The Local Historian – free access
BALH (The British Association for Local History) has made all online back issues of The Local Historian (their quarterly journal) free to download for the duration of the pandemic crisis.…
NLS Maps new search function
The National Library of Scotland have added a really handy new search function to their fantastic NLS Maps website. You can now enter the name of a little known place…
Martham, Norfolk
The latest addition to the One Place Studies Directory is Martham, a charming Norfolk village lying nine miles north of Great Yarmouth within the Broads National Park. The village has a…
South Leigh, Oxfordshire
The latest addition to the One Place Studies Directory is South Leigh, a village and civil parish on Limb Brook, a small tributary of the River Thames, about 2 1⁄2 miles…
Eastrington, Yorkshire, England
The latest addition to the worldwide One Place Studies Directory is Eastrington. Eastrington is a village and parish in the flatlands of east Yorkshire. It is a few miles north-east…
British and Irish Furniture Makers Online (BIFMO)
The British and Irish Furniture Makers Online (BIFMO) project is a partnership between the Institute of Historical Research and the Furniture History Society. The BIFMO mission is to serve as…
Clergy of the Church of England Database
It is good to see that the Clergy of the Church of England Database is now back online. The database was established in October 1999. It is a collaboration between…
Thoralby, Yorkshire, England
Thoralby is the latest addition to the worldwide One Place Studies Directory. Thoralby is a village in Bishopdale, which is a side valley of Wensleydale in the Yorkshire Dales.
Castle Bromwich, Warwickshire, England
Castle Bromwich is the latest addition to the free One Place Studies Directory. Originally a village within the historic county of Warwickshire, today Castle Bromwich is a suburb of Birmingham.
Great Ellingham, Norfolk, England
Great Ellingham in Norfolk is the latest addition to the free One Place Studies Directory. The village lies two miles south-east of its sister village of Little Ellingham.
Kirkby, Lancashire, England
The latest addition to the free One Place Studies Directory is Kirkby which used to be a township-chapelry in the Walton-on-the-Hill parish in the historic county of Lancashire. Today Kirkby…
GRO Online Death Indexes Extended
The General Register Office has extended the years covered by the Online Death Indexes to include the period 1984 to 2019. The online birth and death indexes now cover the…