LOCAL HISTORY RESOURCES

• Local History Resources in the Fylde Area
• Local history resources in the Lytham StAnnes, Blackpool & Fylde area.
• Lancashire Record Office
• Lytham Library - Local History
• St.Annes Library - Local History
• Ribble Steam Railway
• Blackpool & Fylde Metal Detecting Club
• Blackpool & Fylde Metal Detecting Club Website, previously West Lancashire Metal Detecting Club.
  
• Lytham Windmill - Home Page
• The official website for Lytham Windmill.
• Local History Online Resources - Fylde Area
• Local history resources in the Fylde area which can be accessed via the internet.
• Blackpool Ghosts
• Blackpool & Fylde history with some PDF documents you can download.
• Friends of Fairhaven Lake
• A history of Fairhaven Lake.
• Houses of Benedictine monks - The priory of Lytham - Victoria County History
• British History Online is the digital library containing some of the core printed primary and secondary sources for the medieval and modern history of the British Isles.
• Poulton-le-Fylde Historical & Civic Society
• The Fylde & Wyre Antiquarian
• Fylde and Wyre archaeology forum & blog.
• Victoria County History (1912) vol.7 - LYTHAM
• Available online by British History Online.
• Liverpool 2007
• Liverpool 2007 provides a gateway to Liverpool's historic past plus an insight into the forces that are shaping modern Liverpool.
• Lytham Heritage Group
• Lytham Heritage Group Online, preserving the past.. for the future.
• Lytham St Annes Civic Society
• We are all more conscious these days of the importance of our environment, and the Civic Society has always been at the forefront of campaigns to conserve or improve it. Many aspects of the town which we now take for granted were the result of early Civic Society projects.
• Blackpool Civic Trust
• Blackpool Civic Trust was formed in February 1975 with the intention of encouraging and supporting the town of Blackpool and its people.
• Fylde Post Card History
• A huge collection of old photographs, postcards, adverts &c., relating to towns & villages in the Fylde.
• British History Online - Bispham With Norbreck; Layton With Warbreck
• Bispham With Norbreck & Layton With Warbreck section of the Victoria County History.
• Life in Fleetwood
• News and local history for Fleetwood.
• Mains Hall, Little Singleton
• A Grade II Listed Building steeped in history, on an estate dating back to the 13th Century. The Manor House itself is rich in tales of Monks, Knights, Lords and Ladies, Smugglers, Cavaliers, Royal visitors, and of course...ghosts!
• Blackpool History
• A fascinating website covering all aspects of Blackpool history and a timeline of events which can be downloaded in PDF format.
• Windmill Land
• WINDMILL LAND - THE ALLEN CLARKE STORY ( A Potted Biography) by Shirley Matthews B.A. (hons) Allen Clarke's grandaughter.
• Lytham Windmill - Home Page
• The official website for Lytham Windmill.
• NORTH MEOLS (SOUTHPORT) FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY
• We are a small, friendly Society, formed in November 1990. The group meet locally and provides support and encouragement to those people with an interest in family and local history in the area of North Meols, as well as trying to help with genealogical research.
• Local History Online Resources - United Kingdom
• Local history resources for the United Kingdom which can be accessed via the internet.
• British History Online
• British History Online is the digital library containing some of the core printed primary and secondary sources for the medieval and modern history of the British Isles. Created by the Institute of Historical Research and the History of Parliament Trust, we aim to support academic and personal users around the world in their learning, teaching and research.
• Genuki
• Genuki - A large collection of genealogical information pages for the United Kingdom. This link opens on the Lytham page but use the navigation at the top of the page to find other towns and counties.
• North West Film Archive
• A searchable database of restored archive film.
• British History Online
• Digital library containing some of the core printed primary and secondary sources for the medieval and modern history of the British Isles. Created by the Institute of Historical Research and the History of Parliament Trust, we aim to support academic and personal users around the world in their learning, teaching and research.
• British Library Newspapers - Cengage
• 17th & 18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers & 19th Century British Library Newspapers. This superb research tool contains images of national and regional British newspapers; users can enter keywords to search within the text. This is available free of charge to all Further and Higher Education UK institutions. It is also free for members of the general public through some library websites (e.g.Lancashire) using the code on your library card.
• 1901 Census of England and Wales Online
• Trace your Welsh or English ancestors & develop a family tree. Find out who lived at your address in 1901. Free searching of the fully indexed database then pay for access to detailed information and images with Vouchers or Credit Cards.
• A vision of Britain through time
• A vision of Britain between 1801 and 2001. Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
• Local History Online
• One of the UK's premier sites for local history, with over 300 links to sites both in the UK and overseas, regularly updated News and Calendar sections, directories of local history organisations and course providers and an on-line Bookshop, with stock at discounted prices.
• Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs in England and Wales to 1516
• The Gazetteer is a catalogue of markets and fairs in medieval England and Wales.
• Old Bailey Online - The Proceedings of the Old Bailey, 1674-1913 - Central Criminal Court
• A fully searchable edition of the largest body of texts detailing the lives of non-elite people ever published, containing 197,745 criminal trials held at London's central criminal court.
• Current Value of Old Money
• Changes in the Value of Money over time
• Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru - National Library of Wales : Digital Mirror
• Digital reflection of the Library's treasures. From Wales' earliest printed book to Illingworth's cartoons. There's something for everyone.
• The Online Historical Population Reports Website
• The Online Historical Population Reports (OHPR) collection provides online access to the complete British population reports for Britain and Ireland from 1801 to 1937.
• UK National Inventory of War Memorials
• Search the records of war memorials commemorating all wars located throughout the United Kingdom. They range from familiar community crosses and statues to less common memorials like bus shelters, sundials, park benches and even an island.
• National Portrait Gallery - Search
• The National Portrait Gallery (UK) was founded in 1856 to collect portraits of famous British men and women. It is possible to view 120.000 portraits from the 16th Century to the present day searching the Gallery database.
• The National Archives
• Search a town or a surname and this website will give the location (usually in a regional archive) of a document, picture or map. Sometimes there is useful information contained within the document description.
• Revolutionary Players
• The history of the Industrial Revolution in the West Midlands in Britain between the years 1700 and 1830
• Old-Maps - the online repository of historic maps
• Free 1:10,560 scale Historical Mapping for the whole of the UK. Navigate directly to your chosen area using our comprehensive County and Town gazetteers. These maps are perfect for environmental, past industrial and geneaological studies.
• Guide to Lancashire Local Studies Collections
• This Guide gives details of many sources in different formats which are available in the local studies collections throughout the area covered by the current Lancashire County Library and Information Service.
• Lancashire Lantern Image Archive
• A vast collection of local photographs, postcards and other images held in libraries across the county, as part of the Lancashire County Library and Information Service.
• Lancashire Births Marriages & Deaths
• Lancashire County Births, Marriage and Deaths Indexes.
• 1881 Pubs
• A directory of English pubs taken from the 1881 census
• The Workhouse Web Site
• The Story of the Workhouse - a comprehensive guide to the history of the workhouse in th Britain. Hundreds of pages of information, thousands of pictures and maps.
• BBC Local History
• BBC Local History Website.