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Revision as of 14:26, 7 April 2007
Contents
- 1 Schools and Education
- 2 Museums and Galleries
- 3 Work and Trade Assosciations / Unions
- 4 Political Parties and Movements
- 5 Hospitals, Asylums and Sanitoriums
- 6 The Industrial Revolution
- 7 American History
- 8 Irish Political and Social History
- 9 Civilian Transport
- 10 Architecture and Old Buildings
- 11 The Law and Social Legislation
- 12 Major Historical Events of the British Isles
- 13 Crime and Punishment
- 14 The British Monarchy
- 15 Twentieth Century Emigration from Britain
Schools and Education
- http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/legislation.htm Education acts – history & politicians
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_England History of State Education
Museums and Galleries
- http://www.thewardrobe.org.uk/main.php3 Museum of The Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment - Salisbury
- http://www.beamish.org.uk/ Open air museum,at Beamish, Couty Durham, reflecting Northern life in 1800’s and early 1900’s
- http://www.edencamp.co.uk/ Eden Camp, Malton, North Yorkshire - Theme museum, centred on the history of WW2
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/bradford/sense_of_place/saltaire.shtml Saltaire, Bradford – factory and village, built by millowner & philanthropist Sir Titus Salt.
- http://www.saltsmill.org.uk/ Village includes Salts Mill – houses the David Hockney exhibition
Work and Trade Assosciations / Unions
- http://www.historyshelf.org/shelf/friend/06.php Friendly Societies - a brief overview, with links to some specifiic societies
- http://www.unionancestors.co.uk/index.htm Trade Union Ancestors
Political Parties and Movements
The Suffragettes
Hospitals, Asylums and Sanitoriums
- http://users.ox.ac.uk/~peter/workhouse/MAB/MAB.shtml Establishment of hospitals, asylums, hospital ships, smallpox & TB
- http://www.institutions.org.uk/asylums/england/english_asylums.htm Asylum information
- http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/hospitalrecords/search.asp TNA's Hospital Database search facility
- http://www.coram.org.uk/heritage.htm CORAM Foundling Hospital Association
The Industrial Revolution
- http://www.leeds.gov.uk/armleymills/ Leeds industrial museum, which includes a history of industrialisation
- http://www.spinningtheweb.org.uk/ A useful site for the cotton spinning and weaving industry
- http://www.revolutionaryplayers.org.uk/home.stm Industrial History
American History
Irish Political and Social History
Civilian Transport
Architecture and Old Buildings
The Law and Social Legislation
Major Historical Events of the British Isles
Crime and Punishment
The British Monarchy
