiries about the history of Dunwich from students and interested members of the public. This database is an expanding collection of documentary references to Dunwich designed to aid academic researchers, family historians and students doing projects. It is user -friendly, based on a topic list, list by period or a full text search facility. References are mainly primary sources or published articles.
If you would like to contribute information to this database please contact kchant@dunwichmuseum.org.uk
Current Dunwich Research
- 'Dunwich, The Search for Britain's Atlantis' - http://www.dunwich.org.uk/
This exciting project by University of Southampton supported by the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation and English Heritage is an integrated historical and geophysical survey of a medieval town lost through cliff recession and coastal inundation. It is determining the location and extent of remains within the former city that lie buried beneath the Dunwich bank and inshore bars. - Accessing Ancient Dunwich Project
This project, bringing the fascinating story of Dunwich and its museum collections to a wider public, is supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund. It includes the Database and Image Library , digitising the Museum Collection, a walking trail and learning materials for schools. During 2012 an on-line catalogue of the Museum Collection will be accessible on Ehive.com/ - Image Library.
This is a growing resource bank of images e.g maps and pdfs of articles about Dunwich.It also includes pdfs of research papers and powerpoint presentations from the Coastal Changes workshop (October 2011).