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General History
- BBC History
Wide coverage, search facilities, UK events. The week in history.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history
- Collect Britain
100,000 images and sounds from the collections of the British Library. Maps, old newspapers, advertisements. Click on Collections and explore old maps of London; visit a Virtual Exhibition of Durham Cathedral; go on a tour of the old East End of London.
http://www.collectbritain.co.uk
- Crimean War
General information on the start of the war and the work of Mary Secole.
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/WARcrimean.htm
- Eras
Check out the fashions, news, music and films from the 60s,70s,80s and 90s. Also has a section on the cult toys of the 1970s.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/ilove/
- Fire of London
Lots of info about the Fire of London and what happened next. Watch London burn!
http:// [...}/fire_index_html
- Great Plague
The story of the Great Plague, 1665.
http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/H/history/plague/index.html
- History Learning Site
Covers all aspects of history from Key Stage 3 to A Level. Topics include WW1, Hitler, Nazi Germany, Inventions of the 20th Century plus much more. Very easy to use.
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk
- History of Printing
Everything you need to know about the history of printing.
http://britaininprint.net/introtoprint/intro.htm
- History on the Net
Medieval life, slave trade, civil war, British monarchy, Romans, Normans, Tudors, Stuarts. Also A-Z of history, games and timelines
http://www.historyonthenet.com
- How Much Was It Worth Then?
Find out how much £1 in a Victorian gentleman's pocket is worth in today's money. You may be surprised!
http://measuringworth.com/calculators/ppoweruk/
- Indus Valley
Learn about the history and civilisations of the Indus Valley, including the ancient city of Mohenjo-daro .
http://www.ancientindia.co.uk/indus/home_set.html
- Medieval Islamic medicine
Find out how much medical knowledge there was in the early and medieval Islamic world
http://www.historyforkids.org/[islam].index.htm
- Pirate pictures
A good selection of old illustrations of pirates and pirating
http://beej.us/pirates/
- Pirates
All you could want to know about pirates and excellent details about real pirates.
http://www.piratesinfo.com/
- Poppy Day
Why we celebrate Remembrance Sunday and why poppies were chosen as the emblem of the British Legion.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A653924
- Posters of Conflict
Imperial War Museum's poster collection showing the development of mass communication and propaganda. Over 4,000 images.
http://vads.ahds.ac.uk/collections/IWMPC.html
- Queen Elizabeth II
Everything you need to know about the Queen and the Royal Family. There is a useful and detailed history of the British Monarchy through the ages as well as information on the royal residences and collections.
http://www.royal.gov.uk
- Remembrance Day
Find out about how we commemorate Poppy Day every November
http://www.woodlands-junior[...]/Remembrance.html
- School History
Fabulous gateway to lots of different websites covering all national curriculum history topics.
http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk
- Seven Wonders of the World
Absolutely stunning panoramas of the seven wonders of the world including the Colosseum in Rome and The Taj Mahal. You will need a high speed internet connection to view.
http://panoramas.dk/7-wonders/index.html
- Soldiers of the Queen
A Virtual Museum of Victorian British military photographs.
http://www.soldiersofthequeen.com/index.html
- Spartacus Educational
Excellent well laid-out site that covers all secondary school history topics - World Wars, the Holocaust, Tudors, Slavery, Railways, Emancipation of women and many more.
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk
- Stuart England
Contains very good info about James I, Gunpowder Plot, the English Civil War, events leading up to it, Charles I and Cromwell, Roundheads, Cavaliers, the New Model Army. Section on the Great Plague and the Fire of London. The Plague at Eyam.
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/stuart_england.htm
- The 1960s
Pop culture and time lines for the sixties. Click on the year at the bottom of the page. Also covers the 1950s.
http://www.nostalgiacentral.com/pop.htm
- Toys
Click on the History of Toys to find information on toys from early times, including board games, Barbie, farm toys, model trains, model soldiers and puppets. You need to keep clicking Next Page to get to the information.
http://www.stanstedtoymuseum.com/index.html
- Viewfinder
Photos of England's industrial heritage - railways, coal-mining, windmills, etc.
http://viewfinder.english-heritage.org.uk
Page last updated: 20 November 2008
