London Links
Society and Culture
Welcome to the London Links Society and Culture Guide. Links relating to London/England culture.
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- Blue Plaque
Searchable database of plaques commemorating famous people and places in London.
http://www.blueplaque.com/
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- Carriers to London Inns
Information taken from old almanacs listing provincial carriers, stage wagons and coaches staying at London Inns from 1637 to 1728. Also contains information on Turnpike Trusts in Oxfordshire.
http://members.aol.com/Rosevear1/titlepg.htm
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- Charles Booth Online Archive
Searchable archive including Booth's survey into life and labour in London, dating from 1886-1903, and Booth family papers from 1799 to 1967.
http://booth.lse.ac.uk/
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- Crace Collection of Maps of London
Guide to the development of the capital from the 16th to the 19th centuries, brought together by the Victorian designer, Frederick Crace. Held at British Library.
http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/collections/crace/
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- Imperial London
The complete text of 'Imperial London', by Arthur Henry Beavan, published in 1901, now in the public domain. The history of London from pre-Roman times to 1900.
http://www.imperial-london.me.uk
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- London Socialist Historians Group
Organises conferences and publishes a newsletter three times a year. Activities, seminars, conferences, newsletter, bibliography and message board.
http://www.londonsocialisthistorians.org/
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- London-RIP
Nostalgia regarding lost landmarks such as particular cinemas, record shops and bus routes.
http://www.london-rip.com
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- Old Stepney
People, places and events in the area for family historians.
http://website.lineone.net/~fight/Stepney/
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- PortCities London
Online digitised collection resource of over 5000 items, brought to you by the National Maritime Museum, and local London libraries and archives.
http://www.portcities.org.uk/london
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- The London House
The social history of Victorian and Edwardian London: family life, a typical day, clothes, pastimes, leisure of a man, woman, child, servants, a room-by-room inventory. Booklist, events and forum.
http://www.thelondonhouse.co.uk/
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- The Story of London
All aspects of the history of London from its foundation to the 20th century featuring articles on the people, places and events that have made London what it is.
http://www.storyoflondon.com/
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- True History of Crouch End
Covers the history of this neighbourhood of North London from the Middle Ages to the 1811 earthquake.
http://www.oldcrouchend.com/
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