The Great Britain Historical Database has been assembled as part of the ongoing Great Britain Historical GIS Project. The project aims to trace the emergence of the north-south divide in Britain and to provide a synoptic view of the human geography of Britain at sub-county scales. Further information about the project is available on A Vision of Britain webpages, where users can browse the database's documentation system online. Court-level small debt statistics for pre-1914 and 1938 England and Wales. Please note: this study does not include information on named individuals and would therefore not be useful for personal family history research.