Primary Sources: United Kingdom (U.K.)
General Sources
Primary Sources: United Kingdom (U.K.): General Sources
England, Great Britain, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales
Tudor England
Commonwealth & Protectorate Era
England/Great Britain
England - Kings & Queens
Online Sources: General UK
BBC - Archive
Browse through the British Broadcasting Company's archival collections.
Bodleian Library Broadside Ballads Online
The Bodleian Library has unparalleled holdings of over 30,000 ballads in several major collections. The original printed materials range from the 16th- to the 20th-Century. The Broadside Ballads project makes the digitised copies of the sheets and ballads available to the research community.Description from Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
British History Online
This digital library for British historical resources was created by the Institute of Historical Research and the History of Parliament Trust. It provides "text and information about people, places and businesses from the medieval and early modern period." Users are encouraged to register with the site (for free) in order to use the available advanced features. A full-text search feature is available or the collections can be browsed. Some materials are available only to subscribers [CNU does not subscribe.]
British Library: Virtual Books
Provides access to a collection of virtual books provided by the British Library.
Camden Fifth Series: Trible Library Availability
The Booth collection at LSE Archives contains the original records from Booth's survey into life and labour in London, dating from 1886 to 1903. The archives of the Senate House Library contain Booth family papers from 1799 to 1967. Description from site Some items are available in digital format.
Early English Books Online (EEBO-TCP free version)
"The University of Michigan Library provides access to these keyboarded and encoded editions of the works for educational and research purposes. These transcriptions are believed to be in the public domain in the United States; however, if you decide to use any of these transcriptions, you are responsible for making your own legal assessment and securing any necessary permission. If you have questions about the collection, please contact the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. If you have concerns about the inclusion of an item in this collection, please contact Library Information Technology."
EuroDocs: History of the United Kingdom: Primary Documents
The Naval Chronicle ...
Voyages, travels, expeditions, remarkable exploits, and atchievements [sic], of the most celebrated English navigators, travellers, and sea-commanders, from the earliest accounts to the end of the year 1759 ... : with a description ... of the several nations they visited, conquered, or had dealings with : including the lives of the most eminent British admirals and seamen, who have distinguished themselves by their bravery and love of liberty ..
This site from Historical Naval Fiction provides links to various volumes of the Naval Chronicle available online for free "thanks to google and the Internet Archive."
Primary sources - British History
from British History Online
U.K. National Archives (United Kingdom)
"The National Archives of England, Wales and the United Kingdom has one of the largest archival collections in the world, spanning 1000 years of British history, from Domesday Book of 1086 to government papers recently released to the public." Some documents are available online. Searching the collections online is free, but some documents require a fee for access.
Book Sources: General UK
Alice, grand duchess of Hesse, princess of Great Britain and Ireland by Alice, Grand Duchess, consort of Ludwig IV, Grand Duke of Hesse-Darmstadt
Letters to Her Majesty the Queen.
American independence and the French Revolution (1760-1801) by S.E. Winbolt
The Battle of Waterloo
Call Number: DC241.5 .B288 2015
"This book a facsimile reproduction of a contemporary account of the battle of Waterloo, packed with first-hand accounts and official reports."
British Cinema in Documents by Sarah Street
Call Number: PN1993.5.G7 S74 2000
The British Empire: A Historical Encyclopedia by Mark Doyle (Editor)
A Calendar of the Shrewsbury and Talbot Papers... by Historical Manuscripts Commission
Call Number: CD1069.5 .T34 1966
v. 1. Shrewsbury mss. in Lambeth Palace Library (Mss. 694-710) / by Catherine Jamison; revised and indexed by E.G.W. Bill. -- v. 2. Talbot papers in the College of Arms / by G.R. Batho.
A Constitution in Making (1660-1714) by George Burr Perrett
Documents in the Political History of the European Continent, 1815-1939 by G. A. Kertesz
Call Number: D5 .K4 1968
The History of Sexuality in Europe by Anna Clark (Editor)
Call Number: HQ18.E8 H57 2011
"The Reader focuses on the modern age, but has three chapters on the ancient and medieval world to demonstrate their very different cultures of sexuality.
Each section of the Reader pairs the latest chapters and articles by experts with primary sources..." Book Description from Routledge
Nineteenth Century Letters
selected and ed., with an introduction, by Byron Johnson Rees
Peace and Reform (1815-1837) by A. C. W. Edwards (compiled by)
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques & Discoveries of the English Nation... by Richard Hakluyt
Call Number: G240 .H35 1969
Readings in English History Drawn from the Original Sources by Edward P. Cheyney
Intended to Illustrate a Short History of England
Religion in Early Stuart England, 1603-1638 by Bill Leonard; Debora Shuger (Editor)
An Anthology of Primary Sources
Royal Historical Society Publications (Camden Series) by Camden Society Publications
Call Number: varies
Speeches of Eminent British Statesmen during the Thirty-nine Years' Peace
Selected and arranged to indicate social progress of the period
Spying on the World: The Declassified Documents of the Joint Intelligence Committee, 1936-2013 by Michael S. Goodman et al.
Call Number: JN329.I6 A436 2014
Walpole and Chatham (1714-1760) by Katharine A. Esdaile
Works Issued by the Hakluyt Society
Call Number: Various
"Founded in 1846, the Hakluyt Society seeks to advance knowledge and education by the publication of scholarly editions of primary records of voyages, travels and other geographical material."
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