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Historical and topographical sources relating to specific places.

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Victoria County History: Middlesex (13)

The local history of the county, organised by parish.
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Maps (Ordnance Survey) (2)

The complete 1:10,560 series, and 1:2500 maps for selected areas (Epoch 1).
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Victoria County History: Essex (7)

The local history of the historic county, organised by parish.
4

Victoria County History: Sussex (7)

The local history of the historic county, organised by parish.
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Victoria County History: Gloucestershire (5)

The local history of the historic county, organised by parish.
6

Victoria County History: Staffordshire (5)

The local history of the historic county, organised by parish.
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Victoria County History: Wiltshire (5)

The local history of the historic county, organised by parish.
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Victoria County History: Yorkshire (5)

The local history of the historic county, organised by parish.
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Victoria County History: Cambridgeshire (4)

The local history of the county, including the Isle of Ely, organised by parish.
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Victoria County History: Oxfordshire (4)

The local history of the historic county, organised by parish.
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Victoria County History: Shropshire (4)

The local history of the historic county, organised by parish.
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Victoria County History: Somerset (4)

The local history of the historic county, organised by parish.
13

Victoria County History: Warwickshire (4)

The local history of the historic county, organised by parish.
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Survey of London (6)

Detailed studies of the capital’s architecture and topography, since 1894.
15

Old and New London (Thornbury & Walford) (6)

Surveys London and Westminster and their environs (6 volumes, 1878).
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London, Environs of (Lysons) (4)

Lysons' account of London within twelve miles of the city (4 volumes, 1796).
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Victoria County History: Hampshire (3)

The local history of the historic county, organised by parish.
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Victoria County History: Hertfordshire (3)

The local history of the historic county, organised by parish.
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Victoria County History: Lancashire (3)

The local history of the historic county, organised by parish.
20

Victoria County History: Surrey (3)

The local history of the historic county, organised by parish.
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Victoria County History: Worcestershire (3)

The local history of the historic county, organised by parish.
22

Westmorland, Records of (4)

Medieval and early modern records of the Baronies of Kendale and Appleby.
23

Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs in England and Wales to 1516

A spatial modelling of data relating to markets and fairs in England and Wales. Full-text version available on the Centre for Metropolitan History's website. This version, Sept 2005.
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Victoria County History: Bedfordshire (2)

The local history of the historic county, organised by parish.
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Victoria County History: Berkshire (2)

The local history of the historic county, organised by parish.
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Victoria County History: Buckinghamshire (2)

The local history of the historic county, organised by parish.
27

Victoria County History: Cheshire (2)

The local history of the historic county, organised by parish.
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Victoria County History: Durham (2)

The local history of the historic county, organised by parish.
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Victoria County History: Huntingdonshire (2)

The local history of the historic county, organised by parish.
30

Victoria County History: Leicestershire (2)

The local history of the historic county, organised by parish.
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Victoria County History: Northamptonshire (2)

The local history of the historic county, organised by parish.
32

Glasgow, Records of the Burgh (3)

Extracts from the Burgh records, 1573-1690.
33

Topographical dictionaries (Lewis) (2)

A series of dictionaries for Scotland and Wales (1846-9).
34

A History of the County of London: Volume 1
London within the Bars, Westminster and Southwark

Part-volume, covering the history of the religious houses of the borough of Southwark and the cities of London and Westminster.
35

Historical Account of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Including the Borough of Gateshead

The 'Descriptive and Historical Account of the Town and County of Newcastle-upon-Tyne' by the Newcastle author and publisher Eneas Mackenzie. It contains historical and contemporary accounts of the religious, civic, educational and cultural buildings and institutions of the city in the early nineteenth century.
36

A History of the County of Cumberland: Volume 2

A part-volume, covering the history of the religious houses in the county, including the early history of Carlisle cathedral.
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A History of the County of Derby: Volume 2

A part-volume covering the religious houses of the county.
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A History of the County of Dorset: Volume 2

A part-volume covering the religious houses of the county. It includes the early history of Sherborne Abbey and Wimborne Minster.
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A History of the County of Kent: Volume 2

A part-volume detailing the religious houses of the county. Includes accounts of the early history of Canterbury and Rochester cathedrals, and of several sites now within the conurbation of London.
40

A History of the County of Lincoln: Volume 2

A part-volume covering the history of the religious houses of the county, including Lincoln cathedral, and the Gilbertine house at Sempringham.
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A History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 2

A part-volume detailing the history of the religious houses of the county, including the cathedral priory of the Holy Trinity at Norwich, and the pilgrimage site of Walsingham.
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A History of the County of Nottingham: Volume 2

A part-volume covering the religious houses of the county. It includes the early history of Southwell Minster.
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A History of the County of Rutland: Volume 1

A part-volume covering the religious houses of the county.
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A History of the County of Suffolk: Volume 2

This part-volume covers the medieval religious houses of Suffolk, including the abbey of Bury St Edmunds.
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Cumberland Lay Subsidy
Fifteenth and tenth, 6 Edw. III

Lists individuals assessed for this tax, levied in 1332-3. It is organised by ward or liberty, and then by vill, and includes the assessment of socage tenants.
46

Register & Records of Holm Cultram

The cartulary and other records of the important Cistercian house of Holm Cultram. From the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Record Series, 7.


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