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 Credo Reference (formerly Xreferplus) for history  [Can't get in?]
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The abolition of the slave trade
Events listings, historical narrative and links to other sites marking the bicentenary of the 1807 Act abolishing the slave trade.

History World
Huge resource including more than 400 individual history texts, plus articles contributed by specialists, seamlessly integrated into a single interface.

BBC History
Background information relating to BBC history programmes, information organised by topic, and a Reading Room feature with articles by leading historians.

Institute of Historical Research: Resources
Gateway to web resources on historical subjects compiled by the Institute of Historical Research.

Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Historical texts covering ancient, medieval and modern themes.

Black History for Schools
Teaching resources and links for  Black and Asian British history.

HyperHistory Online
Detailed collection of historical timelines, giving at-a-glance visualisations of world history.

Time and date
Find the calendar for any year, including days of the week. Also includes the world clock and a 'customise' facility to include various calendar features.

Today in History
Find out what happened on today's date in previous years.

AHDS History
Academic collection of digital history resources, part of the Arts & Humanities Data Service.

Internet Historian
A 'teach-yourself' tutorial on Internet information skills for those studying history. Part of a wide range of subject-specific tutorials from the Virtual Training Suite.

City of Westminster Archives Centre
Your source of local history (focusing on Westminster & central London) information and help.

British History Online
- now has extremely detailed histories for much  of London including Paddington and Westminster - (see also British & European history below)

Historical Directories
Full text digitised local history directories from 1750-1920 covers England & Wales

Collage
Databank of 20,000 images illustrating the history of London, from the Guildhall Library.

British Association for Local History
News and information about local history, including abstracted articles from The Local Historian and links to useful resources for local history research.

Covent Garden
Guide to the area including histories of individual streets.

Survey of London
Detailed historical and architectural guide to London. The online edition currently covers Soho, St James, Covent Garden and Mayfair but is constantly being updated. You may also want to look at the Survey of London index (full volumes of which are held at Westminster Archives, Marylebone Information Service and Westminster Reference Library).

Proceedings of the Old Bailey
Access the court records from 1674 to 1834, providing a fascinating insight to the lives of ordinary people of this time.

The National Archives
The national archive of the United Kingdom, with an online catalogue, links to other archives nationwide, and a growing collection of facsimile documents. Site also includes the "Doomsday Book" from 1085.

Viewfinder
Online image bank illustrating British history, from English Heritage. Searchable by keyword, or browsable by theme.

British History Online
Digital library containing some of the core printed primary and secondary sources for the medieval and modern history of the British Isles. The available publications include detailed histories of both Paddington and Westminster (see Local history above).

British History
A guide to British history written for prospective American visitors. Features narrative histories of countries and regions, biographies of important historical figures, and guides to places of interest.

Debt of Honour Register
Personal and service information, and details of memorials, for the 1.7 million members of the Commonwealth forces who died in the First and Second World Wars.

UK National Inventory of War Memorials
Searchable database of all known war memorials in the UK.

Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
Complete catalogue of the archive compiled by historian Basil Liddell Hart, now housed at Kings College London.

Internet Ancient History Sourcebook
Gateway to resources on anthropology, prehistory and ancient civilisations, including translations of the sources.

Archaeology Data Service
Part of AHDS: the Arts & Humanities Data Service.

Archives section of the Libraries page

Biography

Family history for genealogy & heraldry

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