History Society and Culture United Kingdom

All sites relating to the history of the United Kingdom (Northern Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales). Sites devoted to specific regions (eg city and county histories) or not of national significance should be submitted to the appropriate regional category.

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• Proceedings of the Old Bailey 1674 to 1834 - A searchable online edition, detailing the lives of ordinary people, containing accounts of over 100,000 trials held at London's central criminal court.
  
• History Compass - An online journal from Blackwell Publishing and the Institute of Historical Research, covering important trends, debates, resources and publications in the field. Available by library subscription.
  
• Understanding Slavery - For educators planning lessons on the transatlantic slave trade for young people at key stage 3 and 4 in their education. Includes background information, and teaching resources.
  
• A Vision of Britain Through Time - Information on places in Great Britain between 1801 and 2001, including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions. Search by place name, postcode or map.
  
• UK Local History Legacies - A local history site for the whole of the UK, looking at national historical themes and displaying them through local stories.
  
• The British Empire - Illustrated journey through the history of Great Britain. Starting in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I and ending just before the start of the reign of Queen Elizabeth II.
  
• The Black Presence in Britain - Black British history and news.
  
• Punch Cartoons of the Late Victorian and Edwardian Period - British social history through Punch cartoons 1881-1914.
  
• British History - Ken Collinson follows the history and archaeology of Britain from the Beaker people to Magna Carta, primarily through lists of links, but he also presents some primary sources: chronicles and significant documents.
  
• Wikipedia: History of the United Kingdom - An illustrated history of the United Kingdom from the online collaborative encyclopaedia, with links to many more detailed articles on specific topics.
  
• Moving Here - A database of digitised material on Caribbean, Jamaican, Barbadian, Irish, Jewish, South Asian, Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi and Sri Lankan migration into England. Stories, photographs, documents and family histories.
  
• Protecting British interests, not Christianity, was the Cause of British Imperialism - Essay by Valerie Cullen examining the causes and effects of British imperialism in 19th century Africa.
  
• The History Channel - A satellite/cable/digital channel dealing with world history and the history of the United Kingdom.
  
• History of the United Kingdom - A large collection of primary sources on British history.
  
• Britain Unlimited - History and influences of 250 famous Britons, their works and places they visited
  
• BBC - British History Timelines - The history of Britain broken down into bitesize chunks.
  
• Crossing the Millennia - An illustrated guide to the pre-Norman Stone Crosses and other early Christian remains in the British Isles, organised by place, period, and type of monument. Includes background essay on the history and importance of the monuments.
  
• Society of Antiquaries of London - Founded in 1717. Its elected members are concerned with the antiquities and history of the UK and other countries. Information on its library, grants, publications.
  
• British History Online - A digital library of text and information about people, places and businesses from the 12th century to the present day, built by the Institute of Historical Research and the History of Parliament Trust.
  
• Suite 101 - Modern British History - Articles on a myriad of topics from the French Revolution to Tony Blair, mainly focusing on the period between 1830 and 1945. Also has monthly reviews of books in British history.
  
• A Small Piece of History - Joint venture by The History Channel and English Heritage, which aims to build an archive of personal historical memories. Details of how to enter, roadshows, prizes and partners.
  
• Mundus Gateway - A web-based guide to more than four hundred collections of overseas missionary materials held in the United Kingdom; information about the project, and advice on how to use their resources.
  
• BBC On This Day - Video and audio for this day in history from the BBC news archive 1950-2002.
  
• History Footsteps - Local history resources for schools from the Victoria County History: The Bristol Slavery Trail, Travelling through Codford and Warter...living in an estate village.
  
• The British Book Trade Index - BBTI is a searchable index of names, brief biographical and trade details of people who worked in the book trade in England and Wales and were trading by 1851.
  
• DocumentsOnline - Digital images of wills, Cabinet records, pictures, photographs and historical documents from the Public Record Office.
  
• Suite 101 - United Kingdom History - Suite 101's section on UK history, providing bulletins, articles and discussions.
  
• History.UK.com - A searchable directory of over 25,000 venues, organisations, and experts in the UK, as well news, features and a timeline of UK history from 10,000 BC to the present.
  
• Historic UK - An on-line magazine celebrating the history and culture of Britain, with links to all types of heritage accommodation in Britain.
  
