The British Association for Local History produced an annotated list of internet sites for local history [all sites current 25 May 2007]. This was published in vol 37 no3 August 2007.
The autor was Jacquelene Fillmore. An abstract of the article can be read on their web site at http://www.balh.co.uk/tlh/issue.php?volume=37&issue=3
With kind permission from the Association we reproduce this invaluable list to enable TLHG members to directly access the sites from our web site.
1837online.com: a family history online search
site
http://www.1837online.com/HomeServlet
1881 Pubs: a searchable directory of English pubs in
the 1881 census
1901 census online: search over 32 million people
living in England and Wales in 1901 and view images of the original census
documents
http://www.1901censusonline.com/
24 Hour Museum: gateway to UK museums, galleries and
heritage attractions.
http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/
Access to Archives (A2A): the A2A database contains
catalogues describing archives held throughout England and dating from the 900s
to the present day
Aftermath: an in-depth website on the First World War
http://www.aftermathww1.com/index.asp
Age of Carpentry: the new art and society in
Plantagenet England: text of a lecture given to the London Society for Medieval
Studies in March 1989
http://history.eserver.org/medieval-carpentry.txt
AHDS History: AHDS History is one of the five centres of the Arts and Humanities Data Service and
collects, preserves, and promotes the use of digital resources, which result
from or support historical research, learning and teaching.
AIM25: AIM25 is a major project to provide electronic
access to collection level descriptions of the archives of over ninety higher
education institutions and learned societies within the Greater London area. It
is a work in progress.
Anglo-Saxon charters on the World Wide Web: a corpus
of royal diplomas, wills of prominent church men, and records of land grants in
Latin and the vernacular; provides reference works, information on Anglo-Saxon
bishops and abbots, and a list of charters organised
by archive
http://www.trin.cam.ac.uk/chartwww/
Apothecaries: the official website of the Worshipful
Society of Apothecaries of London
http://www.apothecaries.org.uk/
Archaeology Data Service: collects, describes,
catalogues and preserves digital resources that are created as a product of
archaeological research
http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/
Archaeology UK: ARCHI, the fully-searchable database
of the positions of more than 85,000 UK archaeological sites http://www.britarch.co.uk/;
http://www.digital-documents.co.uk/archi/placename
(a searchable UK place-name gazetteer); http://www.digital-documents.co.uk/archi/glossary.htm
(an online glossary to find out more about people, places and technical terms
used in history and archaeology books)
Archaic Medical Terms: a useful resource of archaic
medical terms for the genealogist and historian
http://www.paul_smith.doctors.org.uk/ArchaicMedicalTerms.htm
Archon Directory: contact details for record
repositories in the United Kingdom and institutions elsewhere in the world which have substantial collections of manuscripts
noted under the indexes to the National Register of Archives
http://www.archon.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archon/
Archives Hub: a national gateway to descriptions of
archives in United Kingdom universities and colleges
Archives Network Wales: contains standardised
descriptions of the extent, type and scope of collections of documents held by
Record Offices, universities and other bodies in Wales. It also provides links
to further information and access details for the repositories. It is an index
to sources rather than a source itself.
http://www.archivesnetworkwales.info/
Arts and Humanities Data Service: database of the
University of Essex, which brings together over 600 separate data collections
transcribed, scanned or compiled from historical sources.
Association of British Counties: the site includes a
list of the 86 counties of Great Britain with common alternative names and
names of major towns and cities, a county map of England, Scotland and Wales,
and a searchable gazetteer of British place-names.
http://www.abcounties.co.uk/index.htm
Association for Industrial Archaeology: the national organisation for people who share an interest in Britain's
industrial past
http://www.industrial-archaeology.org.uk/
Auxiliary Hospitals: a list of the Red Cross Auxiliary
Hospitals in the United Kingdom 1914-1919
http://www.juroch.demon.co.uk/UKhospitals.htm
BaedekerÌs Old Guide Books: maps of some of the county towns in
Great Britain dated 1910
http://contueor.com/baedeker/great_britain/index2.htm
Battle of Britain Historical Society: a historical
site via the Royal Air Force, providing historic photographs, official reports,
detailed information, statistics and discussion of tactics
http://www.raf.mod.uk/bob1940/bobhome.html
BBC (WW2 People's War): an archive of people's
memories from World War Two
Behind the Wire: a searchable database referring to
work conducted by the Committee on the Treatment of British Prisoners of War.
