England & Wales
5 Interesting Day Trips from London
London is a great city with plenty to see, but there are loads of other amazing places to visit outside of the capital and many of them can be reached within an hour or [...]
10 Great English Cottage Books
There is nothing cosier than an English cottage in my view, especially a really old one with a thatched roof. Here are some books that celebrate that feeling; looking at the style, the food [...]
Visit Peterborough in 2018 and celebrate the Cathedral’s 900th Birthday
England is a compact country stuffed full of history. So any history enthusiast visiting is really spoilt for choice when considering places to see in England. A destination often overlooked by [...]
Things to do in London outside the Downtown Area
You’ve seen Buckingham Palace, the Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey, Tower Bridge, the Tower of London, the museums and galleries etc, all the usual suspects. But what else is there to see in London? [...]
10 Great Books about the London Underground
If you are interested in the history of London, then you are probably also interested in the history of the London Underground; the Tube. The oldest part of the Underground is the stretch of [...]
How to Find Free Historical Images of England
If you have roots in England then you should check out the Historic England Archive. This archive holds 12 million photographs, drawings, reports and publications from the 1850s to the present day. There are [...]
British Genealogy Gems: The 1910 Domesday Books
Lloyd George's Land Valuation Survey If you are undertaking British genealogy research in the early part of the twentieth century, then a very useful resource are the so called 1910 “Domesday Books”. Until now [...]
How To Find Welsh Parish Registers
As I mentioned in my post about English parish registers , civil registration in England and Wales began in 1837 and it is relatively easy (but expensive and slow) to obtain a [...]
How To Find English Parish Registers
Civil registration in England and Wales began in 1837 and it is relatively easy (if a little expensive and slow) to obtain a copy of a birth, marriage or death certificate from the GRO (General [...]
Top 10 Essential Free British Genealogy Sites
There is so much information online, both paid for and free, it is often difficult to know where to start to look. Following on from my top top 5 Irish sites article , I have put [...]
How to find free historical UK maps online
This post shows you how to find free historical UK maps online using the National Library of Scotland Map Images website. This is an amazing free resource and very useful for giving some context to researching [...]
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