Photographs, old and new, help complete the picture of how our ancestors lived.
| Classification: | Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | 1820 British Settlers to South Africa |
| Link: | https://www.1820settlers.com/ |
| Description: | 1820 British Settlers to South Africa |
| Extra Info: | Information about the 1820 British settlers to South Africa, including transcribed letters, photographs and pictures of some of the settlers and a forum. |
| Classification: | Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | A Celebration of England in Photographs |
| Link: | https://www.thornber.net/england/ |
| Description: | A Celebration of England in Photographs |
| Extra Info: | Photographs of historic places in England. |
| Classification: | Companies / Employee and Union Lists, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Beamish Collections Online |
| Link: | http://collections.beamish.org.uk/ |
| Description: | Online Collection from Beamish Museum |
| Extra Info: | Includes photographs, advertising materials, trade catalogues and lots of information about the social history surrounding our ancestors. |
| Classification: | Information, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | British Pathe Film Archive |
| Link: | https://www.britishpathe.com |
| Description: | British Pathe Film Archive 1896-1970 |
| Extra Info: | All sorts of social history on film as well as royal visits, wing walkers, early pictures of heathrow, swimming galas and much more. |
| Classification: | Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Buckinghamshire Photographs |
| Link: | https://apps1.buckscc.gov.uk/eforms2005/photolibra... |
| Description: | Buckinghamshire Photographs |
| Extra Info: | Over 20,000 historic photographs of Buckinghamshire, search by place or use the advanced search for a more precise selection e.g. gaols. |
| Classification: | Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, Tithe Records, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Chartridge Village Website |
| Link: | http://www.chartridge.org.uk/ |
| Description: | Chartridge Village Website |
| Extra Info: | Includes photographs of Chartridge from yesteryear and a searchable list of people in Chartridge and the surrounding hamlets 1538-1904. |
| Classification: | Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Churches of Britain and Ireland |
| Link: | http://www.churches-uk-ireland.org/ |
| Description: | Churches of Britain and Ireland |
| Extra Info: | Photographs of the churches your ancestors attended. |
| Classification: | Newspapers, Religious Lists / Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Connected Histories |
| Link: | https://www.connectedhistories.org/ |
| Description: | British History Sources, 1500-1900 |
| Extra Info: | From the Universities of London, Hertfordshire, and Sheffield. Burney collection of newspapers, British History Online, the Charles Booth Archive, Old Bailey Online and much more... |
| Classification: | Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Information, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | County Asylum |
| Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20110708195950/http://w... |
| Description: | Rediscovering the Asylums and Mental Hospitals of England and Wales |
| Extra Info: | This site is no longer active, however an archived copy of the site is still available to view (may take a few moments to load). There may be some pages that do not work. Lists architects' names and more. |
| Classification: | Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Genealogy Photo Archive |
| Link: | https://deadfred.com/ |
| Description: | Free Genealogy and Family History Photo Archive |
| Extra Info: | Free genealogy family history photo search by surname. |
| Classification: | Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Geograph Britain and Ireland |
| Link: | http://www.geograph.org.uk/ |
| Description: | Geograph Britain and Ireland |
| Extra Info: | The project aims to collect geographically representative photographs and information for every square kilometre of Great Britain and Ireland. Use the search to find areas and topics of interest. |
| Classification: | Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Getty Images |
| Link: | https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/ |
| Extra Info: | Many Photographs easy to search. For example images of Welsh Chapels, workhouse, Sunday school. Lots of modern and historic images. |
| 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: | Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Historic Photographs of England |
| Link: | https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/photos... |
| Description: | Historic Photographs of England |
| Extra Info: | Lots of interesting images of England's social, industrial, architectural and archaeological history. |
| Classification: | Information, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Landed families of Britain and Ireland |
| Link: | https://landedfamilies.blogspot.com/ |
| Description: | Research into the landowning families of the British Isles and the country houses which they owned. |
| Classification: | Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Mary Evans Picture Library |
| Link: | https://www.maryevans.com/ |
| Description: | Mary Evans Picture Library |
| Extra Info: | Over 2 million historical and cinema images. Easy to search - can limit by type of photograph and century. From pictures of asylums, workhouses, churches, memorials, wars, schools, ships and much more. |
| Classification: | Information, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Military Badges and Military Images |
| Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20110721011946/http://w... |
| Description: | Military Badges and Military Images |
| Extra Info: | An archived copy of the site which is no longer available. May take a little while to load. May not work correctly in all browsers. |
| Classification: | Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Photographs / Pictures, Journals / Diaries |
| Title: | Moving Here - 200 years of Migration to England |
| Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20140407043350/http://m... |
| Description: | Moving Here - 200 years of Migration to England |
| Extra Info: | This is an archived copy of a site that is no longer active. Most information and photographs still seem to be available. |
| Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Music Hall and Theatre History |
| Link: | http://www.arthurlloyd.co.uk/ |
| Description: | Music Hall and Theatre History |