It can be searched by soldier's name, regiment/corps, or camp/location.
Bibliography of English Dissenters: focuses on English
dissenters prior to and during the Civil War and revolution in England as well
as during the Interregnum.'
http://www.exlibris.org/nonconform/engdis/index.html
Bill Douglas Centre for the History of Cinema and
Popular Culture: this collection relates to the history of film and visual
media. There is an online catalogue and a virtual exhibition.
http://www.ex.ac.uk/bill.douglas/
Black Death: a collection of working papers given at
the symposium 'Epidemic Disease in London: from the Black Death to Cholera'
held at the Institute of Historical Research, 19 March 1992.
http://www.history.ac.uk/emh/epipre.html
The Black Watch: website of The Royal Highland
Regiment, which served The Crown from September 1739 to March 2006
http://www.theblackwatch.co.uk/newsite/index.html
Bletchley Park: official site of Bletchley Park, the
National Codes Centre
http://www.bletchleypark.org.uk/
BOPCRIS: from here you can search and browse information
from British Official Publications covering the period 1688-1995
Bracton Online: an online version of Bracton's
Laws and Customs of England
http://hlsl.law.harvard.edu/bracton/index.htm
British Association for Local History: an essential
starting point for local history research via the full online indexes and
abstracts of every article published from 1952 to date (and much else besides!)
Britannia History: a variety of resources covering key
periods of British history, including biographies of Great Scots, historical
maps, information about British monarchs and historical documents such as the
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle; also contains a British history and Arthurian timeline
http://www.britannia.com/history/
British Civil Wars: explores the turmoil of the Civil
Wars and Interregnum, and the constitutional experiments of the Commonwealth
and Protectorate period of the 1650s
http://www.british-civil-wars.co.uk/
British Empire: online exhibition from The National
Archives about the making of the British Empire
http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/empire/default.htm
British Government on the Web: an American site for
visitors to Britain; including a list of links to British Government websites
British History Online: a very large and fast-growing
digital library of text and information about people, places and businesses
from the medieval and early modern period, built by the Institute of Historical
Research and the History of Parliament Trust
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/
British Library: the website of the British Library
from where you can search their catalogues (very valuable for checking any
bibliographical details)
British Library manuscripts catalogue: use this
website to search the main catalogues of the British Library's collection of
Western manuscripts, covering handwritten documents of all kinds from
pre-Christian, Classical, medieval and modern times
http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/manuscripts/INDEX.asp
British Library newspaper catalogues: a searchable
catalogue of all British newspapers held in The British Library's Newspaper
Library at Colindale in North London
http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/newspapers.html
British Motor Manufacturers: histories of 1052 British
motor manufacturers (with over 500 photographs) in business between 1894 and
1960, including those that never made it past the prototype stage
British Museum: the official website of the BM, packed
with information
http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/
British Pathe News: here you
can preview items from the entire 3500 hours of British Pathe
Film Archive.
British Phone Books: a searchable database of British
telephone directories 1880-1984
http://content.ancestry.co.uk/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=1025&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0
The British Postal Museum & Archives: the official
website of the British postal service showing its history, exhibitions and
collections; a pdf leaflet is also available showing
how to trace ancestors who worked in the postal service up to the 1960s
http://www.postalheritage.org.uk/
Broadside Ballads: the Oxford University website of
the Broadside Ballads project
http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/ballads/
BT Archives: includes details of access to the archive
in London of telephone directories dating from the 1880s
http://www.bt.com/archives/index.htm
BUBL Information Service: a link catalogue giving
selected internet resources covering all academic
subject areas, some of which are mentioned in this list
CAIN Conflict Archive on the Internet: this site
contains information and source material on 'the Troubles' and politics in
Northern Ireland from 1968 to the present
The Centre for the Study of Cartoons and Caricatures:
online database of the British Cartoon Archive at the University of Kent.
