Connemara Heritage & History Centre
Insight into the history and heritage of this most beautiful part of the West of Ireland.
County Tipperary Historical Society
James Hardiman's History of Galway
Bunreacht Na hEireann
The Irish Constitution
CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts
The online resource for contemporary and historical Irish documents in literature, history and politics.
Ireland - Primary Documents
Irish Declaration of Independence
Irish Penal Laws
In Ireland, the "Penal Laws" is the name given to the code of laws passed by the Protestant Parliament of Ireland which regulated the status of Roman Catholics through most of the eighteenth century. These laws are key to understanding the history of the period as well as the sectarian conflicts that still plague Northern Ireland. University of Minnesota Law School.
Proclamation of the Irish Republic, 1916
The 1798 Rising in Ireland
Biography of Patrick Pearse
Chronological Dates in Irish history
The Claddagh - A Gaelic Symbol of Love
Dungarvan Museum Society Online
History of Dungarvan and west Waterford area.
Garda Siochana Historical Society
History of policing in Ireland.
Heritage Ireland
An introduction to some of the many rich and varied attractions of
Ireland's heritage and inland waterways.
History of the Gaelic Athletic Association
The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) is the ruling body for gaelic games in Ireland.
Irish Ancestors
Search more than 65,000 Irish placenames, pinpoint your county and parish, read detailed descriptions from the 1830s. Read about the origin of Irish surnames, heraldry in Ireland, samples from Irish heritage publications. See what records there are, check out the largest collection of Irish genealogy links on the Web.
Irish Centre for Migration Studies (Ionad na hImirce)
Promoting the study of historical and contemporary migration to and from Ireland within a comparative international framework using new information technologies.
University of Ireland Cork, Ireland
Ollscoil Náisiúnta na hÉireann Corcaigh, Éire
Irish History on the Web
Provides a unique resource for anyone interested in learning about or researching a wide variety of Irish history topics.
The LOCUS Project
The aim of this project is to produce a new Historical Dictionary of Irish placenames and tribal names to replace Fr Edmund Hogan's Onomasticon Goedelicum.
Michael Collins
Plantations of Henry VIII to the creation of an Irish Republic
A short history compiled by Jackie Dana.
PoliceHistory.com
Irish Police History, Garda Historical Society.
Trinity College Dublin - Visitor Attractions On Campus
The Wild Geese Today
The Great Starvation
by Seamus Metress, University of Toledo.
Interpreting The Irish Famine, 1846-1850
University of Virginia.
Marsh's Library, Dublin
Founded in 1701, the Library was the first public library in Ireland and celebrates its 300th anniversary in 2001. The library contains over 25,000 books relating to the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries, covering medicine, law, science, travel, navigation, mathematics, music, surveying and classical literature. The full library catalogue is available for searching here.
The National Archives of Ireland
This website provides general information about the National Archives, such as the range of the holdings and the main sources of material available, and features some searchable databases such as the online Transportation to Australia database.
Book of Kells (Trinity College Library)
The Book of Kells was written around the year 800 AD and is one of the most beautifully illuminated manuscripts in the world.
Confessio of St. Patrick
This autobiographical confession was written by Patrick himself, in Latin, around the year 450. It offers a unique record of life in the British Isles during those times.
High Kings of Ireland
The High Kings of Ireland also contains Irish Political Leaders and Maps.
Irish Archaeology Homepage
A guide to Irish archaeology both for the interested layman and the professional archaeologist.
The British and Irish Collections at the Library of Congress
The British Library
The British Library provides reading room, bibliographic, document supply and information services, as well as exhibitions, publications and events.
Collage
An image database containing 20,000 works from the Guildhall Library and Guildhall Art Gallery London. Categories include history, archaeology, military, politics, and religion. By the Corporation of London.
National Archives Public Record Office Virtual Museum
The PRO’s new 'Virtual Museum' provides a showcase for some of the treasures at the PRO’s new Education and Visitor Centre at Kew, including a host of landmark documents from the past 1000 years of British history. Many of these items have never before been on display.
Public Record Office
The National Archives.
University of London Library at Senate House
Gibraltar Military & Political History
Isle of Man - History & Culture
Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts
Provides information about the existence, location and nature of manuscripts and records for the study of British history.
United Kingdom -- Primary Documents
1066 Archive
A listing of links connected with the Battle of Hastings and the Norman Invasion.
The Domesday Book Online
This site has been set up to enable visitors to find out the history of the Domesday Book and to give an insight into life at the time of its compilation.
