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LARGO: Libraries and Archives Research Guide Online

LibDex - The Library Index - England

A worldwide directory of links to library homepages and web-based OPACs (Online Public Access Catalogs).

List of archives in the United Kingdom (Wikipedia)

Mander and Mitchenson Theatre Collection

Midlands Screen Archive | MACE

The screen archive for the Midlands in the UK. A 70,000 strong collection of film, tape and digital material, much searchable and viewable online, from commercial TV and private collections.

Modern Records Centre

The Centre's holdings focus on UK trade union records. It also holds the records of some interest groups and political organisations (including West Midlands), of individuals and business (particularly the motor industry). Hosted by the University of Warwick Library, the MRC holds records of interest to the genealogist regarding trades union membership amongst other topics.

National Gas Archive

Company archive of the Lattice Group which holds the historical records of the UK gas industry dating from the early 19th Century.

National Justice Museum

Nottingham, England. Collections focus on law and policing.

National Railway Museum - Research and Archive

National Waterways Museum Gloucester,

Newberry Library - English Genealogy

Oxford College Archives

Family and local history FAQ, contact details for Oxford college archives and other archives in Oxford.

Oxford University Archives

Project EARL - Connecting Public Libraries to the Network

Quakers in Britain - The Library

Friends House, London. Holds the central archives of Britain Yearly Meeting of Quakers as well as one of the largest collections of Quaker material in the world.

RLUK - Research Libraries UK

RLUK is a consortium of the most significant research libraries in the UK and Ireland, and whose purpose is to shape the research library agenda, and contribute to the wider knowledge economy through innovative projects and services that add value and impact to the process of research. We also contribute to the health of society through the preservation and sharing of knowledge: one of the pillars of an open society.

The British Library

The English National Football Archive

Online database of English football clubs and football players in England containing the details of players, match line-ups and goals scored for every Football League club and Premier League club game since 1888 to the present, together with tournament fixtures such as the FA Cup (so some details of smaller, other league and local football clubs).

The Honourable Society of Gray's Inn - Library & Archives

Library & archive of one of the four historic Inns Of Court. A private library available to researchers by appointment. The library is happy to answer genealogical & other enquiries from the public about past members of the Inn, as long as they are made in writing. Membership lists exist from 1521 & call records from 1650. Up to 1889 these records have also been conveniently printed. The surviving records of Barnard's Inn & Staple's Inn are also held.

The Museum of English Rural Life

Reading, Berkshire, England.