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global gateway for second hand and out of print books
http://www.abebooks.com/
Blanche Parry
A lady of the Tudor court. The site includes lists of her tenants, fieldnames etc and will be developing with members of the Queen's household and other useful information.
http://www.blancheparry.com
Bricks & Brass
is a comprehensive resource for owners of 19th and 20th century houses, with an architectural guide, advice on caring for these buildings, useful contacts, books, a glossary of terms, and interesting events.
http://www.bricksandbrass.co.uk/
British Local History
A new site which will act as a portal to books, images, stories, and a very extensive list of links. It is continually being developed, and welcomes comments from users. NB Despite similarity of the name, this site is not BALH!
http://www.britishlocalhistory.co.uk
Carnegie Publishing
An independent publisher of high quality scholarly and accessible local history books by highly-regarded authors. Coverage is nation-wide, but with an empahsis on the north.
http://www.carnegiepublishing.com
Centre for English Local History, University of Leicester
'Local History in Britain after Hoskins' is a major conference organised by the University of Leicester and BALH in July. Follow this link for further details.
http://www.le.ac.uk/elh/documents/Proof3.pdf
Crystal Palace Foundation
is concerned to preserve and develop Crystal Palace, from the Great Exhibition onwards.
http://www.crystalpalacefoundation.org.uk/
Curious Fox UK Gazetteer
50,000 villages, towns and counties, can be searched by place name and by family names. Still developing
http://www.curiousfox.com/
Flag Fen Archaeology Park
The Flag Fen Bronze Age Centre at Peterborough is a stunning green space covering a time span of over 1,000 years. Educational facilities for schools and professionals.
http://www.flagfen.org
Gazetteer of British Place Names
Comprehensive gazetteer, listing over 50,000 place names. 'Additional notes for historians and genealogists' contains extra information and advice for users.
http://www.gazetteer.co.uk/
Hands on History at the BBC
Full details of many events and activities around the country
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/handsonhistory/
Historical Directories Project
The University of Leicester's Historical Directories Project brings together a greater number and range of directories than any one library can provide.
http://www.historicaldirectories.org/
History.uk.com
"the ultimate UK history directory"
http://www.history.uk.com/
Historyworld
Historyworld is a new site with many useful articles on a wide range of history topics, plus browsing search facility, and focus on national curriculum. Still developing.
http://www.historyworld.net/
Kids in Museums
A campaigning organisation that promotes family friendly approaches in museums. Check if your local museum has signed up!
http://www.kidsinmuseums.org.uk
Local History Courses
Local History courses in Higher Education, compiled by Dr Kate Tiller under the auspices of the British Association for Local History and the Universities Association for Lifelong Learning
http://www.uall.ac.uk/page.aspx?tabid=34
Local History Online
This is one of the UK's key sites for local history, with over 300 links to sites both in the UK and overseas, regularly updated News and Calendar sections, directories of local history organisations and course providers and an on-line Bookshop, with stock at discounted prices.
http://www.local-history.co.uk/
Love My Town
The 'UK civic pride website'
http://lovemytown.co.uk
Maney Publishing
Publishers of history journals that are of interest to local historians, including 'Family and Community History' and 'Labour History Review'
http://www.maney.co.uk/journals
Old House Books
books and maps that explore the character and history of Britain
http://www.oldhousebooks.co.uk/
Oxford University Summer Schools
A wide ranging programme which always includes local history, and things of related interest; Alan Crosby is a regular contributor.
http://summerschool.conted.ox.ac.uk
Oxford University's Advanced Diploma in Local History via the Internet
http://www.conted.ox.ac.uk/localhistory
Oxford University's Diploma in Local History
http://www.conted.ox.ac.uk/dipelh
P & D Riley
A very small local history publisher in Cheshire
http://www.pdriley.co.uk
Palaeography
An introduction to palaeography, including alphabets, exercises, bibliography, and seminars on background material such as early modern legal structures.
http://paleo.anglo-norman.org/
Past and Present Press
is a small independent publisher of local history books, based in Bristol
http://www.pastandpresentpress.co.uk/
Pevsner architectural guides
is a website set up by the Buildings Books Trust which provides a history of the series, a full list of titles, and an introduction to looking at buildings, and glossary of terms.
http://www.pevsner.co.uk/
Restoring the Past
If you can't find a local photo retouching service, here is one example - 'restoring the past'.
http://www.restoringthepast.co.uk/
The Family History Partnership
The is a 'service cooperative' that aims to provide a new way for authors of books on family and local history to get their work into print.
http://www.thefamilyhistorypartnership.com
The House Archive
A developing site about house history, and it wants contributions
http://www.thehousearchive.com
UKPast
UKPast is an online bookshop, selling both new and second-hand local history books. They also publish facsimile reprints on CD-Rom. Free booksearch service.
http://www.ukpast.com/
ULEMHAS
This is the society of past and present Birkbeck Continuing Education students of Art History. They have wide interests, and an annual programme of lectures and study days.
http://www.ulemhas.org.uk/index.htm
Windgather Press
Publishers of landscape and local history books and the landscapes journal.
http://www.windgather.co.uk/
YourMemories
now grown into huge site 'past times project'
http://www.yourmemories.co.uk
BALH offers these links as a service to members and takes no responsibility for the content and quality of the sites listed.
This page is constantly updated. If you have any suggestions of sites we should include, please Suggest A Site.
The 'Education' list includes links to websites with useful, interesting, and relevant material for everyone involved with local history and education
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