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The Victoria County History - http://www.victoriacountyhistory.ac.uk
Based at the Institute of Historical Research, the English local history series began in 1899 and was dedicated to Queen Victoria. Includes information and draft text for counties in progress. |
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ViewFinder - http://viewfinder.english-heritage.org.uk/
Large historical image collection from English Heritage. Profile and image search. |
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Outlaws and Highwaymen - http://www.outlawsandhighwaymen.com
Songs, poems, stories, memoirs, letters, satires, sermons, and other writings from the times are used to tell about the English highwayman from the 14th through the 19th centuries. |
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Battle Conference of Anglo-Norman Studies - http://www.boydell.co.uk/www.battleconference.com/
An annual event devoted to medieval history and culture. Information on past meetings, and date and location of upcoming meeting. |
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Britain Express: Medieval England - http://www.britainexpress.com/History/medieval_britain_index.htm
History, culture, and daily life during the Middle Ages. |
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Seventeenth Century England. - http://www.portsdown.demon.co.uk/index.htm
Wills, Muster Lists and Parish Register together with more general information including coinage, wages, prices and artillery. |
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An Island Story - A History of England for Boys and Girls - http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/marshall/england/england.html
Full text of the illustrated children's history book written in 1920 by H. E. Marshall. |
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Macaulay's History of England, Volume 1 - http://www.strecorsoc.org/macaulay/title.html
First published in 1849, it covers the English Civil Wars through to the Monmouth Rebellion. |
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The Confederation of the Cinque Ports - http://www.cinqueports.org/
Historic association of maritime towns in Kent and Sussex. Includes history, heraldic and ceremonial information, events, contacts and links about the ports and associated towns. |
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The Village Labourer 1760-1832 - http://socserv2.socsci.mcmaster.ca/~econ/ugcm/3ll3/hammond/village.html
First published in 1911, this study in the government of England before the Reform Bill takes a detailed look at the consequences of the acts of enclosure, which dramatically changed life in the countryside. Full text available on-line. |
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Of Choristers – Ancient and Modern - http://www.ofchoristers.net/
Anne Page provides a history of cathedral choir schools. For each school there is a history and photographs. Appendixes cover boy bishops, bursaries, girls' choirs and a bibliography. |
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Old Father Thames - http://www.old-father-thames.co.uk/
Historical incident, personalities and associations of the River Thames related to specified points along its course and on its banks. |
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The South Coast Martello Towers - http://www.martello-towers.co.uk/
Peter Hibbs charts the history, construction, siting and individual history of each of the 74 English south coast Martello Towers. |
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Old Towns - http://www.oldtowns.co.uk/
Contemporary descriptions of English towns and cities written between 1835 and 1848 and published in "The Penny Cyclopedia". Also sells copies of 19th-century engravings showing views of English towns. |
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Mr. Punch's History of Modern England, Volume I--1841-1857 - http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/GraPunc.html
Complete text of the book by Charles L. Graves, published in 1921. |
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Florilegium Urbanum - http://the-orb.net/encyclop/culture/towns/florilegium/flor00.html
A selection of primary documents, in modern English translation, illustrating aspects of urban society in medieval England. |
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The Thames from Hampton Court to Sunbury Lock - http://www.marketingreinforcements.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/
Descriptions, history and photographs of Thames bridges, locks, buildings and islands from Hampton Court to Sunbury. |
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A Personal Railway History - http://railwaymemories.8m.com
Account by Fred Gibbs, a Birmingham man who worked on the railway between the years 1918 and 1967. |
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Times of Change in the History of England - http://awylie.tripod.com/index.html
A brief history of the periods of transition in England, including the Norman Conquest, the Plague, and the Reformation. |