http://library.kent.ac.uk/cartoons/
Charles Booth: searchable web site of the life of
Charles Booth and his survey into life and labour in
London (1886-1903)
Christmas Truce 1914: this site aims to collate the
many letters printed in UK regional papers from soldiers who took part in the
famous Christmas Truce of 1914
http://www.christmastruce.co.uk/
Churchill Archives Centre: the Churchill Archives
Centre is the home of the papers of Sir Winston Churchill and to over 570
collections of personal papers and archives documenting the history of his era
and its aftermath
http://www.chu.cam.ac.uk/archives/home.php
Civil Servants: run by the Institute of Historical
Research, this site has a 'provisional' list of office holders in modern
Britain
http://www.history.ac.uk/office
The Clergy of the Church of England: a developing
resource documenting the careers of all Church of England clergymen between
1540 and 1835
http://www.theclergydatabase.org.uk/
Commonwealth Graves Commission: searchable site of the
Commonwealth Graves Commission (see also below)
Commonwealth War Graves Commission: French site (gives
information on The Somme). It is also possible to gain access to the
Commonwealth Graves commission from this site. Click 'Consult Commonwealth
database' then 'Commonwealth War Graves Commission' then 'Debt of Honour Register'.
Cornucopia: an online database of information about
more than 6,000 collections in the UK's museums, galleries, archives and
libraries
Cromwell Association: the official site of the
Cromwell Association and the Cromwell Museum, Huntingdon
http://www.olivercromwell.org/
Current Value of Old Money: a useful site giving links
to tools and online resources, which enable the visitor to calculate the
current value of 'old' money. For example, 'å£124.76 in the year 2002 has the
same 'purchase power' as å£10 10s 0d in the year 1965'
http://www.ex.ac.uk/~RDavies/arian/current/howmuch.html
Dictionary of National Biography: an outstanding
website with over 55,000 biographies of individuals (there are public pages, but
to access the biographies a subscription is required̳all county and
borough library services and most universities subscribe, and access for their
registered readers is normally free)
Dictionary of Victorian London: relates to many
aspects of social conditions in London during the Victorian era.
http://www.victorianlondon.org/
Domesday Book Online: includes descriptions of life in the
eleventh century, a glossary, place name origins, and much more
http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/index.html
Early Manuscripts at Oxford University: provides
access to over eighty early manuscripts now in institutions associated with the
University of Oxford
Eighteenth Century Studies: a collection
which archives works of the eighteenth century from the perspective of
literary and cultural studies
English Catholic History: links to Catholic websites,
which include reading lists for the Catholic faith since the Reformation
(clearly a particular perspective is given!).
http://www.catholic-history.org.uk/
English Heritage Viewfinder: a searchable site from
English Heritage providing a picture gallery and associated stories from 1840s
to the present day
http://viewfinder.english-heritage.org.uk/
English Weights and Measures: claims to be 'the
definitive internet resource for information on Imperial weights and
measures'
http://home.clara.net/brianp/index.html
Environment Agency: Water Framework Directive datasearch; categories include rivers, lakes, transitional
waters, coastal waters, groundwaters and their risk
assessments
http://maps.environment-agency.gov.uk/wiyby/dataSearchController?topic=wfd&l
Evanion Catalogue: a searchable catalogue of nineteenth
century ephemera relating to Victorian entertainment and everyday life, a
collection formed by Henry Evans (died 1905), a conjuror and ventriloquist who
performed under the stage name 'Evanion'
http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/evanion/intro.asp
FamilySearch: searchable database of millions of names made
available by the Mormons (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints).
