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: | 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, 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 |
| Link: |  |
| 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: | 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, Post Office / Telephone Directories |
| Title: | Highfield History |
| Link: | http://highfieldhistory.co.uk/ |
| Description: | Highfield History - Highfield, South Stoneham, Southampton |
| Extra Info: | Includes several directories of Highfield and Stoneham. |
| 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, Tithe Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
| Title: | Medstead Village Website |
| Link: | http://www.medstead.org/ |
| Description: | Medstead Village Website |
| Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
| Title: | National Archives - Online Records and Indexes |
| Link: | https://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: | National Library of Scotland - Online Maps |
| Extra Info: | Includes town plans and estate maps for most of the UK. 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 Hampshire Mapped and other Historic Resources |
| Link: | https://oldhampshiremapped.org.uk |
| Description: | Old Hampshire Mapped and other Historic Resources |
| Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Register & Rent Rolls, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
| Title: | Rowner Parish, near Portsmouth |
| Link: | https://www.littlewoodham.org.uk/ |
| Description: | Little Woodham Living Village, Rowner Parish, near Portsmouth |
| Extra Info: | Look under research. A lliving history village that you can visit and see what life may have been like for your ancestors in the 1600's. |
| 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: | 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: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Tithe Records, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Yateley Society and Local History Resources |
| Link: | https://www.yateleysociety.org.uk |
| Description: | Yateley Society and Local History Resources |
| Extra Info: | Click Local History for many information and records. Includes a list of Yateley house names. |
| Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Information |
| Title: | Registration Districts in Hampshire |
| Link: | https://ukbmd.org.uk/reg/ham.html |
| Description: | Civil registration districts in Hampshire since 1837 |
| Extra Info: | Information on the registration districts and their changes over the years. |
| Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Information |
| Title: | Wikipedia list of civil parishes in Hampshire |
| Link: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_civil_parish... |
| Description: | List of parishes in Hampshire provided by Wikipedia. |
| Extra Info: | Information on the parishes with links to information pages about the parishes. |
| Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Information |
| Title: | Wikipedia list of places in Hampshire |
| Link: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_places_in_Ha... |
| Description: | List of places in Hampshire provided by Wikipedia. |
| Extra Info: | Information on place names with links to information pages about the place. |
If you know of any web sites suitable for inclusion which are
not listed here,
please let us know via the Contact Us page.