• Nennius' Wonders of Britain - Geographer Andy Evans traces a list of natural wonders attributed, traditionally, to the monk Nennius, and written around 829.
  
• Thinking History - Activities that require history students to think, question and participate. Ian Dawson explains the benefits of active learning and hosts resources developed by teachers.
  
• The Workhouse - The history of the poor-law workhouse system in Britain including maps, photos, audio clips, chronology, and a tour of a virtual workhouse.
  
• A Web of English History - Marjie Bloy presents some of the major themes of the period 1760-1850.
  
• Britannia: British History - Timelines, narrative histories, original source documents and important texts, biographies, maps, glossaries, reading lists, informative articles by guest writers, and interviews.
  
• Photo-Ark.co.uk - An online image archive of old UK photographs, postcards and pictures. Image submissions welcome.
  
• Oxford Dictionary of National Biography [ODNB] - Open shelves - a collection of articles, maps and biographies on historical themes offered (subscription-free) by the ODNB.
  
• Encyclopaedia of British History - The encyclopaedia currently contains over 2,800 entries and is an attempt to show the history of Britain through the eyes of people from all levels of society. Each entry includes narrative, illustrations, primary sources and bibliography.
  
• British Association for Local History - Aims to encourage and assist the study of local history. Programme of events, news and publications.
  
• Digital Library of Historical Directories - Digital collection of eighteenth, nineteenth and early twentieth-century local and trade directories from England and Wales. Provided by the University of Leicester.
  
• BBC Online - History - Presents original content on a variety of historical topics. Includes games, timelines, history for kids, and featured writers.
  
• H-Albion: British and Irish History - H-Net group dedicated to enable historians more easily to discuss research interests, teaching methods, and the state of historiography. Features archive, reviews, course syllabi, links to related resources, and subscription information.
  
• Spartacus Encyclopaedia of British History:1700-1960 - A reference being produced for the National Grid of Learning as a free resource for students, with articles and images presenting multiple points of view of figures and events in the history of the UK.
  
• The Learning Curve - Virtual museum provided by the Public Record Office offering access to landmark documents spanning the past 1,000 years of British history.
  
• The Radio Security Service - Voluntary Interceptors - The one thing Bletchley Park could not decode were the signals that it did not receive. The Radio Security Service - Voluntary Interceptors or 'the Secret Listeners' were the people who got the signals for Bletchley Park during WWII.
  
• Fire Brigade History - A brief history of this emergency service, from Roman times up to present day, including the great fire of London and information about rank structure.
  
• British Empire - Timelines, maps, biographies, and articles on various aspects of British and Imperial history, culture, technology, and armed forces.
  
• History Learning - Covers many history topics up to advanced level. Part of the Association of Teachers' Websites.
  
• Suite101 - British Social History - Articles on the social history of the British, including their daily lives, their culture, the different influences on different eras of the arts and the fashions and styles of different eras.
  
• British Pathe News - Historic newsreel footage and stills from the 20th century. Includes on-line catalogue search facility.
  
• Local Histories - A collection of concise histories of towns and cities in the UK and Ireland by Timothy Lambert. Also timelines of English and Irish history.
  
• Portable Antiquities Scheme - Contains news, events, information on the Treasure Act, educational material for the study of archaeological small finds.
  
• Camelot International - A glimpse of the heritage of Britain and Ireland. Includes famous Britons, battles, castles, palaces, historic houses and heritage by county. Also genealogy and hotels.
  
• Donald Stark: Essays on the British Isles 1500-1700 - Essays written as part of a BA in Modern History at Oxford University.
  
• MyTimeMachine.co.uk - A collection of first-hand accounts events in British history, from the Romans to the current day. Also includes resources and tools for social and family history researchers.
  
• A1 and The Great North Road - History, geography and anything of interest about the development of the route between London and Edinburgh.
  
• The Museum of English Rural Life - A national centre for the study of development in agriculture, the countryside and food, with major library, object, archive and photograph collections.
  
• The Harleian Society - Transcribes, prints and publishes the heraldic visitations and manuscripts relating to genealogy and heraldry. Site includes the Society's history.
  
• Great Britain Historical Database - A large database of British nineteenth and twentieth-century statistics
  
  

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