Fashion Era: a site dedicated to fashion with 630 richly-illustrated pages of fashion history, costume
history, clothing, and social history
Films from the Home Front: brings together a
collection of unique moving images illustrating what life was like for ordinary
people in Britain during the Second World War, as seen through amateur
documentaries, newsreels, government films, and home movies
http://www.movinghistory.ac.uk/homefront/index.html
Friendly Societies: A Self-help Edinburgh Lothians Fife (SHELF) website, giving details of friendly
societies in that geographical area
http://www.historyshelf.org/shelf/friend/index.php
Garden History Society: includes the online catalogue
of the Garden History Society library collection
http://www.gardenhistorysociety.org/
Gazettes Online: a searchable archive for the London
Gazette, Belfast Gazette, and Edinburgh Gazette
http://www.gazettes-online.co.uk/
Gazetteer of British Place Names: provides an
exhaustive place-name index to Great Britain, containing over 50,000 entries,
listing the historic county and the main present-day administrative areas in
which each place lies
Genmaps: includes maps of most counties in Great Britain; Cambridgeshire maps, for example, date from 1575 to 1922
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~genmaps/
Great Britain Historical Database Online: large
database of British nineteenth and twentieth-century statistics
http://hds.essex.ac.uk/gbh.asp
Great Britain Historical GIS Project: a large
integrated database of geographically-located
historical statistics for Great Britain
http://www.port.ac.uk/research/gbhgis/abouthistoricalgis/nationalhistoricalgisproject/
Great Exhibition 1851: illustrations and information
of the Great Exhibition
http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~city19c/viccity/crystal1.html
GreenwoodÌs Map of London 1827: online map of London
1827, with searchable list of places in London
http://users.bathspa.ac.uk/greenwood/
Guildhall Library: links to categories within the
Guildhall Library manuscript section
Hearth Tax: the website for the Roehampton
Hearth Tax project, including maps, explanatory sections, details of
publications and general information
http://www.roeh.ac.uk/hearthtax/
Hidden Lives Revealed: a site is full of information,
providing an intriguing encounter with children who were in the care of The
Children's Society in late Victorian and early twentieth century Britain
http://www.hiddenlives.org.uk/
Historical Directories: very valuable digital library
of local and trade directories for England and Wales, from 1750 to 1919 (run by
the University of Leicester)
http://www.historicaldirectories.org/
History of the Monarchy: official website of the
British monarchy
http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page1.asp
Historical Newspapers: creates a fascinating window on
the past and provides valuable reference material for students of nineteenth-
and twentieth-century history
http://historynews.chadwyck.com/
History Online: houses over 40,000 records providing
details of books and articles, UK university lecturers, UK current and past
research, and evaluated links to web sites and online resources
http://www.history.ac.uk/search/welcome.html
History Today: the site of History Today magazine;
archived articles that can be read via subscription or pay-per-view
Hospital Records: The National Archives database of
hospital records.
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/hospitalrecords/
Houses of Parliament: includes Hansard,
Bills of Parliament, judicial work, a directory of MPs, peers and offices, committees,
parliamentary publications and archives
Ian's English Calendar: enables the visitor to
calculate feast days using the online ecclesiastical calendar, to work out days
of the week, and to change regnal years into ordinary
dating
http://www.albion.edu/english/calendar/
Images of England: under the auspices of the National
Monuments Record, a snapshot of England's listed buildings taken at the turn of
the millennium
http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/
Imperial War Museum: links to Imperial War Museum
sites around the country, giving information about the latest exhibitions.
Internet Library of Early Journals: a digital library
(run by Oxford University) of some eighteenth and nineteenth century journals,
run by Oxford University.
http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/ilej/
Institute of Historical Research: the official website
of the Institute of Historical Research
Intute: Arts and Humanities: includes useful links for local
historians.
http://www.intute.ac.uk/artsandhumanities/limelight/
Irish President: the official website of the President
of Ireland.
IRQUAS: Irish Quaternary Studies Online Project:
features web-based resources and discussion communities on such topics as the
Stone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Irish place-names, cartography, Irish
settlement and agriculture studies
Labyrinth: an American site giving resources for
medieval studies.
http://labyrinth.georgetown.edu/
Lambeth Palace Library: includes subject guides and a
searchable electronic catalogue, which is still a work in progress; a major and often overlooked archive repository.
http://www.lambethpalacelibrary.org/
Landscape History: Leicester University site showing
links to sites relevant to landscape history
http://www.le.ac.uk/elh/grj1/landscape.html
Local History Magazine
http://www.local-history.co.uk/
Local History Web Ring: links to sites run by local
history groups.
http://www.upton.cx/ring/sitelist.html
London's Past Online: extensive, searchable database
of publications on the history of London
http://www.history.ac.uk/cmh/1pol/
Manorial Documents Register: lists the whereabouts of
manorial records (excluding title deeds)
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/mdr/
Manorial Bibliography/Vocabulary: Christopher
Harrison's online manorial bibliography and vocabulary is an invaluable
resource; lists printed editions of records; 1700 word technical
vocabulary
http://www.keele.ac.uk/depts/hi/resources/manorcourts/index/
Mapping the Realm: a project by Queen's University
Belfast (funded by the British Academy) to create an interactive online version
of the celebrated medieval 'Gough Map' of Great Britain.
