- A Personal Railway History
Account by Fred Gibbs, a Birmingham man who worked on the railway between the years 1918 and 1967.
http://railwaymemories.8m.com
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- Coal Mining
Coalmining history research service providing books, photographs, illustrations, films, mining and geological maps and plans. Family history resource.
http://website.lineone.net/~coalmining
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- England Under the Tudors
Full text of the work by Arthur D. Innes', published in 1913. [PDF]
http://www.cwru.edu/UL/preserve/stack/Tudors.html
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- English Culture
Discover the fads, foibles, history and eccentricities of England and the English.
http://englishculture.about.com
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- English History
Links and information about English history, particularly Anglo-Saxon and Viking periods, Glastonbury, Wessex and the Magna Carta.
http://hometown.aol.com/wessex100/myhomepage/england.html
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- Florilegium Urbanum
A selection of primary documents, in modern English translation, illustrating aspects of urban society in medieval England.
http://the-orb.net/encyclop/culture/towns/florilegium/flor00.html
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- History of England
General topics arranged in broad time periods.
http://www.historyofengland.net/
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- King Henry VIII History Department
A schools history department Website with information on Tudor England, and working conditions during the Industrial Revolution.
http://website.lineone.net/~sjholcombe/
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- Magna Carta
Translation from the Latin of the original version of the Magna Carta of Great Britain, signed by King John at Runnymede in 1215. With links to glossary and Latin original text.
http://www.magnacartaplus.org/magnacarta/
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- Old Father Thames
Historical incident, personalities and associations of the river Thames related to specified points along its course and on its banks
http://www.Old-Father-Thames.co.uk
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- Old Towns
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.
http://www.oldtowns.co.uk/
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- Outlaws and Highwaymen
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.
http://www.outlawsandhighwaymen.com
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- Seventeenth Century England.
Wills, Muster Lists and Parish Register together with more general information including coinage, wages, prices and artillery.
http://www.portsdown.demon.co.uk/index.htm
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- The Confederation of the Cinque Ports
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.
http://www.cinqueports.org/
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- The South Coast Martello Towers
Peter Hibbs charts the history, construction, siting and individual history of each of the 74 English south coast Martello Towers.
http://www.martello-towers.co.uk/
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- The Victoria County History
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.
http://www.englandpast.net
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- The Village Labourer 1760-1832
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.
http://socserv2.socsci.mcmaster.ca/~econ/ugcm/3ll3/hammond/village.html
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- ViewFinder
Large historical image collection from English Heritage. Profile and image search.
http://viewfinder.english-heritage.org.uk/
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