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: | 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 |
| Title: | Family Search - Maps |
| Link: |  |
| Description: | Family Search - Maps |
| Extra Info: | Maps showing where parish boundaries are, when registers were first started. Not complete coverage. Click on map in the map screen to view road names. Also shows poor law areas and more. |
| 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: | 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 |
| Title: | Lewis' Topographical Dictionary of Wales |
| Link: | Lewis' Topographical Dictionary of Wales |
| Description: | Lewis' Topographical Dictionary of Wales, 1833 |
| Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps |
| Title: | Lewis' Topographical Dictionary of Wales |
| Link: | Lewis' Topographical Dictionary of Wales |
| Description: | Lewis' Topographical Dictionary of Wales, 1844 |
| Extra Info: | Includes a list of subscribers. |
| 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: | National Library of Scotland - Online Maps |
| Extra Info: | Includes town plans and estate maps for most of the UK. Scroll down for side by side viewer to see historic and current maps side by side for England, Scotland and Wales. |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
| Title: | Wales Data from Ancestry |
| Link: | Wales Data from Ancestry |
| Description: | Wales Data Collection from Ancestry |
| Extra Info: | Includes Law List, 1843; various directories and gazetteers; criminal registers and more. |
| Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Other Records |
| Title: | Wales Records and Documents from British History Online |
| Link: | https://www.british-history.ac.uk/catalogue/wales |
| Description: | Wales Records and Documents from British History Online |
| 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, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Poor Rate, Other Records |
| Title: | GENUKI County Page for Radnorshire |
| Link: | https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/RAD/ |
| Description: | General Information for Radnorshire |
| Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Information |
| Title: | Registration Districts in Radnorshire |
| Link: | https://ukbmd.org.uk/reg/rad.html |
| Description: | Civil registration districts in Radnorshire since 1837 |
| Extra Info: | Information on the registration districts and their changes over the years. |
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