http://www.qub.ac.uk/urban_mapping/gough_map/
Markets and Fairs Gazetteer: comprehensive listing,
with full source referencing, of all markets and fairs in England and Wales to
1516, arranged by county and with analyses and introductory text
http://www.history.ac.uk/cmh/gaz/gazweb1/
Marxists Internet Archive: links to writings from the
history of the British Isles, relevant to the development of socialist ideas
and Marxism
http://www.marxists.org/subject/britain/index.htm
Mass Observation: the Mass-Observation Archive specialises in material about everyday life in Britain. It
contains papers generated by the original Mass-Observation social research organisation (1937 to early 1950s), and newer material
collected continuously since 1981
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/library/massobs/
Measuring Worth: This site enables you to calculate
relative worth over time for US dollars (1790-2005) and British pounds
(1830-2005)
Medieval English Towns: historical information about
cities and towns in England during the Middle Ages, with particular emphasis on
medieval boroughs of East Anglia and on social, political and constitutional
history; some primary documents relevant to English urban history are included
http://www.trytel.com/~tristan/towns/towns.html
Medieval towns in Britain - daily life: from food to
fun, guilds to law and order, what life was like in a medieval town
http://www.britainexpress.com/History/Townlife.htm
Medieval Writing: introduction to the history of
medieval writing, including the origins of our written culture, palaeography and the history of scripts, and the nature of literacy
and the written word in the middle ages
http://medievalwriting.50megs.com/
Middle English Dictionary: a comprehensive analysis of
lexicon and usage for the period 1100-1500
http://ets.umdl.umich.edu/m/med/
Millers and Millwrights Archive: shares records and
history relating to traditional mills and milling, with digital images and
documents as well as extensive databases of information
Modern Records Centre: based at Warwick University,
this site includes subject guides and a searchable electronic catalogue
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/
Moving Here: 200 years of migration to England, with
photographs, recordings and documents
Mundus - Gateway to Missionary Collections in the United
Kingdom: web-based guide to more than 400 collections of overseas missionary
materials held in the United Kingdom
Museums Around the UK: links to museum websites from
across the United Kingdom
Museum of English Rural Life: timeline showing the
development of new technologies in farming from 1700-1914 http://www.ruralhistory.org/nof/victorianfarming/index.php;
online exhibitions from the Museum http://www.merl.org.uk/online_exhibitions/index.html;
online view of object collections in the Museum http://www.ruralhistory.org/the_collections/the_museum/wagons.html
Museum of Garden History: website with details of the
museum, garden, activities and events
http://www.cix.co.uk/~museumgh/
The National Archives: extremely important website of
The National Archives (formerly the Public Record Office) with numerous links
to other sites within the TNA framework
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
The National Archives Learning Curve: page from The
National Archives studying the varied life of British people between 1906 and
1918
http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/britain1906to1918/
The National Archives of Ireland: holds a wide variety
of records relevant to Irish genealogy and local history (and beyond)
http://www.nationalarchives.ie/
The National Archives of Scotland: and likewise,
including much relating to England, Wales and Ireland as well
National Fairground Archive: website (and archive)
devoted to the fairground industry and those who worked in it, based at
Sheffield University
NetSurf: internet connection for medieval resources,
including archaeology, architecture, art, civilisation,
culture, drama, history, law, literature, music, people, religion, science and
technology, and women
The Nineteenth Century: free access to an online
catalogue of over 29,000 nineteenth-century works available on microfiche;
allows you to search the largest and most important collection of
nineteenth-century works for research and teaching
Office of Public Sector Information: official website
which includes links to Acts of Parliament and legislation from 1988 onwards
Old Bailey Online: a fully searchable online edition
of the largest body of texts detailing the lives of non-elite people ever
published, containing accounts of over 100,000 criminal trials held at LondonÌs central criminal court 1674-1834
http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/
On This Day: useful web site from the BBC, which
enables a search for news on a certain day from 1950-2002; can also be searched
by year or by theme
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/
Oral History: site run by the History Department of
Essex University, with extensive information including guidelines on how to
start in oral history
Palaeography: a practical online tutorial for reading old
handwriting 1500-1800 created by the National Archives
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/palaeography/
