Family Histories
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British Isles: Past and Present
Cathedral tomb, Hereford
East Anglia
Careby -
Careby Church - Historical notes, images and postcard views.
Crowland Bridge
- Images of the three-sided bridge.
Great Yarmouth -
Vintage postcard views
Historical Lincoln - 1
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A place of considerable note in the ecclesiastical and military annals of England
Norwich -
Vintage postcard images
Greater London
Cannon Street - Postcard images and notes on Cannon Street
Charing Cross - Postcard images and notes on Charing Cross
Ham Common - Antiquarian notes
Isleworth - Antiquarian notes
Isleworth - More information
Kew - Historical accounts
Kew Church - Historical accounts
Kew Gardens - Historical accounts
Kingston - Vintage postcard views
London Bridge - Postcard images and notes on London Bridge
Richmond Palace - By the 18th century all that remained of the palace was the gate house and the wardrobe
Richmond Terrace - The view over the Thames is iconic
3 Rocking London Shows for your City Break
Teddington - Features a lock, a footbridge and a weir
London's New Landmarks - Prominent features of tourist and working London
Twickenham - Once famous for the fertility of its well-cultivated garden-grounds.
Twickenham - Pope's Villa - The house at Twickenham, celebrated by the residence of Mr. Pope
Shepperton - Edwardian postcard views
Waterloo Bridge - Images of Waterloo Bridge and the Embankment
Whitton, Twickenham - Postcard images and historical notes on Kneller Hall
Welsh Marches and Midlands
Banbury - Edwardian postcard views and historical notes.
Birmingham - Edwardian postcard views
Brailes - Antiquarian accounts of Brailes.
Charlbury - Edwardian postcard views
Chester 1
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3 - Vintage postcard views
Combe, Oxfordshire - Postcard view and some historical notes.
Coventry - Vintage postcard views
Derby - Edwardian postcard view of Derby Infirmary
Eaton Hall, Cheshire - Vintage postcard views.
Evesham - Vintage postcard views
Hereford - The cathedral
Kenilworth Castle - Vintage postcard views
Ledbury - Edwardian postcard views
Ludlow - Edwardian postcard views
Malvern - Vintage postcard views
Newport, Salop - Some historical notes about Newport
Oxford - Edwardian postcard views
Balliol College and General Views, Oxford - Vintage postcard views
Christ Church, Magdalene and St John's, Oxford - Vintage postcard views
Oriel College and St Mary the Virgin, Oxford - Vintage postcard views
River Isis, New College and Exeter College, Oxford - Vintage postcard views
Shrewsbury - Edwardian postcard views
Stratford-on-Avon - Vintage postcard views
Warwick 1840 - Extracts from letters written to Emily Sellwood by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Warwick Views - Vintage postcard views
Cumbria, North and North-East England
Alnwick - Edwardian postcard views
Bamburgh - Edwardian postcard views
Barnsley - Vintage postcard views
Barrow-in-Furness - Vintage postcard views
Blackpool - Vintage postcard views
Bridlington - Vintage postcard views
Leeds - Vintage postcard views
Liverpool - Vintage postcard views
Manchester - Vintage postcard views
NewcastleGateshead - Lying close to England's north-eastern coast, the two cities sit side by side
Wooler - Edwardian postcard views
York - Vintage postcard views
Ireland
Biking in Dublin - The city is very biker-friendly
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Scotland
Edinburgh - Capital of Scotland, home of the Scottish Parliament and one of the United Kingdom's most
important cities
Edinburgh - How to get there
Edinburgh - Water of Leith
Fair Isle - A Victorian tourist on Fair Isle
Engage Glasgow - Good for Cutting Costs
Orkney - The attractions of Orkney
Kirkwall - Capital of the Orkney islands with its magnificent St Magnus Cathedral founded in 1137
Papa Westray - A Victorian tourist on Papa Westray
Stromness - A Victorian tourist in Stromness
South & South East England
Brighton - Regency Square and Royal Pavilion - notes and views
Canterbury - Edwardian postcard views
Christchurch - Vintage postcard views
Colchester - Vintage postcard views
Folkestone - Edwardian postcard images
Guildford - Vintage postcard views
Maidenhead - Edwardian postcard views
Margate - Edwardian postcard views
Marlow - Edwardian postcard views
Reading - Vintage postcard views
Southampton - Edwardian postcard views
Southend-on-Sea - Vintage postcard views
Southsea - Edwardian postcard views
Walton-on-Thames - Edwardian postcard views
Westcliff-on-Sea - Vintage postcard views
Westcliff-on-Sea - Vintage colour postcard views
Weybridge - Edwardian postcard views
Windsor Castle - Berkshire's Prize:
Wales
Abertillery - Shops and children
Bala - In North Wales, an extract from Thomas Pennant's Tour in Wales
Barmouth - Edwardian postcard views
Caegurwen - A Glamorgan Manor
Cardiff - Known as 'Europe's youngest capital'
Cardiff - Some historical notes
Cardiff - English and Welsh languages in the city
Colwyn Bay - Vintage postcard views
Carmarthen - The coracle men
Dinefwr - Images of an iconic but little known castle in Carmarthenshire
Vale of Glamorgan - From Glimpses of Welsh Life & Character (1893).
Glanaman - Early 20th century view of School and Children, and c.1930 Charabanc Trip
Grosmont - Images and historical notes
Llandeilo - Edwardian postcard views
Merthyr Tydfil - Once an economic boom-town
Monmouthshire - Industrialisation
- the mid-nineteenth century saw the emergence of the general manager
Pembroke - From An Englishman Looks At Wales (1937).
Skenfrith
Skenfrith Castle
Skenfrith Church - Images and historical notes
Swansea - Wales' second city
Tredegar - One of Wales' earliest industrial towns.
West Country
Bath - Edwardian postcard views
Bardford-on-Avon - Vintage postcard views
Bristol Channel - Navigating the Bristol Channel - past and present
Cheltenham - An essentially Georgian city
Exeter - Vintage postcard views
Gloucester - Vintage postcard views
Ilminster - Edwardian postcard views
Lynmouth - Vintage postcard views
Lynton - Vintage postcard views
Martock - Edwardian postcard views
Minchinhampton - Images and newspaper extracts
Salisbury - Vintage postcard views
Salisbury Cathedral - Vintage postcard views
Scilly - A guide to the Isles of Scilly
Somerton - Once the county town of Somerset
Old postcards of Somerton, Somerset
Taunton - Edwardian postcard views
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HMS Majestic, First Class Battleship, launched 1895, torpedoed Dardanelles 1915
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Features
New plane routes shrink Britain
Brilliant British Isles Cruise Destinations
Early Medieval
Sources
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Bede
Gildas
Historia Brittonum
Confession of St Patrick
Articles
End of Roman rule
Tribal Militias
After Roman Rule
Post-Roman Britain
The Saxon Invasion
The Age of Saints
Pagan Religions in Britain
Nations
Evidence
The Picts
Ogham and the Irish in Britain
Scotti and Scots
'Teutonic' England
Books
Dark Age Books
Anglo-Saxon Books
Orkney Books
Pict Books
Viking Books
Early Welsh History
Genealogy Articles
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