These links are provided as a service for anyone who is researching British, industrial, local or family history, please contact me if a link does not work. URLs sometimes change and whilst I make best efforts to check them regularly some may fall through the checking process.
Magna Carta 800. Commemorating. 800 years of democracy. See what's being planned. Find out more. Click here to visit
A Vision of Britain. Information on places in Great Britain between 1801 and 2001, including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions. Click here to visit
The National Heritage List for England. The National Heritage List for England is the only official and up to date database of all nationally designated heritage assets. Click here to visit
The Gazette. Whether you’re a keen genealogist, or just interested in finding out a bit more about the lives and times of your family, The Gazette holds a wealth of information to reconnect you to your past. Click here to visit
Britain from Above. A collection of annotated aerial photographs of Britain taken from 1919 to 1953. Click here to visit
Aerial Photo Explorer. You can explore over 400,000 digitised photos taken from the Heritage England aerial photo collections of over 6 million photographs. Click here to visit
Cambridge Air Photos. The Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photography (CUCAP) is the result of airborne survey campaigns which were started in 1947 by the pioneering JK St Joseph. Click here to visit
Aerial Photography. UK aerial photos Click here to Visit
The Peerage. A genealogy of the peerage of Great Britain, and of the nobility and royalty of Europe. Click here to visit
Open Domesday. The first online copy of Domesday Book of 1086: search for your town or village in Domesday Book, find population and tax records, and see the original page. Click here to visit
Medieval Genealogy. Resources for medieval English genealogy, including a guide to sources, and links to source material and family histories on the Internet. Click here to visit
British History Online. British History Online is a digital library of key printed primary and secondary sources for the history of Britain and Ireland, with a primary focus on the period between 1300 and 1800. Click here to visit
The Domesday Book Online. The site provides information about the 1086 Domesday survey, the Domesday Book, background information on life in England at the time Click here to visit
Graces Guide. Grace's Guide is the leading online source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. Click here to visit
Historical Directories of England and Wales. A collection of digitised trade directories covering England and Wales from the 1760s to the early 20th century. Click here to visit
National Library of Scotland - Maps. View free high-resolution zoomable images of over 48000 maps of Scotland, England and Wales. Click here to visit
Old Maps Online. If you like maps, you will like this website, maps from all over the world. Search for the place you want to see and a list of maps will be displayed. Click here to visit
Clergy of the Church of England Database: CCEd. A collaborative academic project to create a relational database documenting the careers of all Church of England clergymen between 1540 and 1835. Click here to visit
English Monarchs. This site is designed to bring to life, as vividly as possible, the history of the Kings and Queens of England from Egbert, first King of the English, who reigned 802-839 A.D., through over a thousand years of the rich and varied tapestry of England's history to the throne's present occupant, Elizabeth II. Click here to visit Capital Punishment. The resource site for the history of death penalty in Britain. Execution methods explained. Listing of all U.K. executions from 1735 - 1964 Click here to visit
Fire Insurance Maps. These maps cover cities in England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland and Northern Ireland. They are more detailed than Ordnance Survey maps, showing locations of businesses, public houses, etc. Click here to visit The Survey of English Place-Names. A British Academy Research Project, is one of the longest-running projects of its kind. Since the 1920s, English Place-Name Society scholars have been working on a county-by-county survey of England's place-names, collecting the early forms of names from classical, medieval, and later documents and offering interpretations of their linguistic origins. The Digital Survey makes the place-name scholarship of the last century easy to search, browse, and map. Click here to visit
Open Domesday. The first online copy of Domesday Book of 1086: search for your town or village in Domesday Book, find population and tax records, and see the original page. Click here to visit
Medieval Genealogy. Resources for medieval English genealogy, including a guide to sources, and links to source material and family histories on the Internet. Click here to visit
British History Online. British History Online is a digital library of key printed primary and secondary sources for the history of Britain and Ireland, with a primary focus on the period between 1300 and 1800. Click here to visit
The Domesday Book Online. The site provides information about the 1086 Domesday survey, the Domesday Book, background information on life in England at the time Click here to visit
Graces Guide. Grace's Guide is the leading online source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. Click here to visit
Historical Directories of England and Wales. A collection of digitised trade directories covering England and Wales from the 1760s to the early 20th century. Click here to visit
National Library of Scotland - Maps. View free high-resolution zoomable images of over 48000 maps of Scotland, England and Wales. Click here to visit
Old Maps Online. If you like maps, you will like this website, maps from all over the world. Search for the place you want to see and a list of maps will be displayed. Click here to visit
Clergy of the Church of England Database: CCEd. A collaborative academic project to create a relational database documenting the careers of all Church of England clergymen between 1540 and 1835. Click here to visit
English Monarchs. This site is designed to bring to life, as vividly as possible, the history of the Kings and Queens of England from Egbert, first King of the English, who reigned 802-839 A.D., through over a thousand years of the rich and varied tapestry of England's history to the throne's present occupant, Elizabeth II. Click here to visit
Regnal Years. Dates based on regnal years refer to the year of the current monarch’s reign and usually have the format “year + monarch” (e.g. “4 Mary”). This page will take a date in regnal years and return an ordinary date Click here to visit
Fire Insurance Maps. These maps cover cities in England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland and Northern Ireland. They are more detailed than Ordnance Survey maps, showing locations of businesses, public houses, etc. Click here to visit
Key to English Place-names
The names of villages and towns frequently refer to particular people(s), social and administrative activities, landscape, birds and animals, crops and vegetation, and most of them are well over a thousand years old. In other words, they can tell us something important about the history of those places, and how they were perceived, which would otherwise be unknown. Click here to visit
The Royal Bank of Scotland Group Archives. RBS Archives is responsible for identifying, collecting and preserving records which document key strands in the story of RBS and its past and present constituents. Click here to visit
Marks & Spencer. The M&S Company Archive enables Marks & Spencer to celebrate and utilise its rich heritage. Click here to visit
House of Fraser. The House of Fraser Archive offers a fascinating glimpse into the history of one of Britain's leading department stores. Click here to visit
Blogs
Building Our Past. I'm an architectural historian who worked for 30 years in the heritage sector with the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, English Heritage and Historic England. Click here to visit
Media Archive for Central England. Licensing rarely seen footage of life in Britain More than 60,000 titles to choose from - take a look Film from 1895 to the present day - the choice is yours A collection of unique film revealing life in Britain since 1895 Breaking the mould of a traditional archive service The specialist public film archive for the East and West Midlands Welcome to the Media Archive for Central England MACE Archive. Click here to visit
Company Archives
Capital & Counties Bank. The Hampshire & North Wilts Banking Company, as Capital & Counties Bank was originally known, was formed in 1877. Click here to visitThe Royal Bank of Scotland Group Archives. RBS Archives is responsible for identifying, collecting and preserving records which document key strands in the story of RBS and its past and present constituents. Click here to visit
Marks & Spencer. The M&S Company Archive enables Marks & Spencer to celebrate and utilise its rich heritage. Click here to visit
House of Fraser. The House of Fraser Archive offers a fascinating glimpse into the history of one of Britain's leading department stores. Click here to visit
Blogs
Video
East Anglian Film Archive View over 200 hours of film for free from the East Anglian Film Archive. Explore the collection online by browsing, searching, or through the themed highlights. Click here to view
Money and Earnings. There are several websites that will offer information about money and earnings, these are three of the best
Currency Converter A useful tool to discover the value of money used by our ancestors. Click here to visitRelative Value of Money The relative value of sums of money at different dates. Click here to visit
Wages An interesting comparison of wages during the 18th Century. Click here to visit
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