Local History Websites
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A general history site that can be seacrched by topic, time and famous people. There are also lists of events relating to current BBC hisory programmes. More...
British History Online - with links to the Victoria County Histories
This site contains some of the core printed primary and secondary sources for the medieval and modern history of the British Isles. In addition it has made available many of the volumes of the Victoria County Histories series (including Cambridgeshire) which include searchable full text, photos, maps and detailed county histories More...
Cambridgeshire History on the Net
This site from Cambridgeshire Libraries provides information about Cambridgeshire villages at the turn of the century. It has a directory entry for each village and a variety of old photographs. More...
Website of the Cromwell Collection at Huntingdon Library, which provides a comprehensive collection of materials on Oliver Cromwell and his times. It includes a catalogue of the collection and recommended reading. More...
Provides information about local history resources within Cambridgeshire. More...
Searchable digital library of historical local and trade directories for England and Wales from 1750 to 1919 produced by the University of Leicester. Directories are an important source for research into local and family history, providing fascinating detail about local communities and individuals. More...
Huntingdonshire Local History Society
The Society is affiliated to the British Association for Local History and to Cambridge Antiquarian Society. The site presents information about lectures and excrusions by the group. It also presents a set of useful links that relate to Huntingdonshire's history More...
From the English Heritage National Monuments Record. Images of England is building a digital library of photographs of England's 370,000 Listed Buildings. Photographs can be searched by county, period and building type. More...
Recorded here are various war memorials within a variety of counties including main sections for Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire and Norfolk. The war memorials and rolls of honour cover a variety of regiments, airfields and air bases. More...
View Finder - English Heritage
An online image resource of England's industrial heritage. The England at Work gallery includes agriculture, windmills and social history. More...