- Seventeenth Century England. - http://www.portsdown.demon.co.uk/index.htm
Wills, Muster Lists and Parish Register together with more general information including coinage, wages, prices and artillery.
- Old Father Thames - http://www.Old-Father-Thames.co.uk
Historical incident, personalities and associations of the river Thames related to specified points along its course and on its banks
- English Culture - http://englishculture.about.com
Discover the fads, foibles, history and eccentricities of England and the English.
- A Personal Railway History - http://railwaymemories.8m.com
Account by Fred Gibbs, a Birmingham man who worked on the railway between the years 1918 and 1967.
- King Henry VIII History Department - http://website.lineone.net/~sjholcombe/
A schools history department Website with information on Tudor England, and working conditions during the Industrial Revolution.
- Coal Mining - http://website.lineone.net/~coalmining
Coalmining history research service providing books, photographs, illustrations, films, mining and geological maps and plans. Family history resource.
- Outlaws and Highwaymen - http://www.outlawsandhighwaymen.com
Songs, poems, stories, memoirs, letters, satires, sermons, and other writings from the times are used to tell about the English highwayman from the 14th through the 19th centuries.
- English History - http://hometown.aol.com/wessex100/myhomepage/england.html
Links and information about English history, particularly Anglo-Saxon and Viking periods, Glastonbury, Wessex and the Magna Carta.
- Magna Carta - http://www.magnacartaplus.org/magnacarta/
Translation from the Latin of the original version of the Magna Carta of Great Britain, signed by King John at Runnymede in 1215. With links to glossary and Latin original text.
- Battle Conference of Anglo-Norman Studies - http://www.battleconference.com
An annual event devoted to medieval history and culture. Information on past meetings, and date and location of upcoming meeting.
- The Village Labourer 1760-1832 - http://socserv2.socsci.mcmaster.ca/~econ/ugcm/3ll3/hammond/village.html
First published in 1911, this study in the government of England before the Reform Bill takes a detailed look at the consequences of the acts of enclosure, which dramatically changed life in the countryside. Full text available on-line.
- England Under the Tudors - http://www.cwru.edu/UL/preserve/stack/Tudors.html
Full text of the work by Arthur D. Innes', published in 1913. [PDF]
- The Victoria County History - http://www.englandpast.net
Based at the Institute of Historical Research, the English local history series began in 1899 and was dedicated to Queen Victoria. Includes information and draft text for counties in progress.
- The South Coast Martello Towers - http://www.martello-towers.co.uk/
Peter Hibbs charts the history, construction, siting and individual history of each of the 74 English south coast Martello Towers.
- The Confederation of the Cinque Ports - http://www.cinqueports.org/
Historic association of maritime towns in Kent and Sussex. Includes history, heraldic and ceremonial information, events, contacts and links about the ports and associated towns.
- Florilegium Urbanum - http://the-orb.net/encyclop/culture/towns/florilegium/flor00.html
A selection of primary documents, in modern English translation, illustrating aspects of urban society in medieval England.
- ViewFinder - http://viewfinder.english-heritage.org.uk/
Large historical image collection from English Heritage. Profile and image search.
- Old Towns - http://www.oldtowns.co.uk/
Contemporary descriptions of English towns and cities written between 1835 and 1848 and published in "The Penny Cyclopedia". Also sells copies of 19th-century engravings showing views of English towns.
- Bracton: De Legibus Et Consuetudinibus Angliæ - http://hlsl.law.harvard.edu/bracton/
The Laws and Customs of England, written by a 13th century English judge. In the original latin with simultaneous translation into modern English.
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