MRP: Research tools

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Research tools

This page provides a range of research tools for the investigation of primary material in the seventeenth century



Archaeology

- London Archaeology online journal



Bodleian Library


- Bodleian library guide to resources



= Book owners

- Pearson, David, English book owners in the seventeenth century: a work in progress listing
Bibliographical Society electronic publications: downloadable web document,
original version: January 2007. Latest update: July 2011.

- Ellis, Markman, Coffee house library short-title catalogue
Bibliographical Society electronic publications: downloadable web document,
April 2009
"This short-title catalogue lists in alphabetical order 387 printed items (books, pamphlets, maps, printed music) with provenance endorsements indicating ownership by a coffeehouse in the eighteenth century. For discussion of the libraries and coffee-houses associated with these items, see the article 'Coffee-House Libraries in Mid Eighteenth-Century London' in the March 2009 issue of The Library"

- British Library Rare Book Web Links



County resources


LINCOLNSHIRE



- Lincs to the Past

Currency converter


- Roman numeral and date converter



E-Document repository examples


- GRF library of English antiquarian books & documents



Group knowledge sharing examples


- The portable antiquities scheme



Image search


The - Geograph website provides a tool to search for photographic images of landscape by Ordinance Survey grid references



Interesting miscellaneous web tools


Ancestry Atlas



Inventories



Latin tuition


- National Archives London - Beginner's Latin
- National Archives London - Advanced Latin



Local historical societies

Snodland historical society
Snodland historical museum: Enquiries to Dr. Andrew Ashbee, 214 Malling Road, Snodland, Kent ME6 5EQ: email - aa0060962@blueyonder.co.uk



London streets and parishes


- Harben, Henry A., A dictionary of London (London, 1918)
A London parish map for C17th London is available at XXXX


London online books


- University of Pennsylvania online London & Westminster book list



Newspapers


- Raglinen educational archive of rare historic newspapers



Palaeography

- National Archives London - Palaeography Tuition
- Early modern palaeography online course with practice exercises



Regnal years


- Table of regnal years of English sovereigns



Search tools


- Connected histories: British history sources, 1500-1900
- C18th Connect: Eighteenth century scholarship online



Visual material


- Directory of London print and map dealer shops (with physical locations & websites)



Wiki examples


- The Leverstock Green Chronicle

  • This is a substantial wiki based site devised, researched and maintained by Barbara Chapman, a retired teacher and local historian. The site takes a chronological, field and building oriented approach to documenting and synthesising the history of the village of Leverstock Green, now a suburb of Hemel Hempstead. Not an academic historian.


- FamilySearch Research Wiki

  • A useful wiki for quick overviews on London parishes, with pointers to the location of published and manuscript parish registers and other parish records


Victoria County History


Victoria County History Explore