The Norman Conquest School Site
A site that allows pupils to investigate the Norman Conquest. It guides pupils through the main events of 1066, and then tests their knowledge.
Secrets of the Norman Invasion
Exactly where did the Normans land prior to the Battle of Hastings?
William I the Conqueror, King of England
Genealogy.
Brief History of Victorian Wolverhampton
A Study of the urban development of Wolverhampton during the Victorian era. University of Wolverhampton.
Charles Dickens Gad's Hill Place
The life and works of Charles Dickens.
The Fate of Franklin
Resources for the British explorer Sir John Franklin. Includes images from Panoramas, The Illustrated Press, popular engravings, daguerreotypes, and documents illuminating the British and American obsession with Franklin's Fate. Also covered is the Arctic in Popular Culture.
Free Historic Maps
Landmark Information Group's free historical maps (of the U.K.) service. Around 85,000 images are available for viewing using a standard Internet browser. The maps are dated between 1846 and 1899, and are of 1:10,560 scale. Be sure to read "Terms and Conditions".
Journal of Victorian Culture
Journal for scholars of the Victorian period.
Life of the Industrial Worker in 19th-Century England
Excerpts from several primary documents relating to working conditions in Britain in the first half of the 19th century.
Penny Magazine
Online issues from May 31, 1832 through Oct. 31, 1835.
Queen Victoria's Empire
PBS
Scholarly Resources for Victorian Research
Dedicated to the scholarly study of nineteenth-century Britain, and to aiding researchers, teachers, and students in their investigations of any and all aspects of this fascinating period. Indiana University.
Victoria und Albert, Vicky and The Kaiser. A chapter of Anglo-German family relations
Victorian Web
Literature, history and culture in the age of Victoria. Very comprehensive. This is one of the best history sites on the Web. Brown University.
What were the distinctive characteristics of working-class Evangelicalism?
Bebbington has identified biblicism, crucicentrism, conversionism and activism as the main characteristics, or 'special marks', of evangelicalism. In this essay Deborah Pate assesses the accuracy and adequacy of this characterization, in relation to working-class evangelical religion in early nineteenth century England.
7th Century Northumbria
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Anglo-Saxon History: A Select Bibliography
Richard Rawlinson Center for Anglo-Saxon Studies and Manuscript Research. Medieval Institute, Western Michigan University.
The Electronic Beowulf Project
The Electronic Beowulf is an image-based edition of Beowulf, the great Old English poem.
Hwæt! Old English in Context
Designed for those who would like to learn some basic Old English without having to hold a grammar book in one hand and a dictionary in the other.
Old English Pages
An encyclopedic compendium of resources for the study of Old English and Anglo-Saxon England. Georgetown University.
The Bubble Project
An essay collection and resources on The South Sea Bubble, the name given to the first great stock market crash in England in 1720. This project has a number of collaborators headed by David McNeil, Dalhousie University.
The Diary of John Evelyn
English Civil War & Restoration. By Anthony Sallis.
General Study of the Plague in England 1539-1640 With a Specific Reference to Loughborough
By Ian Jessiman.
The Glorious Revolution of 1688
Encyclopedia, chronology, bibliography and links. University of Georgia.
Gunpowder Plot/ Guy Fawkes Electronic On-Line Classroom
Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot of 1605
The Jacobite Heritage
James Gillray - Caricatures from the Gifford Collection
A large group of the most important prints of the eighteenth-centery English caricaturist, James Gillray (1756-1815). James Gillray was the most renowned and prolific British caricaturist of his age, the grand master of visual satire. The Center Gallery of Bucknell University.
The John Hampden Society
The London Gazette (from January 23, 1692)
Papers of Sir Joseph Banks
British naturalist who accompanied Captain James Cook on his voyages around the world. There are approximately 10,000 manuscript pages and include correspondence, principally letters received, but also reports, invoices and accounts, journals, plus a small quantity of maps, charts and watercolours.
Queen Elizabeth I
Life and times of Elizabeth I 1533-1603
Sir Francis Drake
The focus is on Drake's circumnavigation of the world in the sixteenth century, during the reign of Queen Elizabeth.
Sir John Owens Companye of Foote
Re-enactment group of The English Civil War.
Sir Thomas More (1478-1535)
Life, works, essays and articles.
Today in Shakespeare History
TudorHistory.org
Biographies of Henry VII through Elizabeth I, primary texts and documents, maps. By Lara E. Eakins.
