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We would like to be able to help, but we are a small charity with few staff, and we have to concentrate our efforts on saving threatened buildings – so the short answer is no!<\/h2>\n

However, as we don’t want to discourage anybody from studying the Victorians, here are some starting points and a reading list.<\/h3>\n

For parents and teachers<\/h4>\n

Historic England has a section of its website\u00a0dedicated to education<\/a><\/p>\n

For children<\/h4>\n

There are many books about the Victorians. These are just a few of our favourites:<\/p>\n

Edward Hayward,\u00a0Upstairs and Downstairs: Life in an English Country House<\/a>\u00a0(Pitkin)<\/p>\n

Alison Honey,\u00a0Investigating the Victorians<\/a>\u00a0(National Trust)<\/p>\n

Alison Honey,\u00a0Inside a Victorian House<\/a>\u00a0(National Trust)<\/p>\n

Brian Moses,\u00a0Look Inside a Victorian Schoolroom<\/a>\u00a0(Wayland)<\/p>\n

Michael St John Parker,\u00a0Life in Victorian Britain<\/a>\u00a0(Pitkin)<\/p>\n

Sallie Purkis,\u00a0Your Victorian Locality<\/a>\u00a0(Longman)<\/p>\n

Anna Steel,\u00a0Victorian Children<\/a>\u00a0(Beginning History Series)<\/p>\n

Richard Tames,\u00a0What do we Know about the Victorians?<\/a>\u00a0(Hodder Wayland)<\/p>\n

Dorothy Turner,\u00a0Victorian Factory Workers<\/a>\u00a0(Beginning History Series)<\/p>\n

Laura Wilson,\u00a0Daily Life in a Victorian House<\/a>\u00a0(Hamlyn)<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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