Resources and Links
These links are designed to be a resource for London-based teachers and researchers. It is not an exhaustive list but is a result of our principal interests: metropolitan histories; memory/history/fantasy; the promotion of various outreach programmes; and the use and development of archives. They reflect Raphael Samuel’s intellectual legacy and our promiscuous approach to History.
Bolles Collection on the History of London, Tufts University, USA
Includes full texts of a number of important works on the history of London, including Gustave Doré and Blanchard Jerrold, London: A Pilgrimage (1872) and Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor (4 vols., 1861), and also has links to various maps etc.
Centre for Metropolitan History
Centre for Urban History, Leicester
Genesis (Resources for Women’s History; see also Women’s Library below)
Historical Manuscripts Commission
History Online (IHR)
Institute of Historical Research (IHR; gateway to many resources)
Institute of Romance Studies, University of London
Local Trade Directories Online
London Boroughs - Archives and Local Studies Libraries
London’s Past Online – a bibliography of London History
Monuments and Dust: The Culture of Victorian London
Ruskin College MA in Public History
Villiers Park Educational Trust
Public History Sites:
The East of London Family History Society
History and Policy
An initiative, in association with the Faculty of History, University of Cambridge, to provide a national platform for scholars to communicate the fruits of an historical perspective on contemporary social, economic and political problems to relevant non-academic audiences.
For Schoolteachers:
Curriculum Online
Though Curriculum Online is now closed, the link below includes some useful further links.
National Archives Learning Curve
Pathe News (video clips for teaching – free to schools)