History

Also on this page: History tools | Local history | British & European history | Military history | Ancient history | Archaeology

Key links

Oxford Reference Online for history and military history [24/7]

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Illustrated London News [24/7]

This archive of the famous magazine covers over 160 years of images and stories from London and beyond. 1842 - 2003.

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.

British Pathé

Clips from Pathé news footage going back over a century.

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History tools

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.

MAPCO: Map And Plan Collection Online

Contains a plethora of historic maps of London and other areas, some dating back hundreds of years.

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.

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Local history

City of Westminster Archives Centre

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

Westminster Memories

Comprising Soho Memories and Church Street Memories (with more areas to come), this a project to bring together people's memories and pictures of a local area.

West End at War

A constantly growing community site, bringing together memories, photographs, data, maps, film footage and other information about central London during World War Two.

British History Online

This site 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.

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British & European history

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 "Domesday 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.

Online Archives - primary sources

Why not search through online archives of newspapers and other publications to find those primary sources that'll get you an A+ on your essays? Great examples include the Hansard Archive going back 200 years, and those exclusively available to Westminster library members such as the Times, the Guardian and Observer, the Economist, and the Mirror archives.

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Military history

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 from the Imperial War Museum: another great source of military history.

Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives

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

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Ancient history

Internet Ancient History Sourcebook

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

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Archaeology

Archaeology Data Service

Part of AHDS: the Arts & Humanities Data Service.

Not quite what you were looking for? See also:

Archives section of the Libraries page

Biography

Family history for genealogy & heraldry

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