By Category

Aerial (and other) Photography

Aerial Photography http://www.webbaviation.co.uk/
English Heritage Images of England http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/
Francis Frith Collection http://www.francisfrith.com/pageloader.asp?partner=uk&page=/default.asp
Geograph British Isles http://www.geograph.org.uk/

Allied Sites

Appleby FH and Local History http://www.colinappleby.com/
Local History Unit, Hull http://www.historyofhull.co.uk/
Our Past History http://www.ourpasthistory.com/
Robert Hurford, builder of chariots http://www.chariotmaker.co.uk/index.htm
This is York http://www.thisisyork.co.uk/york/history
The Yorkshire Regiment    http://www.army.mod.uk/yorkshire_regiment/index.htm
World War 1 Cemeteries http://ww1cemeteries.com/
Yorkshire Dialects    http://www.yorksj.ac.uk/dialect/

Archives

Berkeley Digital Library http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/
British Army First World War http://www.1914-1918.net/index.htm
British Library http://www.bl.uk/
British Library Collection http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/
East Riding of Yorkshire Archives http://www.eastriding.gov.uk/libraries/archives/archives.html
English Reformation Sources http://members.shaw.ca/reformation/
Hull City Archives http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/portal/page?_pageid=221,52893&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL
London Gazette at : http://www.gazettes-online.co.uk/Home.aspx
National Archive PRO http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/default.htm
The Orb Online Reference Books http://the-orb.net/encyclop/early/pre1000/asindex.html
UK Primary Documents http://library.byu.edu/~rdh/eurodocs/uk.html
UK Web Archive http://www.webarchive.org.uk/
University of Hull Catalogue http://www.hull.ac.uk/arc/collection/humad2.html
University of York Catalogue http://www.york.ac.uk/services/library/subjects/libint.htm
US Library of Congress http://www.loc.gov/index.html

Archaeology

ADS Archaeological Data Service http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/projArch/villas_na_2003/
Bon Homme Richard http://www.oceantechnology.org/BHR.htm
British Archaeology http://www.britarch.ac.uk/
British Museum http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/
Hull & East Riding Museum http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/portal/page?_pageid=221,52845&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL
Humber Archaeology Partnership http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/archaeology/
Natural History Museum http://www.nhm.ac.uk/
Prehistoric Society http://www.ucl.ac.uk/prehistoric/index.html
Time Team http://www.channel4.com/history/timeteam/
Valley of the First Iron-masters http://www.ironmasters.hull.ac.uk/index.cfm
York Archaeological Trust Gallery http://62.49.37.100/piclib/photos.php

Heraldry

Heraldry at Gilling Castle http://www.nyrond.org/university/heraldry/www.demon.co.uk/apl385/gilling/heraldry.htm
Heraldry Clipart http://www.heraldicclipart.com/catalog/index8.html
Heraldic Index http://www.heraldsnet.org/saitou/parker/Jpindex.htm
Northumberland Heraldry http://www.sandmartyn.freeserve.co.uk/Heraldry/roll03/1915roll.html
Studies in Heraldry http://www.briantimms.com/
West Yorkshire Arms http://members.tripod.com/~midgley/westyorksarms.html

History Sites

British Civil War http://www.british-civil-wars.co.uk/
Buck’s Views http://www.oldsomersetprintshop.com/BUCKSVIEWS....htm
Building History http://www.building-history.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/
Clifford’s Tower, York http://www.cliffordstower.org.uk/pages/01_index.htm
Cistercians at Sheffield Uni. http://cistercians.shef.ac.uk/order
Fountains Abbey http://www.fountainsabbey.org.uk/
GenUki http://www.genuki.org.uk/
Old Tykes http://www.oldtykes.co.uk/tadcaster.htm
(Some Notable) Weather Events http://homepage.ntlworld.com/booty.weather/climate/wxevents.htm
Victoria County History http://www.british-history.ac.uk/
Welcome to Yorkshire http://www.rootsweb.com/~engyks/
Yorkshire BDM http://www.yorkshirebmd.org.uk/
Yorkshire History & Folklore http://www.ohek.co.uk/local/history.htm
Yorkshire Roots http://www.yorkshireroots.org.uk/

Library Collections

Berkeley Digital Library http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/
British Library http://www.bl.uk/
Calendar of Patent Rolls http://sdrc.lib.uiowa.edu/patentrolls/search.html
Hull Local Studies Library http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/portal/page?_pageid=221,98595&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL
Leeds University Library http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/spcoll/spprint/19000.htm
Perseus Digital Library http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/
Project Gutenberg http://www.gutenberg.org/
UK Primary Documents http://library.byu.edu/~rdh/eurodocs/uk.html
University of Hull Catalogue http://www.hull.ac.uk/arc/collection/humad2.html
University of York Catalogue http://www.york.ac.uk/services/library/subjects/libint.htm
US Library of Congress http://www.loc.gov/index.html

Local History

East Yorkshire Local History Society      http://www.rbarnard.karoo.net/index.html 
History of Anlaby Road, Hull     http://www.anlabyroad.com/
Oakwell Hall http://www.oakwellhall.f9.co.uk/  
Hidden Holderness http://www.hidden-holderness.org.uk/about.htm

Maps

Get a Map http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/getamap/
Old Maps http://www.old-maps.co.uk/

Robin Hood

Robin Hood: http://myweb.ecomplanet.com/ROBE5053/default.htm
Robin Hood : http://www.robinhoodyorkshire.co.uk/

Railways

Keighley & Worth Valley Railway http://www.kwvr.co.uk/
National Railway Museum http://www.nrm.org.uk/
North Yorkshire Moors Railway http://www.nymr.demon.co.uk/

Tutorials

English Handwriting, 16 th & 17 th centuries http://www.english.cam.ac.uk/ceres/ehoc/

Many thanks for visiting my pages. I hope, having seen what is available, that you might want to return. This is always recommended because new pages and updates are constantly being added.

It is the philosophy of this humble little web site to provide some of the myriad aspects of Yorkshire’s history free of any charge to any who seek them.

Best wishes, and please look in again.

Richard Hayton, 2006.