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 |
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| Link: | https://www.layersoflondon.org/ |
| Description: | Recording the layers of London's rich heritage |
| Extra Info: | Explore map layers that have been stretched and manipulated to fit over the contemporary map of London; so you can focus on a street, building or area and see how it has changed over time! |
| 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: | https://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, Religious Lists / Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
| Title: | Catholic Record Society - Miscellanea Vol 4 |
| Link: | http://archive.org/details/publicationscat01britgo... |
| Description: | Catholic Record Society - Miscellanea Vol 4 |
| Extra Info: | Online book. Includes notes on Lord Burghley's map of Lancashire 1590, Catholic chaplaincies and families in the eighteenth century, the KNIGHT family of Lincolnshire, nuns from the institute of Mary in York and more. |
| Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps |
| Title: | Charles Booth Poverty Maps of London |
| Link: | https://booth.lse.ac.uk/ |
| Description: | Charles Booth and the Survey into Life and Labour in London (1886-1903) |
| Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Other Taxes - such as Horse Tax, Valuation Books |
| Title: | Domesday Book - Online and Free |
| Link: | https://opendomesday.org/ |
| Description: | Domesday Book - Online and Free |
| Extra Info: | The "original" census. Lists of names, places and other Domesday facts and maps. Domesday data created by Professor J.J.N. Palmer, University of Hull. |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Newspapers, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records, Journals / Diaries |
| Title: | England Data from Ancestry |
| Link: | England Data from Ancestry |
| Description: | England Data Collection from Ancestry |
| Extra Info: | Includes Emmigrants and Immigrants; Numerous Directories; Who's Who in the World, 1910-1911; England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892; Numerous other records |
| 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: | Family Search - Maps |
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| Description: | Family Search - Maps |
| Extra Info: | Maps showing where parish boundaries are, when registers were first started. Not complete coverage. Click on map in the map screen to view road names. Also shows poor law areas and more. |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists |
| Title: | FOLKER One Name Study |
| Link: | http://www.folker.org.uk/ |
| Description: | FOLKER One Name Study |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Other Records |
| Title: | Genealogical Resources and Documentation |
| Link: | http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~nmfa/genealogy/gene... |
| Description: | Genealogical Resources and Documentation |
| Extra Info: | A variety of resources. Directories of Hertfordshire and Somerset. Maps of Devon, Gloucestershire, London, Somerset and Surrey. Various documents for Cambridge, London, Gloucestershire and Cornwall. |
| Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps |
| Title: | Genmaps, Old and Interesting Maps |
| Link: | http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~genmaps/genealogy/ |
| Description: | Genmaps, Old and Interesting Maps |
| Extra Info: | Many online maps, some as early as 1550. |
| Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps |
| Title: | Greenwood's Map of London 1827 |
| Link: | https://web.archive.org/web/20170621140622/http://... |
| Description: | Greenwood's Map of London 1827 |
| Extra Info: | An archived copy of the site. Click on the map to enter. |
| 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: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Poor Rate |
| Title: | Locating London's Past |
| Link: | https://www.locatinglondon.org/ |
| Extra Info: | Records of crime, poor relief, taxation, elections, local administration, plague deaths and archaeological finds can all be searched and mapped on this site. |
| Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
| Title: | National Archives - Online Records and Indexes |
| Link: | http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-... |
| 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: | National Library of Scotland - Online Maps |
| Link: | https://maps.nls.uk/ |
| Description: | Online Maps for England, Scotland and Wales |
| Extra Info: | Scroll down for side by side viewer to see historic and current maps side by side for England, Scotland and Wales. |
| 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, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Associations and Civil Officials Lists |
| Title: | Wakefield Family History Sharing Website |
| Link: | http://www.wakefieldfhs.org.uk/index.shtml |
| Description: | Wakefield Family History Sharing Website |
| Extra Info: | Scroll down the page for Altofs/West Riding Colliery school admission records, absent voters and more. |
| 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 / Alumni, Poor Rate, Other Records |
| Title: | GENUKI County Page for London |
| Link: | https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LND/ |
| Description: | General Information for London |
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