Street directories, gazetteers and maps help locate where our ancestors lived and show the development through the years of the villages, towns and cities.
Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps |
Title: | Boyle's Court and Country Guide |
Link: | Boyle's Court and Country Guide |
Description: | Boyle's Court and Country Guide, 1811 |
Extra Info: | List people from all round the UK and Ireland and their addresses. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Post Office / Telephone Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, Tithe Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | British History Online |
Link: | https://www.british-history.ac.uk/ |
Description: | British History Online |
Extra Info: | A variety of records and documents relating to the medieval and modern history of the British Isles. |
Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps |
Title: | Cassell's Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland |
Link: | Cassell's Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland |
Description: | Cassell's Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1894 |
Extra Info: | Volume 2-6 only (CH onwards). |
Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Religious Lists / Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
Title: | Catholic Record Society - Miscellanea Vol 4 |
Link: | http://archive.org/details/publicationscat01britgo... |
Description: | Catholic Record Society - Miscellanea Vol 4 |
Extra Info: | Online book. Includes notes on Lord Burghley's map of Lancashire 1590, Catholic chaplaincies and families in the eighteenth century, the KNIGHT family of Lincolnshire, nuns from the institute of Mary in York and more. |
Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Other Taxes - such as Horse Tax, Valuation Books |
Title: | Domesday Book - Online and Free |
Link: | https://opendomesday.org/ |
Description: | Domesday Book - Online and Free |
Extra Info: | The "original" census. Lists of names, places and other Domesday facts and maps. Domesday data created by Professor J.J.N. Palmer, University of Hull. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Newspapers, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records, Journals / Diaries |
Title: | England Data from Ancestry |
Link: | England Data from Ancestry |
Description: | England Data Collection from Ancestry |
Extra Info: | Includes Emmigrants and Immigrants; Numerous Directories; Who's Who in the World, 1910-1911; England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892; Numerous other records |
Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps |
Title: | England's Gazeteer 1751 (With some Welsh Places) |
Link: | http://archive.org/details/englandsgazette03whatgo... |
Description: | England's Gazeteer 1751 (With some Welsh Places) |
Extra Info: | Online book. Includes villages that no longer exist. Also list some Welsh places. |
Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps |
Title: | Genmaps, Old and Interesting Maps |
Link: | http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~genmaps/genealogy/ |
Description: | Genmaps, Old and Interesting Maps |
Extra Info: | Many online maps, some as early as 1550. |
Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | Heckington Records |
Link: | http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~heckington/genealog... |
Description: | Heckington Records and other nearby villages. |
Extra Info: | Maps and pictures. |
Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Information, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | Historic Churches of Great Britain |
Link: | http://www.historicchurches.co.uk/ |
Description: | Maps of locations of many Historic Churches of Great Britain |
Extra Info: | Helps you find the location of the churches where you ancestors were baptised, married or buried. Their long-term aim is to add photographs to accompany each map. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Tithe Records, Information |
Title: | Internet Archive |
Link: | http://archive.org/ |
Description: | Internet Archive |
Extra Info: | Has many scanned books. Click on texts and then search the archive. Note gazetteer and gazetteers give different results. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers |
Title: | JERMY Family of Norfolk and Suffolk |
Link: | http://jermy.org/ |
Description: | JERMY Family of Norfolk and Suffolk |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, School / Educational Records / Alumni |
Title: | Lincolnshire County Data from Ancestry |
Link: | Lincolnshire County Data from Ancestry |
Description: | Lincolnshire County Data Collection from Ancestry |
Extra Info: | Includes Lincolnshire History, Gazetteer, and Directory, 1856; Various town histories, school admissions registers and more. |
Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | National Archives - Online Records and Indexes |
Link: | https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your... |
Description: | National Archives - Online Records and Indexes (UK) |
Extra Info: | Includes prisoner photos, maps and more. Many detailed records require payment. |
Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps |
Title: | National Library of Scotland - Online Maps |
Link: | https://maps.nls.uk/ |
Description: | Online Maps for England, Scotland and Wales |
Extra Info: | Scroll down for side by side viewer to see historic and current maps side by side for England, Scotland and Wales. |
Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps |
Title: | National Library of Scotland - Online Maps |
Link: | https://maps.nls.uk/ |
Description: | National Library of Scotland - Online Maps |
Extra Info: | Includes town plans and estate maps for most of the UK. |
Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Newspapers, Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Bastardy / Illegitimacy Records, Religious Lists / Records, Other Records |
Title: | Parish Registers of Springthorpe and Other Village Information |
Link: | http://www.springthorpe-village.org.uk/ |
Description: | Springthorpe Village |
Extra Info: | Click on history for a list of Springthorpe rectors. |
Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Register & Rent Rolls, Poor Rate, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | Victoria County History - Explore England's Past |
Link: | https://www.history.ac.uk/research/victoria-county... |
Description: | Victoria County History - Explore England's Past |
Extra Info: | This site provides free access to local history materials. A variety of material, some counties covered more than others. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps |
Title: | White's Gazetteer and Directory of Lincolnshire |
Link: | White's Gazetteer and Directory of Lincolnshire |
Description: | White's Gazetteer and Directory of Lincolnshire, 1856 |
Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps |
Title: | Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales |
Link: | Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales |
Description: | Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1872 |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Newspapers, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Poor Rate, Other Records |
Title: | GENUKI County page for Lincolnshire |
Link: | https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LIN/ |
Description: | General Information for Lincolnshire |
Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Information |
Title: | Registration Districts in Lincolnshire |
Link: | https://ukbmd.org.uk/reg/lin.html |
Description: | Civil registration districts in Lincolnshire since 1837 |
Extra Info: | Information on the registration districts and their changes over the years. |
Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Information |
Title: | Wikipedia list of civil parishes in Lincolnshire |
Link: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_civil_parish... |
Description: | List of parishes in Lincolnshire provided by Wikipedia. |
Extra Info: | Information on the parishes with links to information pages about the parishes. |
Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Information |
Title: | Wikipedia list of places in Lincolnshire |
Link: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_places_in_Li... |
Description: | List of places in Lincolnshire provided by Wikipedia. |
Extra Info: | Information on place names with links to information pages about the place. |
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