Stoke Bruerne coursework question 2 about sorces used

        The source is called the Whittaker Almanac 1874 and 1879. The purpose of this source was to gather information to see how an area changes over time. In this case the population and peoples jobs.  The Whittaker Almanac is a primary source because it was taken from the time. It is a very useful source because it cross – references with the visit source. The strengths for this source are: it is a legal document, it is a primary source and it also provides you with quite a lot of information. However, a major weakness is that it is very limited in other information. It cross – references with the visit, which shows you George Savage was a landlord of The Navigation Inn, in 1874. Then George Savage was a corn miller and a farmer again which meant that the Navigation Inn became a farm again between 1874 – 1878. This particular source shows Stoke Bruerne through a legal document, which means it’s certain the information is accurate. A historian would find the Whittaker Almanac useful to help their understanding because the source is primary and not many of the sources we looked at were.

        This source is called the canal company minutes and its purpose was to record the minutes of a meeting to see how they could compete with the railways. The source is primary as it was taken from the time, which means it is very useful. The sources strengths are: It’s primary, it’s also a official document which also means it’s accurate. You can cross-reference this source with the Guidebook, the British waterways leaflet and the visit. As all three sources tell us that the double locks opened in 1835 and closed again in 1851. It shows Stoke Bruerne in a way, which the canal committee thinks the canal should be improved. A weakness about this source is that it only tells you about the double locks in a certain way in this case from the canal company meetings. This source could improve a historians understanding of Stoke Bruerne because it shows them the impact that railways had on the canal.

        The name of the source is the postcard. The purpose of the postcards was to create an image to draw people to Stoke Bruerne, as it was becoming a tourist attraction. One of the postcards is primary. This is because it’s a real picture and the other postcard was secondary because it’s trying to create an image to make Stoke Bruerne look a better place, without all of the smoke and pollution. They weren’t very useful because they are quite old and one of them is only based on what someone thought Stoke Bruerne would have looked like. The sources strength’s are for the first one is that it’s primary and for the second one is it advertises Stoke Bruerne. The weaknesses are that they are not up to date and the second one is not an actual photograph and is a secondary source. It cross – references with the visit because it shows us that there was a corn mill because you can see it. It shows Stoke Bruerne in a way, which makes Stoke Bruerne a really nice place to go on a visit or a holiday because it is clean, and pollution free. It also shows people in the pictures to try to sell Stoke Bruerne to people. A historian would find the first postcard useful to find out how the canal looked a few years ago. They would find the second postcard really useful because they could have an image what Stoke Bruerne would have looked like before the transport started to change Stoke Bruerne.