British history
Search by place name or postcode for historical information, interactive maps and images, including social history, census reports, traveller's tales (extracts from twelfth to nineteenth century texts), and nineteenth and twentieth century maps.
Very comprehensive coverage of British history from prehistoric times (5000 BC) to the present day, including narrative histories, original documents, articles and other texts, biographies, maps and other illustrations, timelines and suggested links.
A digital library containing some of the core printed primary and secondary sources for the medieval and modern history of the British Isles.
From the British Library, 90,000 images and sounds "chosen to evoke places in the UK and beyond". Search for exhibits by keyword, place name or postcode, or access via Collections, Themed tours or Virtual exhibitions.
"Gateway to British archaeology online", linking to projects and issues, archival briefings, reports and papers, and current and back issues of the CBA’s British Archaeology journal.
Summaries of numerous non-conformist and dissenting groups that have been active in England, including Diggers, Levellers, Lollards, Puritans and Quakers.
Website of English Heritage, officially the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England, the government's statutory body advising on historic buildings, monuments and areas and archaeological remains. English Heritage has a conservation role, and responsibility for increasing the public's access to and understanding of historical sites. English Heritage's website
Images of England is a searchable photographic record of England's listed buildings and monuments.
Old maps of Britain, listed by county within England, Scotland and Wales, dating from medieval times to the early twentieth century.
The British Monarchy site with a history section that includes dynastic overviews and family trees of the Royal Houses of England, Scotland and the United Kingdom.
Although articles from the magazine cannot be accessed, this site provides contact details for local history groups throughout the UK and Ireland, and links to national and international resources.
The Moving Here site explores, explains and illustrates why, over the past 200 years, people have came to England. The experiences of Caribbean, Irish, Jewish and South Asian communities are detailed, through personal papers, government documents, maps, photographs and art objects, as well as sound recordings and video clips.
A gateway site to the maritime history, people and social life of five English port cities: Bristol, Hartlepool, Liverpool, London and Southampton. The Southampton site includes a section on the Titanic.
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 trials held at London's central criminal court from April 1674 to October 1913, searchable by defendant's name, crime, sentence etc, with transcripts of cases.
Nearly 150 English constitutional documents from 600AD to the mid-twentieth century, reproduced with explanatory notes. Among the site's many treasures are excerpts from the Doomsday Book and the complete Magna Carta.
Features, articles, original text and images about Tudor monarchs and significant personalities, and life in Tudor England.
Social history of Britain during the nineteenth century, providing access to many contemporary papers, articles and other texts.
Extremely comprehensive and informative site featuring scholarly texts, although prepared for a wider-than-academic audience. Victorian Web covers a vast array of topics within sections including Victorians, Political History, Social History, Gender Matters, Philosophy, Religion, Science, Technology, Genre and Technique, Authors, Visual Arts, Theatre and Popular Entertainment, and Economic Contexts. The site also contains online books about the nineteenth century and texts that date from that era. Despite its name, Victorian Web includes pre-nineteenth century British history pages.
