Thockrington, Northumberland
The latest addition to the One Place Studies Directory is Thockrington, a parish in rural Northumberland, about ten miles north of Hexham. It covers an area of about 7,000 acres…
Cumbrian Railway Employees
The Cumbrian Railways Association has created a database of references to Cumbrian Railway Employees. The database comprises over 28,000 records derived from a large number of sources including official railway…
National Census Dates – UK, Ireland & US
When recording census information for individuals in your study place, it is good practice to record the actual census date rather than just the census year. This handy sheet shows…
Historic England Photographic Collection
Historic England have made available online the Architectural Red Box Collection started by the National Buildings Record back in 1941 to document England’s built heritage, especially those buildings threatened or…
GRO PDF Pilot Extended – Again!
The General Register Office (GRO) has been piloting a service in England & Wales providing PDF copies of historical birth and death records. The pilot, originally extended to July…
City of London Cemetery – Burial Registers
The City of London Cemetery is one of the largest municipal cemeteries in Europe and anyone may be buried there irrespective of City connections or religious beliefs. Images of their…
Berkshire Enclosures
Ancestors from Berkshire or a one-place study there? Take a look at the New Landscapes: Enclosure in Berkshire site to learn more about the process of enclosing the common fields…
Directory Update – England Studies now added
All previously ‘registered’ England studies have now been added to the new Directory.
Postcards – TuckDB
TuckDB is a free online database listing and showing antique postcards published by Raphael Tuck & Sons. As at 16 May 2018, the database contained 135,235 postcards from many countries.…
PopulationsPast
PopulationsPast, a new online interactive Atlas of Victorian and Edwardian Population, is now live! Explore regional and local variations in a range of demographic and household indicators and how these…
Aerial Photographs – Britain from Above
Britain from Above was a four year project (2010 to 2014) aimed at conserving 95,000 of the oldest and most valuable photographs in the Aerofilms collection*, those dating from…
Photochrom Prints (PPLOC)
The Photochrom Print Collection, which forms part of the Library of Congress Print and Photographs Online Catalog (PPLOC), includes almost 6,000 views of Europe and the Middle East and 500…