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 |
Title: | Cheshire Local History Association |
Link: | https://sites.google.com/site/cheshirelha/ |
Description: | Cheshire Local History Association |
Extra Info: | A selection of maps of Cheshire from 1577. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Tithe Records, Associations and Civil Officials Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
Title: | Cheshire Records Office |
Link: | https://www.cheshirearchives.org.uk/what-we-hold/w... |
Description: | Cheshire Records Office - Online Databases |
Extra Info: | Scroll down for searchable databases, including online trade directories, tithe maps, railway staff database, crew lists and more. |
Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Tithe Records |
Title: | Cheshire Tithe Maps Online |
Link: | https://maps.cheshireeast.gov.uk/tithemaps/ |
Description: | Cheshire Tithe Maps Online |
Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | Coal Mining History Resource Centre |
Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20160305062046/http://w... |
Description: | Coal Mining History Resource Centre |
Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site that is no longer available. Most information still seems to be available, although the layout is not good in parts. Search does not work. May be slow to load. Includes picture of the mines and details of the mines rescue crews. |
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: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | Farndon Local History Pages |
Link: | http://www.roydenhistory.co.uk/farndon/ |
Description: | Farndon Local History Pages |
Extra Info: | Includes Farndon pages from a History of the County Palatine 1882 and a photo archive. |
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, 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, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Sports Clubs and Associations, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | Hurst and Surrounding District (Ashton-under-Lyne) |
Link: | http://www.c5d.co.uk/hurstpages.php |
Description: | Hurst and Surrounding District (Ashton-under-Lyne) |
Extra Info: | Includes Hurst United Methodist Football team, maps of old Ashton and Hurst, many old photographs and more. |
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: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | Memorials around Cheshire |
Link: | http://www.carlscam.com |
Description: | Photographs around Cheshire |
Extra Info: | Includes many photographs of churches, street and pubs around Cheshire as well as a gazetteer. |
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, Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., School / Educational Records / Alumni, Other Records |
Title: | Parish of Nantwich or Wich-Malbank - A History of the Town and Parish |
Link: | A History of the Town and Parish of Nantwich or Wich-Malbank |
Description: | A History of the Town and Parish of Nantwich or Wich-Malbank by James Hall, 1883 |
Extra Info: | Includes information on the trade of the town, schools, hospitals, charity donations and more. |
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: | 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: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Information |
Title: | Registration Districts in Cheshire |
Link: | https://ukbmd.org.uk/reg/chs.html |
Description: | Civil registration districts in Cheshire 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 Cheshire |
Link: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_parishes_in_Ch... |
Description: | List of parishes in Cheshire 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 Cheshire |
Link: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_places_in_Ch... |
Description: | List of places in Cheshire provided by Wikipedia. |
Extra Info: | Information on place names with links to information pages about the place. |
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