Welcome to our British Directory.
This page provides a structured index of UK-focused websites, organised by topic to help you discover established online resources. The listings are based on historic human-edited directory data and have been preserved to highlight long-standing sites across the British web.
Many shorter-lived sites have disappeared over time, leaving a core set of more established and durable resources. While some entries may no longer be active, this directory continues to offer a useful overview of trusted UK websites within this category.
- Searchable archive including Booth's survey into life and labour in London, dating from 1886-1903, and Booth family papers from 1799 to 1967.
- Guide to the development of the capital from the 16th to the 19th centuries, brought together by the Victorian designer, Frederick Crace. Held at British Library.
- The complete text of 'Imperial London', by Arthur Henry Beavan, published in 1901, now in the public domain. The history of London from pre-Roman times to 1900.
- History of the regeneration work by the LDDC across the London Docklands area from 1981 to 1998. Includes monographs, booklets and press releases.
- Organises conferences and publishes a newsletter three times a year. Activities, seminars, conferences, newsletter, bibliography and message board.
- Nostalgia regarding lost landmarks such as particular cinemas, record shops and bus routes.
- Visual, textual, and statistical representation of Victorian London, assembled by an international group of scholars.
- People, places and events in the area for family historians.
- Online digitised collection resource of over 5000 items, brought to you by the National Maritime Museum, and local London libraries and archives.
- The diaries of the 17th century businessman, presented in a weblog format.
- All aspects of the history of London from its foundation to the 20th century featuring articles on the people, places and events that have made London what it is.
- Primary sources on the social history of Victorian London.
- Covers the history of this neighbourhood of North London from the Middle Ages to the 1811 earthquake.
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