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Resources : England
This is a page listing various resources dealing with English history, geography and related topics and subjects. Resources range from website and online article links to lists of recommended non-fiction bibliography.
Archives and Documents
The Domesday Book Online - It's not the most user-friendly site ever, but if you want to know who owned your local ancestral village in 1066 and who had stolen it by 1086, and see what else that particular evil land-grabbing Norman had purloined plotted on a map, it's a rather pleasing archive.
Maps and Geography
Norfolk County Council - E-Map Explorer ~ England - Online interactive maps of Norfolk both current and historical.
Greenwood Map of London 1830 - 8 inches to a mile, surveyed by Christopher and John Greenwood 1824 to 1826, with additions to 1830. Access the map by clicking on an image of the complete map, or by using the 5000 place name index.
General Historiography
Explore England's Past - ‘Explore England’s Past’ provides free access to 1000s of local history resources including images, transcribed wills and documents and town trails. Areas included are Bristol, Cornwall, County Durham, Derbyshire, Exmoor, Herefordshire, Kent, Oxfordshire, Sussex and Wiltshire.
Econony and Transport
The Medieval Crop Yields Database - Data on English crop yields from 1211 to 1491.
Silverwood Mine - The history of a coal mine in South Yorkshire England 1900 to 1996, with listing of 3,000 miners on a linked searchable database for genealogist. This site links families worldwide.
Society
The London Evolution - Short (7 min.) documentary film showing the territorial and architectural development of London throughout history.
Culture, Arts, Linguistics
The prosography of Anglo-Saxon England - A comprehensive list of every recorded denizen of pre-Norman England.
Military topics
Article on English Swords of 1600-1650
The Decline of the Longbow - Article on the nature and use of the longbow during the Tudor period.
See Also
England / Britain / The United Kingdom
Useful Resources about the United Kingdom
British Timelines and Scenarios