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.
- Account by Fred Gibbs, a Birmingham man who worked on the railway between the years 1918 and 1967.
- Full text of the illustrated children's history book written in 1920 by H. E. Marshall.
- An annual event devoted to medieval history and culture. Information on past meetings, and date and location of upcoming meeting.
- History, culture, and daily life during the Middle Ages.
- A selection of primary documents, in modern English translation, illustrating aspects of urban society in medieval England.
- A schools history department Website with information on Tudor England, and working conditions during the Industrial Revolution.
- First published in 1849, it covers the English Civil Wars through to the Monmouth Rebellion.
- 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.
- Complete text of the book by Charles L. Graves, published in 1921.
- A history of the services in photographs.
- 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.
- Historical incident, personalities and associations of the River Thames related to specified points along its course and on its banks.
- 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.
- 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.
- Wills, Muster Lists and Parish Register together with more general information including coinage, wages, prices and artillery.
- 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.
- Full text of Peter Earle's book, subtitled 'Business, Society and Family Life in London 1660-1730'.
- Peter Hibbs charts the history, construction, siting and individual history of each of the 74 English south coast Martello Towers.
- Descriptions, history and photographs of Thames bridges, locks, buildings and islands from Hampton Court to Sunbury.
- 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.
- 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.
- A brief history of the periods of transition in England, including the Norman Conquest, the Plague, and the Reformation.
- Large historical image collection from English Heritage. Profile and image search.
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