Links
There are hundreds of local and family history websites out there, here is a small selection of some we like.
If you would like to recommend a site not currently listed here, please email it to learning@museumoflondon.org.uk
Museum of London links
- Learning
- Tell us what you think of this site
- Find out about archaeology in your borough
- Ceramics & glass collections in regional museums
Local history information
- London's past online, Centre for Metropolitan History
- London city heritage guide, 24 Hour Museum
- City of London resources, British History online
- London history index, BBC London
- Local history magazine
- English local history, University of Oxford
Many Borough Council websites include information about the local history of the area, or of useful sources, so do try those as well.
Doing local history research
- Urban local history trail, BBC
- Local history trail: investigations, National Grid for Learning
- British Association for Local History
- Sources for local British and Irish history, Lambeth Palace Library
- Libraries & Learners in London
- GEN UKI London local history sources, UK and Ireland Genealogy
- Family history resources, Familia
- Centre for Local History Studies, Kingston University
- Course: From parish history to community history: Investigating the local past, 1800-2000, University of Exeter
- Institute of Historical Research, University of London
Historical society websites
- East of London Family History Society
- Greenwich Industrial History Society
- Islington Archaeology & History Society
- LAMAS (London and Middlesex Archaeological Society)
- London, Westminster & Middlesex family history society
- Rotherhithe & Bermondsey local history group
- Willesden local history society
- West Middlesex Family History Society
- London archaeological organisations, Current Archaeology
Postcodes
- Origins of modern postcodes, British postal museum (pdf)
- London postal districts, GEN UKI
- Postcode plants database, Natural History Museum
- Guardian online notes & queries
Fellows, James, 2003, Myself when I am real, in "Diaspora City: The London new writing anthology", Arcadia Books, London
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