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.
- Information about judicial executions performed between 1864 and 1961 at the prison.
- A collection of indexes (with annotated references) to sources of information held in the collections of the Leeds Local Studies Library.
- Brief history and details of an e-book about this factory.
- A short history of the famous rail engine works, provided by Buckinghamshire Railway Centre.
- An history of the movement in the city.
- Aims to encourage development and public amenities which take pride in the present and future heritage of Leeds. Useful reports and events listed.
- A service offered by Leeds Library and Information Services to support and resource local and family historians; information, advice, details of library collections and holdings, and links.
- A community internet history project organised by the Local Studies Library (of Leeds Library and Information Service); includes information about resources, and articles by volunteer contributors.
- On-line history of Leeds. About 50 accounts and sources collected by an amateur historian.
- Searchable photographic archive for Leeds, which can be restricted by locality, and by decade or year.
- The Leeds Woollen Workers Petition, 1786, against the use of machines in their industry.
- Accounts of the Leeds Rent Strikes of 1914 and 1934, and their contribution to the development of the British Tenants' Movement.
- Dedicated to quirky, unusual or mysterious aspects of the built environment of the city past and present. Includes a forum.
- An account of Britain�s premier shell factory between 1914 and 1918, their workforce, and the explosion in 1916 (to date the worst tragedy in terms of lives lost in the history of Leeds).
- An account of a major battle fought on Penda's Fields or around Whinmoor, in 655 CE; with ramifications for the future development of England.
- An online memorial to one of the First World War 'Pals' Battalions'. Site aims to provide personal case-histories of named soldiers, photographs, local history and military documents.
- An account of the development and history of Leeds from the 18th century to the 20th.
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