Tyburn Tree: Public Execution in Early Modern England
Wollaton Park (built 1588) with its historic associations:
Sir Francis Willoughby's Elizabethan home. Nottingham.
Robert Graves Trust, Society and Journal
Robert Graves (born 1895, died 1985) was a poet, novelist, mythographer, critic and historian. Probably best known as the author of I, Claudius, Claudius the God and as a survivor and poet of the Great War, Robert Graves remains, despite the centenary celebrations of his birth in 1995, much neglected by literary and academic communities.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (RCHME)
St George of England
Patron Saint of England.
The Tower of London by Camelot International
Wandsworth Museum
City and District of St Albans - Magna Carta
It was in St Albans that the document which was to develop into Magna Carta was first read.
History of the Magna Carta (1215) The Great Charter
Ministry of Justice, Legal Self Defence. (Canada)
Magna Carta
National Archives and Records Administration. (U.S.)
Magna Carta : Millennium Exhibition
Also, the Illuminated Book of Statutes, Parliamentary Writs & Returns, King John and the Seal of King John. The National Archives Learning Curve.
Magna Carta in Modern Times
Why is Magna Carta important today? St Edmundsbury Borough Council.
Magna Carta: Exemplification of 1215
The British Library.
Arthuriana
The quarterly for the International Arthurian Society - North American Branch. It is dedicated to all aspects of the Arthurian story from its inception in the Middle Ages to its enactments in the present moment.
Baragona's Chaucer Home Page
Resources for the study of Chaucer.
Castles of Britain
Castles, Abbeys and Medieval Buildings
This site is a record of Castles, Abbeys, Churches, Manor Houses and all types of medieval buildings in the UK.
Durham Cathedral & Castle
Medieval English Towns
The aim of this site is to provide historical information about cities and towns in England during the Middle Ages, with particular emphasis on medieval boroughs of East Anglia and on social, political and constitutional history. A selection of primary documents (translated into English) revelant to English urban history is included.
The Middle English Collection at the Electronic Text Center
Chaucer. University of Virginia.
Salisbury Cathedral
The History of The Close.
Wharram Percy --The Lost Medieval Village
The Richard III and Yorkist History Server
This site is devoted to the study of King Richard III, last of the medieval English kings, the Wars of the Roses, a dynastic struggle in the later middle ages that pitted Yorkist against Lancastrian, fifteenth-century England and its culture and the reputation of Richard III in history, literature, and drama, especially Shakespeare.
Richard III Society - Yorkshire Branch
In this site, we shall try to show you why Richard loved Yorkshire and why he was loved so well in return. It is an enormous task to show the vast variety of historical links with Richard III which are located in our county: the Castles, the Monasteries and Priories, the Battlefields, and the towns and cities which have intimate links with Richard and the Houses of Neville and York.
The Richard III Society of Canada
Richard III Society--The Battle of Bosworth: August 22, 1485
The Richard III Society
In the belief that many of the features of the traditional accounts are
not supported by sufficient evidence, the purpose of the Richard III Society is to promote research into his life and times, and thereby secure a reassessment of his reputation and of his place in history.
Bladon: Burial place of Sir Winston Churchill
Churchill Archives Centre
Home to the papers of Sir Winston Churchill and to over 570 collections of personal papers and archives documenting the history of the Churchill era and after.
Sir Winston Churchill and Great Britain's Finest Hour
Beckenham & Bromley Branch of the Historical Association
Fishponds Local History Society - Bristol
A selection of materials on the history of Bristol and the surrounding area, including Fishponds and east Bristol.
Gedling: A Village in Nottinghamshire
Historical Wiltshire
History of Cornwall
Actually a small list of links.
Leicester, A Brief History
Traces the history of Leicester, a city in the English Midlands from it's Roman origins.
Pinner Local History Society
Bank of England - History of the Bank
There are various histories to look at on the site, charting different periods and aspects of the Bank's past. Further information about the Bank's past and its historical collections and records are available in the Museum area of the site.
Britannia Internet Magazine
British History
Too much razzle dazzle on this site. It takes forever to load.
Council for British Archaeology
The CBA works to promote the study and safeguarding of Britain's historic environment, to provide a forum for archaeological opinion, and to improve public interest in, and knowledge of, Britain's past.
Design History Society
University of Brighton
East India Company: History
The British East India Company, chartered in 1600, is still in existence. This is the History section of its Web site.
