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  • Charles Booth Online Archive

    Charles Booth's survey of Life and Labour in London 1886 - 1903. The survey interviewed workers and families to discover the level of poverty of Londoners at the turn of the century.

  • Epidemic Disease In London

    From the Institute of Historical Research.

  • Great Fire of London

    One morning in 1666 a sudden fire in a Pudding Lane bakery went on to destroy two-thirds of the City of London. Read about the causes, consequences and aftermath here.

  • Historic England

    Charged to protect and celebrate England's historic buildings, monuments, parks, gardens, battlefields and wreck sites.

    • Heritage Gateway

      Search across national and local records of England's historic sites and buildings.

    • Historic England Archive

      The public archive of English Heritage. Holds over 10 million photos, plans, drawings, reports and publications on archaeology, listed buildings, aerial photography and social history.

    • Images of England

      Over 300,000 images of England

    • Inclusive Heritage

      England's LGBTQ Heritage, The Slave Trade and Abolition, Disability History, Women's History.

    • PastScape

      Search nearly 400,000 records held in our national historic environment database including information on archaeological, architectural and maritime sites.

    • ViewFinder

      Photos that date from the 1850s and are a resource for people interested in England's social, industrial, architectural and archaeological history.

  • Ten Generations

    Draws on original evidence held in local collections to tell the stories of how our London forebears lived their lives, the changes they will have seen, and some of the historical events they may have witnessed during the last 300 years.
    [The original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]

  • The Dictionary of Victorian London

    Includes extracts from Victorian newspapers, diaries, journalism, memoirs, maps, advertisements and and the full text of several dozen books.

  • Victoria County History: London

    Index of places mentioned in the titles of articles in the published volumes of the Victoria History of the Counties of England.

  • Victorian Dictionary

    Guide to the social history of Victorian London.

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