Directory of History Resources

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Subcategories

• Great Fire of 1666
• Historic Buildings

Resources in This Category

• Charles Booth Online Archive

  http://booth.lse.ac.uk/
  Searchable archive including Booth's survey into life and labour in London, dating from 1886-1903, and Booth family papers from 1799 to 1967.

• City Posts

  http://www.coaldutyposts.org.uk/
  The history of the coal duties of the City of London and their boundary markers, including lists of extant and missing markers.

• Crace Collection of Maps of London

  http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/crace/
  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.

• Eastside Community Heritage

  http://www.hidden-histories.org.uk/wordpress/
  Independent charity working on documenting the history of ordinary people from East London. Includes information about projects, exhibitions and publications.

• London Docklands Development Corporation History

  http://www.lddc-history.org.uk/
  History of the regeneration work by the LDDC across the London Docklands area from 1981 to 1998. Includes monographs, booklets and press releases.

• London Lives 1690 to 1800

  http://www.londonlives.org/
  Documenting the crime, poverty and social policy in the metropolis.

• London-RIP

  http://www.london-rip.com/
  Nostalgia regarding lost landmarks such as particular cinemas, record shops and bus routes.

• Monuments and Dust: The Culture of Victorian London

  http://www2.iath.virginia.edu/london/
  Visual, textual, and statistical representation of Victorian London, assembled by an international group of scholars.

• PortCities London

  http://www.portcities.org.uk/london
  Online digitised collection resource of over 5000 items, brought to you by the National Maritime Museum, and local London libraries and archives.

• The Diary of Samuel Pepys

  http://www.pepysdiary.com/
  The diaries of the 17th century businessman, presented in a weblog format.

• The Victorian London Dictionary

  http://www.victorianlondon.org/
  Primary sources on the social history of Victorian London.

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