History of Cartography Research
From the University of Exeter. Bibliography and articles. Tithe maps, sanitary and drainage maps, British town maps.
Houses of Parliament Home Page
LivingHistory.co.uk
Re-enactors.
No. 10 Downing Street
Schools History Site
UK site for pupils and teachers.
The British Monarchy - The Official Web Site
Directory of Royal Genealogical Data
Battle of the Atlantic Books
Books about the U-boat campaign against merchant shipping and related matters. Proceeds to charity.
The Battleship Kongô
How the design of one Japanese battleship built by the British in 1913, influenced naval history and naval architecture of the U.S., Japan, Great Britain and Germany. Covers naval history and architecture from the Russo-Japanese War in 1905 through World War II.
Canonesa, Convoy HX72 & U-100
Chronicles a u-boat attack on an allied merchant convoy during the Battle of the Atlantic.
Flagship Portsmouth
Few attractions in Britain match the splendour of Flagship Portsmouth. Enjoy three of the most important warships ever built - King Henry VIII's pioneering Mary Rose, Lord Nelson's flagship HMS Victory, and the first iron battleship, mighty HMS Warrior 860. Also, the Royal Naval Museum.
Greenwich Maritime Institute
The Greenwich Maritime Institute is a free-standing institute within the University of Greenwich,
The Historical Maritime Society
Historical Maritime Society is a UK based historical research and re-enactment group recreating the Royal Navy of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
HMS Rose
Based in U.S., Revolutionary War significance.
L'Invincible
The Mary Rose Trust
The Mary Rose is the only 16th century warship on display anywhere in the world. Built between 1509 and 1511, she was one of the first ships able to fire a broadside, and was a firm favourite of King Henry VIII.
National Maritime Museum
Greenwich, London. The largest maritime museum in the world.
Royal Navy: History: Index
TAMH: Tayside A Maritime History
Tayside is an area on the east coast of Scotland, with trading links over the centuries to many countries around the world.
Wreck of the Swan
The Castles of Antrim
Castles of Dunluce & Carickfergus.
History of Derry
History of Northern Ireland Education System
Public Record Office of Northern Ireland
The official place of deposit for public records in Northern Ireland.
Stormont Castle
Archaeology in Scotland
University of Glasgow.
Culloden
The Battle of Culloden, April 16, 1746.
Declaration of Arbroath
Scotland's declaration of independence, 1320. Original Latin with an English translation.
Edinburgh Castle
Gateway to Scotland
Information about Scotland on the internet. Department of Geography, University of Edinburgh.
Hector Macdonald - Fighting Mac
Hector Macdonald, a crofter's son, began his military career as a private in the British army, and later became a Major General. Hector Macdonald fought in the Afghan war and both Boer wars. Distinguished himself when he saved the British army from total destruction at the Battle of Omdurman.
The History of Leith
The town of Leith, which was merged with the city of Edinburgh in 1922 has seen the coming of Kings and Queens and has been the site of many bloody battles.
National Library of Scotland
National Museums of Scotland
Robert Burns, Poet - A Celebration
Background to Burns, his life and the man; you can read some of his poetry and you can hear some spoken extracts too.
Scotland's Past
Devoted to all aspects of Scottish history and culture.
Scots at War Project
This is a Scottish Military History Web Project, concentrating on the 20th Century.
Scottish Economic History Database, 1550 - 1780
Created by Alex Gibson, Department of Geography, Exeter University, UK.
Statistical Accounts of Scotland - EDINA
The two Statistical Accounts of Scotland, covering the 1790s and the 1830s, are among the best contemporary reports of life during the agricultural and industrial revolutions in Europe.
Tartan Pages: History and Heritage
Links.
Time in Scotland
Care has to be taken in examining historical dates in Scotland, especially when these are being discussed by English historians or are related to events in English history. This is because of the different calendars used by England and Scotland for a significant period of history.
William Wallace - The Truth Behind the Man
Sir William Wallace of Elerslie.
Anglesey, Wales
The Isle of Anglesey is situated off the north-west coast of Wales.
A Brief History of Wales
The Long Struggle for Identity: The Story of Wales and its People by Peter N. Williams, Ph.D.
The Castles of Wales
CymruComment
This website actively discusses the history and politics of Wales.
History and Status of the Welsh Language
History of Ruthin, North Wales
By the Ruthin Town Council.
History of the University of Wales Lampeter
Penhow Castle in South Wales
The Royal National Eisteddfod of Wales: A History
World History Compass
