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The article reviews several articles, including "Land, Population and Famine in the English Uplands: A Westmorland Case Study, c. 1370-1650," by J. Healey, which appeared in the periodical "Agricultural History Review" in 2011, "Plague Historians in Lab Coats," by L.K. Little, which appeared in the periodical "Past and Present" in 2011, and "Youth and Old Age in Late Medieval London," by E.D. Spindler, which appeared in the periodical "London Journal" in 2011.

The article discusses local and regional history at England's University of Exeter, examining both the Streatham Campus and the Tremough Campus near Falmouth, Cornwall. It comments on the university's Institute of Cornish Studies and its community outreach work. The author also reflects on Knowledge Transfer grants awarded to Exeter by the British Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). Other topics include public history projects and the Exeter Local Maritime Archives Project (EMAP) of the Streatham Centre for Maritime Historical Studies.

Information about several papers discussed at a conference held on November 6, 2010 sponsored by the Local Population Studies Society (LPSS) on life experiences and occupation is presented. Topics include male occupations in England and Wales from 1676 to 1881, occupation and migration in Great Britain and Sweden, and apprenticeships in London, England and Bristol, England in the early modern period. Speakers included Patrick Wallis, Emma Griffin, and Colin Pooley.

An introduction to the journal is presented which explores topics in the issue including migration in Devon, England and Newfoundland fisheries and trading from 1600 to 1850, the population of the island of Samson in the Isles of Scilly, England, and the 2012 Local Population Studies Society (LPSS) Spring conference entitled "Regional Development in Industrialising Britain, c. 1670-1860."