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: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps |
Title: | Boyle's Court and Country Guide |
Link: | Boyle's Court and Country Guide |
Description: | Boyle's Court and Country Guide, 1811 |
Extra Info: | List people from all round the UK and Ireland and their addresses. |
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: | http://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: | England's Gazeteer 1751 (With some Welsh Places) |
Link: | http://archive.org/details/englandsgazette03whatgo... |
Description: | England's Gazeteer 1751 (With some Welsh Places) |
Extra Info: | Online book. Includes villages that no longer exist. Also list some Welsh places. |
Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps |
Title: | Genmaps, Old and Interesting Maps |
Link: | http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~... |
Description: | Genmaps, Old and Interesting Maps |
Extra Info: | Many online maps, some as early as 1550. |
Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Information, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | Historic Churches of Great Britain |
Link: | http://www.historicchurches.co.uk/ |
Description: | Maps of locations of many Historic Churches of Great Britain |
Extra Info: | Helps you find the location of the churches where you ancestors were baptised, married or buried. Their long-term aim is to add photographs to accompany each map. |
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: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Newspapers, Tithe Records, Register & Rent Rolls, Associations and Civil Officials Lists, Religious Lists / Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | Kidwelly History and Records |
Link: | https://web.archive.org/web/20160303172455/http://... |
Description: | Kidwelly History and Records |
Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site that is not live at the moment. Most information is available. Click on contents for trade directories, a list of mayors, publicans and more. |
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: | http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/our-onl... |
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: | Old Maps of England, Scotland and Wales |
Link: | https://www.old-maps.co.uk/index.html#/ |
Description: | Old Maps of England, Scotland and Wales |
Extra Info: | As well as maps this site also includes a gazetteer of place names. |
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: | http://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, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Poor Rate, Other Records |
Title: | GENUKI County Page for Carmarthenshire |
Link: | http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/CMN/ |
Description: | General Information for Carmarthenshire |
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