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History blogs
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Historic documents
Full-text books
Maps
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EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS
• Collections
Christmas through history
Eyewitnesses to 19th century British history
• 20th Century
Tony Blair's first Cabinet meeting, 1997
Christmas on the home front, 1940s
Plymouth Blitz, 1941
The General Strike in Middlesbrough, 1926
Opening of Tutankhamun's tomb, 1922
Battle of the Somme, 1916
Christmas truce, 1914
A nurse on the Western Front, 1914
Recruiting for war, 1914
Election of Britain's first black mayor, 1913
Captain Scott's last letter from the South Pole, 1912
Sinking of the RMS Titanic, 1912
• 19th Century
A murderer is hanged at Lewes jail, 1881
Charles Dickens survives a train crash, 1865
On a pub crawl with Karl Marx, 1850s
Charlotte Bronte visits the Great Exhibition, 1851
Police foil a Chartist uprising, 1848
Inside the offices of the Anti Corn Law League, 1843
Hanging as popular entertainment, mid-19th century
Children's work in a Warrington pin factory, 1842
London's climate and the English temperament, 1839
Charles Darwin and the voyage of the Beagle, 1831-36
The Peterloo Massacre, 1819
Battle of Waterloo, 1815
An operation without anaesthetic, 1811
The death of Nelson at Trafalgar, 1805
• 17th and 18th Century
Edward Jenner discovers smallpox vaccination, 1796
Funeral of George II 1760
On board a slave ship, 1750s
Jacobite armies seize Manchester, 1745
Daniel Defoe visits Glasgow, 1707
• Early Modern
Samuel Pepys' Christmas, 1662
Restoration of Charles II, 1660
Battle of Marston Moor, 1642
Guy Fawkes confesses the gunpowder plot, 1605
Elizabeth I meets the French ambassador, 1597
• Medieval
Jousting - the Hundred Years War, 1382
Black Death in England, 1348
Scotland declares independence, 1320
Coronation of William the Conqueror, 1066
Battle of Maldon, 991
King Alfred defeats the Danes, 894-897
Christianity and bloodshed on the Isle of Wight, 686
• Pre-Medieval
Arrival of the Anglo-Saxons in Britain, 450
Boudicca revolts against Rome, 60-61
Rome overcomes British resistance, 50AD
Julius Caeasar conquers Britain and leaves, 54BC
Julius Caesar describes Britain, 54BC
Julius Caesar invades Britain, 54BC
RESEARCH GUIDES, ARCHIVES AND HISTORY GROUPS
Visiting a records office for the first time (Also in PDF)
Christmas through history
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Specialist and local records offices in England and Wales
Specialist and local records offices in Scotland
Local and family history societies
HISTORY BLOGS AND NEWS
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Samuel Pepys Diary
Tudor History
Ancient and Classical History
European History
A History Teacher
History is Elementary
TIMELINES
Scientific Thought
British Empire
Scottish History
Money
Famous Economists
Mathematicians
Albert Einstein
The Beatles
Industrial Revolution
Military History
Capital Punishment
Trade Unions
Chartism
St Paul's Cathedral
Gunpowder Plot
Medieval History
Stonehenge
History of the Universe
Electricity
Computing
Flight
Concorde
Royal Air Force
Slavery
Medicine
Mental Health
Homeopathy
Cacao and Chocolate
Waste and Rubbish
Dinosaurs
The Future
HISTORIC DOCUMENTS
Union with Scotland Act, 1706
The Anglo Saxon Chronicle
Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England
FULL-TEXT BOOKS
Full listing
MAPS
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Hampshire, 1570-1829
London, 1667
London, 1859
Lancashire, 1360-1829
Scotland, 1550-1774
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