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Local History: History based around villages, towns, cities and regions

1 2 3 4 5 The Virtual Dime Museum Posted by Lidian62 11 days ago - Average Rating: 5 with 2 vote(s) (thevirtualdimemuseum.blogspot.com) View profile Category: local history \| Tags: genealogy brooklyn history new york city history victorian studies popular culture Popular history and genealogy - with an emphasis on 19th century NYC and Brooklyn - using offbeat source material as well as photographs, ads and eph read more » 1 Comment	1 2 3 4 5 Virtual Norfolk Posted by GavinRobinson 65 days ago - Average Rating: 4.5 with 2 vote(s) (www.webarchive.org.uk) View profile Category: local history \| Tags: local norfolk "Virtual Norfolk is a three year project to create an innovative teaching and learning web site. Virtual Norfolk will grow to include an unprecedent read more » Discuss
1 2 3 4 5 Brass Band Reference - Vintage pictures and photographs Posted by GavinRobinson 109 days ago - Average Rating: 4.5 with 2 vote(s) (www.harrogate.co.uk) View profile Category: local history \| Tags: 20th century military first world war brass bands music photos britain Histories and photos of British brass bands, mostly from the late 19th to mid-20th century. Includes many military bands from the First World War. read more » Discuss	1 2 3 4 5 Borin Van Loon: Ipswich Historic Lettering: Homepage Posted by vanloon 120 days ago - Average Rating: 4.5 with 2 vote(s) (www.geocities.com) View profile Category: local history \| Tags: england social history lettering advertising architecture ipswich history suffolk history Historic, public lettering on signs, walls and buildingsin Ipswich, the county town of Suffolk, U.K. also in the rest of the county and further afiel read more » 1 Comment
1 2 3 4 5 People in Place: houses, families in early modern London (1550-1720) Posted by GavinRobinson 154 days ago - Average Rating: 3.33335 with 3 vote(s) (www.history.ac.uk) View profile Category: local history \| Tags: early modern london families houses 17th century social Website of a major academic research project on families and households in London. Includes summaries of their findings and methodology, and even som read more » Discuss	1 2 3 4 5 The Proceedings of the Old Bailey, London 1674 to 1834 Posted by GavinRobinson 152 days ago - Average Rating: 5 with 2 vote(s) (www.oldbaileyonline.org) View profile Category: local history \| Tags: early modern 17th century 18th century 19th century courts crime london Huge database of criminal cases with digitized text and images of the published proceedings of the Old Bailey. Very powerful search engine allowing s read more » 1 Comment
1 2 3 4 5 A history of Hele Bay, Ilfracombe, north Devon Posted by johnhmoore 150 days ago - Average Rating: 4.66665 with 3 vote(s) (www.johnhmoore.co.uk) View profile Category: local history A history of a small village, Hele Bay, near Ilfracombe in north Devon, from the Paleolithic to the present, with many illustrations and photographs read more » Discuss	1 2 3 4 5 Romford Now and Then \| Glimpses of the Past in the Present Posted by AndyEditor 167 days ago - Average Rating: 3.5 with 2 vote(s) (www.romford.org) View profile Category: local history \| Tags: romford havering essex london photos photograhic history Romford is one of England's oldest market towns, situated on the Essex/East London border. After the first page, it's not obvious how you get in read more » 1 Comment
1 2 3 4 5 The Lilian Douglas Collection Posted by alancleaver 169 days ago - Average Rating: 4 with 3 vote(s) (www.oldlakelandphotos.co.uk) View profile Category: local history The photographs of Lilian Douglas, a photographer who lived in Whitehaven, Cumbria during the first half of the 20th century. read more » 1 Comment	1 2 3 4 5 Strange Britain Posted by alancleaver 169 days ago - Average Rating: 4.66665 with 3 vote(s) (www.strangebritain.co.uk) View profile Category: local history The oral and folk traditions of England from ghost stories to morris dancing, holy wells to stone circles. Local history at its most raw and vital! read more » 1 Comment
1 2 3 4 5 The Map of Early Modern London Posted by SidO 179 days ago - Average Rating: 5 with 4 vote(s) (mapoflondon.uvic.ca) View profile Category: local history \| Tags: london early modern literature streets sites wards Set up by Dr. Janelle Jenstad, Assistant Professor in the Department of English at the University of Victoria, this site is still in its infancy.rn read more » Discuss	1 2 3 4 5 Eastside Community Heritage Posted by AndyEditor 188 days ago - Average Rating: 3.5 with 3 vote(s) (www.hidden-histories.org) View profile Category: local history \| Tags: kamal chunchie thames gateway green street newham brick lane aberfeldy estate canning town east ham west ham From the 'about us' page: 'Eastside Community Heritage was established in 1993 as part of the Stratford City Challenge community history project. read more » 1 Comment
1 2 3 4 5 David Leask's Maddiston Pages \| Maddiston & Rumford, the way it was. Posted by wesdave 187 days ago - Average Rating: 3.4 with 5 vote(s) (www.freewebs.com) View profile Category: local history The story of the villages of Maddiston and Rumford near Falkirk in Central Scotland. The story is told through my own (and some other peoples) read more » 1 Comment	1 2 3 4 5 Hackney Plaques and Local History Posted by MarkBurgress 195 days ago - Average Rating: 4.33335 with 3 vote(s) (www.hackney.gov.uk) View profile Category: local history This is part of the website of Hackney Council and lets people know about historic buildings such as Hoxton Hall and Newington Green Church, as well read more » 2 Comments