Pastscape: this is the English Heritage National Monuments
Record online inventory - a key source for any historic building or ancient
monument
http://www.pastscape.english-heritage.org.uk
Project Gutenberg: this site is the oldest producer of
free electronic books (eBooks or etexts) on the internet; they can be downloaded
Publications of the War: a site by Oxford University
which includes digitised images of the whole run of
The Hydra, the magazine produced by the patients resident at Craiglockhart Military Hospital during the First World
War
http://www.hcu.ox.ac.uk/jtap/pubs/
Quaker Archives Database: a searchable database of the
Society of Friends (Quakers) archives hosted by Leeds University
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/spcoll/quaker/quakint1.htm
RASCAL: an electronic gateway to research resources in
Northern Ireland; search and browse information about
the wide range of collections held in libraries, museums and archives across
the region
Roman Roads: shows how Roman roads were made with
click-on links to maps of roads in each county and an enlarged map of main
roads in Britain
http://www.romans-in-britain.org.uk/inv_roads.htm
Royal Historical Society Bibliography: a very useful
site, probably the best online history bibliography, including publications by
local and county societies
Royal Philatelic Society London: includes a brief
history of the picture postcard
http://www.rpsl.org.uk/pictures_in_the_post/
Rural Heritage Index: lists a selection of websites
exploring the heritage of rural Britain
http://www.ruralindex.net/heritage.html
Salient Points: a single source for information,
references, links, battlefield tourism, books and news on the First and Second
World Wars
http://www.salientpoints.com/index.htm
Sizes: this address takes you to the main index which
gives dimensions of items under such headings as Built World, Food & Drink,
Materials, Numbers, Times & Calendars, Units & Systems of Units
http://www.sizes.com/indexes.htm
Spartacus History Site: don't be put off by the web
address of this site-it holds a very large amount of information on British
history and the two World Wars, which, although a little lightweight, can be
very useful as signposts for research
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/
Statistical Accounts of Scotland: scanned pages that
can be looked at without subscription, including The Old Statistical Account
(1791-1799) and the New Statistical Account (1834-1845); uniquely rich and
detailed parish reports for the whole of Scotland, covering a vast range of
topics including agriculture, education, trades, religion and social customs
http://stat-acc-scot.edina.ac.uk/sas/sas.asp?action=public&
Timeline of Britain in the medieval, Reformation and
Restoration, and Empire periods: an annotated outline of historical events from
1066 to 1901
http://www.britannia.com/history/medtime.html
Transport Archive: tells the story of Britain's
transport system since the eighteenth century, using several thousand images
http://www.transportarchive.org.uk/
UK Place Name Finder: a useful site allowing a free
search on UK place-names; part of Archaeology UK.
http://www.digital-documents.co.uk/archi/placename.htm
UK Workhouses: outstandingly good site putting forward
the history, geography, organisation and social
conditions of the workhouses post-1834
http://users.ox.ac.uk/~peter/workhouse/index.html
Vernacular architecture: the Vernacular Architecture
Group, the national body for research into historic vernacular buildings of all
kinds http://vag.org.uk;
see also http://wonderful.org.uk,
which considers basic developments in English vernacular architecture using
simple clear language
Victoria County History: includes the VCH online
library and articles on local history research
http://www.victoriacountyhistory.ac.uk/webdav/harmonise?Page/@id=71
Victorian Times: digitisation
project examining social, political and economic developments in Victorian
Britain (1837-1901)
http://www.victoriantimes.org/
Vision of Britain: maps, statistical trends and
historical descriptions of Britain 1801-2001
http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/index.jsp
The WomenÌs Library:
the library in London celebrates and records women's lives; searchable
catalogue
http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/thewomenslibrary/
World War Two Memories Project: exactly what the name
suggests!
http://www.wartimememories.co.uk/
York History Net: great page with links to complete
scanned electronic versions of old (out of copyright) editions of texts
http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/hist/library/frameset.html?internet/intro.html
Your Maps Online: maps available to download from all
counties.
http://www.yourmapsonline.org.uk/
Selected library catalogues
COPAC: this site provides free access to the merged
online catalogues of 24 major university research libraries in the UK and
Ireland, together with the British Library and the National Library of
Scotland.
http://www.copac.ac.uk/copac/wzgw
HERO: the gateway to the academic libraries of the
United Kingdom
http://www.hero.ac.uk/niss/niss_library4008.cfm
UK Public Libraries Page: links to all public
libraries in the United Kingdom that have a website.
http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/square/ac940/weblibs.html