The Full Story House History
Price range: £795.00 through £950.00
The Full Story is the most detailed ready-to-buy package we have available at Oak & Willow Cottages, designed for homes with a rich trail of surviving records. It goes far beyond a simple overview, creating an extended written history of your property and the people who once lived there.
Every package begins with a Feasibility Check, where we establish which records survive for your address. If extensive material is available — such as census returns, parish registers, newspapers, directories, military files, probate, or even court and institutional archives — your home may be suited to the Full Story. When you order the Full Story House History, the Pre-Research Check is automatically added to your basket as Step 1.
Before you order, take note of which pattern template you would like used in the design of your house history. You’ll need to select your preferred style when completing your order below. View the pattern templates.
Description
What is the Full Story?
The Full Story House History offers a deep and immersive exploration of your home’s past. Through extended research and contextual storytelling, it brings together the property, its residents, and the wider historical context to give real insight into your home’s story.
Why choose the Full Story?
If your property was built before 1920, it often comes with a longer and more complex paper trail. The Full Story package allows time to explore a wider range of records and past residents, resulting in a richer, more detailed account of how the house and its history has developed over time. With this package, you also have the flexibility to select whether you would like your house history presented as an A5 storybook alone, or combined with an A3 Wall Art print. If you’re looking for a comprehensive summary of your home’s past, the Full Story is the best package for you.
What’s always included:
- Digital research into the full spectrum of historical record collections associated with your home and its former occupants
- Extended written narrative bringing together the history of your home and its past residents
- Presented as an A5 printed casebound hardcover book, plus the option to add an accompanying A3 Wall Art print
- A digital archive of the key records uncovered during research
Choose how your house history is presented:
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Storybook Edition (£795) — An A5 printed casebound hardcover book (28+ pages) containing a detailed account, perfect for reading and sharing
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Complete Edition (£950) — Both an A5 printed casebound hardcover book and an A3 Wall Art print, combining beauty and depth
If you are ordering a Wall Art and would like it framed – don’t forget to tick the box before checking out.
Research may draw on sources such as:
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Census returns and electoral registers
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Parish registers (baptisms, marriages, burials)
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Historic maps and property boundaries
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Local and national newspapers
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Trade directories and rate books
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Military service and pension files
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Institutional records (schools, workhouses, asylums)
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Court and criminal proceedings
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Probate records and wills
- Other more specialist record collections where relevant to your home
How it Works
Every Full Story begins with a Feasibility Check, where we establish which records survive for your address and to check there is sufficient information to fulfil your selected package. When you order the Full Story House History, the Feasibility Check is automatically added to your basket as Step 1. If your selected package cannot be fulfilled, you will receive a full refund (minus the cost of the Feasibility Check).
Additional information
| Select Your Edition | A5 Booklet Edition, Complete Edition |
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Suckbir Dhanda (verified owner) –
Hi, we had our house history undertaken by Oak and Willow and have been very pleased with the outcome.
We discovered lots of information and history and some amazing stories and tales of the House.
They kept us in touch throughout the process and and the presentation was excellent.
Would highly recommend!
Debs Burnett –
I received my house history as an unexpected Mother’s Day gift. I love it. It was so detailed and had some curious quirky anecdotes attached to this house. I would highly recommend it as a unique gift for others or indeed yourself! Beautifully presented as well!
Rhian Warner –
What a special way to learn all about the history of our house. The print is gorgeous and will be proudly mounted on the wall in our historic home and the book gives real depth to the anecdotes captured. Thank you so much for the detail, care and attention.
Pam Evans –
Thank you so much for the excellent history of my home. The research was detailed and thorough and the findings were beautifully presented. All in all, it far exceeded my expectations