General History
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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
- http://userpages.aug.com/captbarb/femvets2.html Women in the American civil war, with links to other related sites
- http://www.teacheroz.com/wwi.htm America in World War One
Irish Political and Social History
The Potato Famine
Catholic Emancipation
Easter Rising 1916
Misc.
- http://www2.cruzio.com/~sbarrett/mcollins.htm Michael Collins
- http://www.proni.gov.uk/ulstercovenant/index.html Ulster Covenant - Nearly half a million signatures and addresses of protestant men and women, who signed on the 28th of September 1912 in an objection to giving Ireland home rule.
Civilian Transport
- http://www.georgianindex.net/horse_and_carriage/carriage_door.html Carriages and Coaching
- http://www.lvta.co.uk/history.htm Horse cabs and Hackney carriages
- http://www.ba-gb.com/index.php?ps=8 Bicycles
Architecture and Old Buildings
The Law and Social Legislation
Major Historical Events of the British Isles
Crime and Punishment
The British Monarchy