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1 2 3 4 5 The Virtual Dime Museum Posted by Lidian62 11 days ago - Average Rating: 5 with 2 vote(s) (thevirtualdimemuseum.blogspot.com) View profile Category: local history \| Tags: genealogy brooklyn history new york city history victorian studies popular culture Popular history and genealogy - with an emphasis on 19th century NYC and Brooklyn - using offbeat source material as well as photographs, ads and eph read more » 1 Comment	1 2 3 4 5 Virtual Norfolk Posted by GavinRobinson 65 days ago - Average Rating: 4.5 with 2 vote(s) (www.webarchive.org.uk) View profile Category: local history \| Tags: local norfolk "Virtual Norfolk is a three year project to create an innovative teaching and learning web site. Virtual Norfolk will grow to include an unprecedent read more » Discuss
1 2 3 4 5 Brass Band Reference - Vintage pictures and photographs Posted by GavinRobinson 109 days ago - Average Rating: 4.5 with 2 vote(s) (www.harrogate.co.uk) View profile Category: local history \| Tags: 20th century military first world war brass bands music photos britain Histories and photos of British brass bands, mostly from the late 19th to mid-20th century. Includes many military bands from the First World War. read more » Discuss	1 2 3 4 5 Borin Van Loon: Ipswich Historic Lettering: Homepage Posted by vanloon 120 days ago - Average Rating: 4.5 with 2 vote(s) (www.geocities.com) View profile Category: local history \| Tags: england social history lettering advertising architecture ipswich history suffolk history Historic, public lettering on signs, walls and buildingsin Ipswich, the county town of Suffolk, U.K. also in the rest of the county and further afiel read more » 1 Comment
1 2 3 4 5 People in Place: houses, families in early modern London (1550-1720) Posted by GavinRobinson 154 days ago - Average Rating: 3.33335 with 3 vote(s) (www.history.ac.uk) View profile Category: local history \| Tags: early modern london families houses 17th century social Website of a major academic research project on families and households in London. Includes summaries of their findings and methodology, and even som read more » Discuss	1 2 3 4 5 The Proceedings of the Old Bailey, London 1674 to 1834 Posted by GavinRobinson 152 days ago - Average Rating: 5 with 2 vote(s) (www.oldbaileyonline.org) View profile Category: local history \| Tags: early modern 17th century 18th century 19th century courts crime london Huge database of criminal cases with digitized text and images of the published proceedings of the Old Bailey. Very powerful search engine allowing s read more » 1 Comment
1 2 3 4 5 A history of Hele Bay, Ilfracombe, north Devon Posted by johnhmoore 150 days ago - Average Rating: 4.66665 with 3 vote(s) (www.johnhmoore.co.uk) View profile Category: local history A history of a small village, Hele Bay, near Ilfracombe in north Devon, from the Paleolithic to the present, with many illustrations and photographs read more » Discuss	1 2 3 4 5 Romford Now and Then \| Glimpses of the Past in the Present Posted by AndyEditor 167 days ago - Average Rating: 3.5 with 2 vote(s) (www.romford.org) View profile Category: local history \| Tags: romford havering essex london photos photograhic history Romford is one of England's oldest market towns, situated on the Essex/East London border. After the first page, it's not obvious how you get in read more » 1 Comment
1 2 3 4 5 The Lilian Douglas Collection Posted by alancleaver 169 days ago - Average Rating: 4 with 3 vote(s) (www.oldlakelandphotos.co.uk) View profile Category: local history The photographs of Lilian Douglas, a photographer who lived in Whitehaven, Cumbria during the first half of the 20th century. read more » 1 Comment	1 2 3 4 5 Strange Britain Posted by alancleaver 169 days ago - Average Rating: 4.66665 with 3 vote(s) (www.strangebritain.co.uk) View profile Category: local history The oral and folk traditions of England from ghost stories to morris dancing, holy wells to stone circles. Local history at its most raw and vital! read more » 1 Comment
1 2 3 4 5 The Map of Early Modern London Posted by SidO 179 days ago - Average Rating: 5 with 4 vote(s) (mapoflondon.uvic.ca) View profile Category: local history \| Tags: london early modern literature streets sites wards Set up by Dr. Janelle Jenstad, Assistant Professor in the Department of English at the University of Victoria, this site is still in its infancy.rn read more » Discuss	1 2 3 4 5 Eastside Community Heritage Posted by AndyEditor 188 days ago - Average Rating: 3.5 with 3 vote(s) (www.hidden-histories.org) View profile Category: local history \| Tags: kamal chunchie thames gateway green street newham brick lane aberfeldy estate canning town east ham west ham From the 'about us' page: 'Eastside Community Heritage was established in 1993 as part of the Stratford City Challenge community history project. read more » 1 Comment
1 2 3 4 5 David Leask's Maddiston Pages \| Maddiston & Rumford, the way it was. Posted by wesdave 187 days ago - Average Rating: 3.4 with 5 vote(s) (www.freewebs.com) View profile Category: local history The story of the villages of Maddiston and Rumford near Falkirk in Central Scotland. The story is told through my own (and some other peoples) read more » 1 Comment	1 2 3 4 5 Hackney Plaques and Local History Posted by MarkBurgress 195 days ago - Average Rating: 4.33335 with 3 vote(s) (www.hackney.gov.uk) View profile Category: local history This is part of the website of Hackney Council and lets people know about historic buildings such as Hoxton Hall and Newington Green Church, as well read more » 2 Comments