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, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | Coal Mining History Resource Centre |
Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20160305062046/http://w... |
Description: | Coal Mining History Resource Centre |
Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site that is no longer available. Most information still seems to be available, although the layout is not good in parts. Search does not work. May be slow to load. Includes picture of the mines and details of the mines rescue crews. |
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: | 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: | 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: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | Halewood Local History Pages |
Link: | http://www.roydenhistory.co.uk/halewood/ |
Description: | Halewood Local History Pages |
Extra Info: | Includes a photographic archive. |
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, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Sports Clubs and Associations, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | Hurst and Surrounding District (Ashton-under-Lyne) |
Link: | http://www.c5d.co.uk/hurstpages.php |
Description: | Hurst and Surrounding District (Ashton-under-Lyne) |
Extra Info: | Includes Hurst United Methodist Football team, maps of old Ashton and Hurst, many old photographs and more. |
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 |
Title: | Lancashire Online Parish Clerk |
Link: | https://lan-opc.org.uk/ |
Description: | Lancashire Online Parish Clerk |
Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
Title: | Liverpool in 1825 |
Link: | https://liverpool-1825.tripod.com/ |
Description: | Liverpool in 1825 - A Ramble Through the Streets and Alleyways |
Extra Info: | Includes details of the companies in each building, ships on the waterfront and more. Ship's masters listed for most ships. |
Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps |
Title: | Maps - Historic Maps of Liverpool |
Link: | https://historic-liverpool.co.uk/old-maps-of-liver... |
Description: | Historic Maps of Liverpool |
Extra Info: | Maps from the 17th to 20th centuries. |
Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps |
Title: | Maps of Manchester |
Link: | https://www.library.manchester.ac.uk/rylands/speci... |
Description: | Old Maps of Manchester |
Extra Info: | Includes Manchester, Salford, Droylsden, Miles Platting and many other areas surrounding Manchester. |
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, Religious Lists / Records, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | The History of Newton-Le-Willows and Earlstown |
Link: | https://www.newton-le-willows.com/ |
Description: | The History of Newton-Le-Willows and Earlstown |
Extra Info: | Click on local history and scroll through the pages of articles. Includes a list of the rectors of Winwick, old photographs of the Sankey sugar works and more. |
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, Newspapers, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | Wigan World Website |
Link: | https://www.wiganworld.co.uk/stuff/ |
Description: | Wigan World Website |
Extra Info: | Information and many interesting articles about the Wigan area. |
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, Other Taxes - such as Horse Tax, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Other Records |
Title: | GENUKI County Page for Lancashire |
Link: | https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LAN/ |
Description: | General Information for Lancashire |
Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Information |
Title: | Registration Districts in Lancashire |
Link: | https://ukbmd.org.uk/reg/lan.html |
Description: | Civil registration districts in Lancashire 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 Cumbria |
Link: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_parishes_in_Cu... |
Description: | List of parishes in Cumbria 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 civil parishes in Lancashire |
Link: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_parishes_in_La... |
Description: | List of parishes in Lancashire 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 historically in Lancashire |
Link: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_places_histo... |
Description: | List of places historically in Lancashire provided by Wikipedia. |
Extra Info: | Information on place names with links to information pages about the place. |
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