| Extra Info: | Information and images of the history of music hall and thatre in the UK and Ireland. Includes histories of the theatres, biographies of some entertainers and many playbills. |
| Classification: | Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Old UK Photographs |
| Link: | https://web.archive.org/web/20140705201147/http://... |
| Description: | Old UK Photographs |
| Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site that is no longer active. Most photographs are still available to view. Lots of old photographs of interesting locations around the UK, many are taken from old postcards. |
| Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | P & O Heritage and Archives |
| Link: | https://www.poheritage.com/ |
| Description: | P & O Heritage and Archives |
| Extra Info: | Includes British India Steam Navigation Company, the Orient Line and other companies absorbed into P&O. The archive contains photographs, ephemera, fact sheets on the individual ships, with the shipbuilders' details and more. |
| Classification: | Information, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Parliamentary Archives |
| Link: | https://archives.parliament.uk/online-resources/re... |
| Description: | Historic documents (including photographs and illustrations) from the UK Parliament |
| Extra Info: | Includes Protestations Returns, the closest thing we have to a census for 1642. The Returns list the adult men residing in a parish. |
| Classification: | Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Peterborough and The Great War |
| Link: | https://peterboroughww1.co.uk/ |
| Description: | Peterborough and The Great War |
| Extra Info: | Two visitors' books from the tea stall on Peterborough East Railway Station 1916 and 1917. Servicemen wrote messages, poems and pictures as they stopped on their journey. Search or browse Some with mini biographies. |
| Classification: | Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Photographs of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire |
| Link: | http://www.countyviews.com/ |
| Description: | Photographs of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire |
| Extra Info: | A growing number of photographs of yesteryear. Also includes some Oxfordshire photographs. Many Church photographs. |
| Classification: | Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Photographs of High Wycombe and Surrounding Towns and Villages |
| Link: | http://swop.org.uk/ |
| Description: | Photographs of High Wycombe and Surrounding Towns and Villages |
| Extra Info: | Over 20,000 historic photographs of High Wycombe and the surrounding towns and villages. Simple or advanced searches available. |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Newspapers, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | PRATLEY One Name Study |
| Link: | http://www.pratley.info/ |
| Description: | PRATLEY One Name Study |
| Classification: | Newspapers, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Photographs / Pictures, Travellers / Romany / Canal Folk |
| Title: | Romany Genes 2 Website |
| Link: | https://web.archive.org/web/20210423045021/http://... |
| Description: | Romany Genes 2 Website |
| Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site that is no longer active. Most information is still available to view. Maybe slow to load. |
| Classification: | Newspapers, Photographs / Pictures, Travellers / Romany / Canal Folk |
| Title: | Romany Genes Website |
| Link: | https://web.archive.org/web/20210427155917/http://... |
| Description: | Romany Genes Website |
| Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site that is no longer active. Most information is still available to view. Some photographs and pictures are not available. |
| Classification: | Information, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Science and Society Picture Library |
| Link: | https://www.scienceandsociety.co.uk |
| Description: | Science and Society Picture Library |
| Extra Info: | Over 50,000 images from buildings, such as textile mills, to pictures of historical fire engines. |
| Classification: | Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | The Army Children Archive |
| Link: | http://www.archhistory.co.uk/ |
| Description: | The Army Children Archive |
| Extra Info: | Information about what it was like to be an army child, includes sections on schooling, healthcare and hospitals. |
| Classification: | Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., School / Educational Records / Alumni, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | The Children's Homes Website |
| Link: | http://www.childrenshomes.org.uk/ |
| Description: | The Children's Homes Website |
| Extra Info: | The Children's Homes website aims to provide information on all the many and varied institutions that became home for thousands of children and young people in Britain. Also USA, Canada, Jamaica and Australia. |
| Classification: | Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | The Children's Society Archive 1881-1918 |
| Link: | http://www.hiddenlives.org.uk/ |
| Description: | The Children's Society Archive 1881-1918 |
| Extra Info: | Some records and the history of each home, many photographs. |
| Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Register & Rent Rolls, Poor Rate, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Victoria County History - Explore England's Past |
| Link: | https://www.history.ac.uk/research/victoria-county... |
| Description: | Victoria County History - Explore England's Past |
| Extra Info: | This site provides free access to local history materials. A variety of material, some counties covered more than others. |
| Classification: | Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Victorian and Edwardian Photographs |
| Link: | http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~victorianphotograph... |
| Description: | Victorian and Edwardian Photographs |
| Extra Info: | Includes famous victorians, actresses, family albums and much more. Also how to date photographs. |
| Classification: | Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Waymarking - Interesting Locations |
| Link: | https://www.waymarking.com/default.aspx |
| Description: | Waymarking - Interesting Locations |
| Extra Info: | Pictures of all types of interesting places and features including prisons, churches, pubs, schools and more. Easy to search. |
| Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Windmill World |
| Link: | http://www.windmillworld.com/ |
| Description: | Windmill World |
| Extra Info: | Many windmills around England with locations, some with photographs. For watermills look for the link part way down the home page. |
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