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A Survey of the History of English Place
Briefly discusses the derivation of common forms of place names in England and provides a bibliography.
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A Vision of Britain Through Time
Interactive historical geographical survey of the British Isles from 1801 through 2001. Compiled from maps, statistics & historical descriptions. Place name searchable. Excellent source of information for placing ancestors in historical context of their locality.
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Online searchable database holds the full text of three 19th century descriptive gazetteers with a total of over 90,000 entries.
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Guide to Census Reports: Great Britain 1801-1966
Outlines the history of the census & describes how coverage of various topics has developed.
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Ancestry.com - Search Reference Materials & Finding Aids Records
Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription.
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Arcanum Maps - The Historical Map Portal - Europe in the XIX. century
Maps of Europe in the 1800s. Includes maps of Europe, city maps, country maps, and cadastral maps.
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From the Wikimedia Commons Atlas of the World.
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Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887)
Scanned images of all 912 pages, all public domain.
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Digital library containing some of the core printed primary and secondary sources for the medieval and modern history of the British Isles. Created by the Institute of Historical Research and the History of Parliament Trust. Historic Ordnance Survey maps in 1:10,560 scale for each county in England. Historic Ordnance Survey maps in 1:2,500 scale for Chester, Colchester, Coventry, Oxford and much of central London.
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Cartophilia holds a library of over 4,500 maps and street plans of every historic county of England and Wales in high definition, Free to download for non-commercial use under Creative Commons.
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Cassini Maps - Old Maps for Genealogy, Local and Family History Research
Cassini Publishing specialises in creating historical mapping products of England and Wales that meet present-day research needs and expectations of quality. Our maps are ideal for family and local historians, students, walkers, homeowners
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County-Wise | Be County-Wise and get to know the Historic Counties!
Guides, information, and activities for the 92 historic counties in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales.
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Definition from Wikipedia.
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Specialist UK-based mail-order retailer of over 50,000 maps, guides, travel books, atlases & globes.
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English Counties, Parishes, etc. for Genealogists
This site does a good job of explaining some of the more mysterious organizational structures of interest to the genealogist with UK ancestors. [The original link is gone. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]
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English Counties, Parishes, etc. for Genealogists
This site does a good job of explaining some of the more mysterious organizational structures of interest to the genealogist with UK ancestors. [The original link is gone. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]
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Findmypast has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Join Findmypast and you
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Books containing photographic images from around Great Britain taken by Frith & Company beginning in the 1860s.
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Gardiner's Atlas of English History (Wayback Machine)
Maps from the 1892 book A School Atlas of English History.
