Rossbret Institutions Website

Information on hospitals, workhouses, asylums etc.

The Workhouse

Everything you'd want to know about Workhouses.

Missing Ancestors

Contains Information on Alien naturalisation, Emigration, children & adults to Canada, Australia, Extradition of prisoners, boarded out children, Military, Merchant Seaman, Irish Land Commission Juries of Middlesex, London, Pensions UK & overseas, Post Office Service and Industrial & Reformatory Schools, and much more.

Archaic Medical Terms

A Glossary of Archaic Medical Terms, Diseases and Causes of Death.

London Music Trades 1750-1800

This database is an on-going project hosted by the Royal College of Music, and seeks to provide basic biographical information about people working in all branches of the music business (composers, performers, publishers, instrument makers etc.) in London in the period 1750–1800.

Dead Pubs

Search for old pubs.

Tufts Digital Library

Digital objects from the Edwin C. Bolles papers. Edwin Courtlandt Bolles served as Dickson Professor of English and American History, and was both a trustee and the first chaplain of Tufts College. He collected a vast array of materials (books, maps, pamphlets, and prints) related to the history of London. Digital objects from the Edwin C. Bolles papers, circa 1768-1921, include prints, maps, guidebooks, and full-text digital books on the topics of London and England.

Hanging Out

The Hanging Out project, which focuses on the cultural diversity of 1950’s and 1960’s youth culture in Camden, Brent, Lambeth and the City of London - aims to bring this period to life through an exploration of the fashions, music, sport, film and entertainment.