General History
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Contents
- 1 Related Pages
- 2 Schools and Education
- 3 Museums and Galleries
- 4 Work and Trade Assosciations / Unions
- 5 Political Parties and Movements
- 6 The Industrial Revolution
- 7 American History
- 8 Civilian Transport
- 9 Architecture and Old Buildings
- 10 The Law and Social Legislation
- 11 The British Monarchy
- 12 The Landed Gentry
- 13 Jewish history
- 14 The Celts
Related Pages
- Emigration and Immigration Incorporating Shipping and Passenger Lists
Schools and Education
Museums and Galleries
Work and Trade Assosciations / Unions
Political Parties and Movements
The Suffragettes
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
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
- http://www.letchworthgardencity.net/heritage/index-3.htm Letchworth, the first Garden City
- http://www.cadbury.co.uk/EN/CTB2003/about_chocolate/history_cadbury/social_pioneers/bournville_village.htm Bourneville village (founded by the Cadburys)
- http://www.portsunlightvillage.com/page.asp?pageid=history Port Sunlight (founded by William Lever)
- http://www.jrf.org.uk/housingandcare/newearswick/ New Earswick (built by Joseph Rowntree)
- http://koti.welho.com/rhurmal1/linnat2004/castles.html#A British Castles, Stately Homes and Houses
- http://www.victorianstation.com/architecturemenu.htm Victorian Architecture, mostly American
- http://www.building-history.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ Researching historic buildings in the British Isles
The Law and Social Legislation
- http://www.oldbaileyonline.org This has the transcripts of Old Bailey trials from 1674-1834. You can search by name or place, (the name search includes defendants, witnesses and jurors). Also has old maps and other info about London history.
- http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/forewords/A138.pdf although written as an introduction to the Apprenticeship Register for Dawlish, Devon, this provides a good description of the Parish Apprenticeship system in England in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
- http://www.schools.bedfordshire.gov.uk/gaol/ccourts.htm A brief description of the 19th Century Criminal Justice System
- http://www.met.police.uk/history/index.htm History of the Metropolitan Police
The British Monarchy
- http://www3.dcs.hull.ac.uk/genealogy/GEDCOM.html Royal and Noble Genealogical Data on the Web
- http://tribalpages.com/familytree.html Tribal pages uses the British royal family for its family tree tutorial. If you think you have royal connections it might be worth browsing.
The Landed Gentry
- http://www.sledmerehouse.com/intro.html Sledmere House and Gardens website
- http://www.archiveshub.ac.uk/news/0601sykes.html Biographies of family members; papers of Sykes family held at Brynmor-Jones library, University of Hull
- http://www.yorkshire-racing.co.uk/sledmere.htm The Sledmere stud
- http://www.eastriding.gov.uk/leisure/tourism/pdf/leaflets/sykes_trail.pdf Churches restored by Sir Tatton Sykes
- http://www.yorkshirehistory.com/wagon/index1.htm Sir Mark Sykes & the Wagoners Reserve (with link to attestation details of individual men)
- http://www.r-alston.co.uk/country_house_database.htm A database of country houses in England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland and some of the surrounding islands, with brief histories.
Jewish history
- http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/UK/londweb.htm Jewish history in London
The Celts
- http://www.family-ancestry.co.uk/history/celts/anglo-celtic/ Family Ancestry Celts Anglo-celtic