- 1901 UK Census
The 1901 Census Online service is now available 24 hours a day 7 days a week, as a full Internet service.
- Ards Historical Society
The Ards Historical Society was founded in 1967 to help foster interest in all aspects of the history of the area. Community Life, Place Names, Dialects and Customs. They also endeavour to provide facilities to study groups, unearth and document relevant historical information and encourage the preservation of objects, which may be in danger of destruction. The area in which the Society is particularly interested is the general North Down area.
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- Bitterne Local History Society
A Society dedicated to the study and research of the history of Southampton in general, but with particular reference to the City areas east of the River Itchen, namely Bitterne, Bitterne Park, Harefield, Itchen, Merry Oak, Midanbury, Peartree, Sholing, Thornhill, Townhill Park, Weston and Woolston.
- British Pathe Film Archive
The world's first searchable digital news archive.
You can preview items from the entire 3500 hour British Pathe Film Archive which covers news, sport, social history and entertainment from 1896 to 1970.
You can also license higher resolution copies of the same items for PowerPoint Presentations and Web Publishing.
- City of Southampton Society
We are an independent non political civic society with members from all walks of life who care about the past and heritage of this famous port city and its future, encouraging good design practice and amenities for its citizens.
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Dept of Honour Register - This Register provides personal and service details and places of commemoration for the 1.7 million members of the Commonwealth forces who died in the First or Second World Wars.
(A record some 60,000 civilian casualties of the Second World War is provided without details of burial location.)
- Encyclopedia Titanica
A unique resource for anyone interested in the Titanic. Over 2,100 individual passenger and crew biographies, regularly updated passenger and crew listings, exclusive research articles and ongoing discussions about the Titanic. Bookmark the What's New page to keep up with site updates
- Free Historic Maps
Providing access to Britain's most extensive digital historical map archive. Find out where your ancestors used to live or check out what your neighbourhood looked like over a hundred years ago.
- Francis Frith Collection
365,000 photographs of 7,000 towns and villages.
The Frith Archive is the remarkable legacy of its energetic and visionary founder. Today, the Frith archive is the only nationally important archive of its kind still in private ownership.
The Collection is world-renowned for the extraordinary quality of its images.
- Genuki Hampshire
Information related to all of Hampshire.
- Great Ships - R.M.S. Carpathia
Photographs and Postcards of R.M.S. Carpathia and Captain Sir Arthur H. Rostron.
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Hamble Local History Society - The purpose of Hamble Local History Society is to promote interest in all aspects of history in Hamble and the surrounding areas.
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Hamble Valley Heritage - Hamble Valley & Eastleigh Heritage Guides are a group of volunteers who lead guided walks in and around Eastleigh and the Hamble Valley.
- Hampshire - The County Magazine
The only officially recognised magazine for Hampshire. Continuously published for over 45 years. One of the few independent magazines in the U.K. The only magazine in Hampshire authorised to carry the county emblem.
- Hampshire County Council
Links to Heritage in Hampshire - Web Sites in Hampshire and Central Southern England.
- Hampshire Family History and Local History
A directory of Internet sites for Hampshire and Isle of Wight research.
- Hampshire Genealogical Society
Helping with Family History Research in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
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Hampshire-Life
A web-site connected with the county of Hampshire England and run in conjunction with HAMPSHIRE-LIFE mailing list hosted by RootsWeb.
Hampshire Life shows the history and life of the county and an insight into its neighbouring counties.
- Hampshire Record Office
Collects and preserves written archives relating to the county of Hampshire and its people. These archives include the records of local government, the records of the Church of England in Hampshire and the records of countless individuals, families, businesses, societies, chapels and schools. Through Hampshire Record Office, Hampshire County Council helps to preserve this evidence of the past and make it available to all who wish to consult or study it.
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Hellfire Corner
By Tom Morgan, everything you want to know about the Great War.
- Hilldean Community Association
Working for the Community - Hilldene Community Association nestles in the Hampshire Village of West End. We have excellent facilities for local groups such as - Yoga, Scrabble, Philosophy, Keep Fit, Weight Watchers, parties, weddings and training groups.
- John Avery Heritage
My heritage interests include Victoriana, local history, photography, research, family history, buses and motor transport and maritime studies including shipwrecks.
- Lancaster bomber, EM-N (ED627)
Web site to the memory of the crew of this Lancaster bomber. On Friday 27 August 1943, a Lancaster Mk III took off from RAF Langar, near Nottingham, to bomb targets in the city of Nurnberg in Germany.
The aircraft, ED627 with the markings EM-N of No 207 Squadron, took off at 21.29pm and headed south towards Beachy Head, across France and on deep into Germany. For some of the crew it was to be their 13th operation, an operation from which none of them were to return.
- Local History Magazine
The web site for Local History Magazine the UK's only independent national magazine for anyone with an interest in local history local historians, family historians, local studies librarians, archivists and many others.
- Public Record Office
The Public Record Office is the national archive of England, Wales and the United Kingdom. It brings together and preserves the records of central government and the courts of law, and makes them available to all who wish to consult them. The records span an unbroken period from the 11th century to the present day. Our brief history of the Public Records gives more information, or to see some of the treasures of the PRO visit the Virtual Museum.
- Royal Marines Museum
Is dedicated to the preservation and presentation of all aspects of Royal Marines history for the education and enjoyment of the general public.
- Royal Naval Museum
Located in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, historic home of the Royal Navy, and is the Museum of Britain's Senior Service.
- Society of Genealogists
The Society of Genealogists offers a unique combination of research material, guidance and support for those interested in family history and the lives of earlier generations. It is a charity whose objects are to promote, encourage and foster the study, science and knowledge of genealogy.
- Swaythling Parish - St. Alban's Burgess Road and St. Mary's South Stoneham
Lies on the northern edge of Southampton, UK, and has two parish Churches. Visit this site to see the Churches
- South Stoneham Parish - Tithe Map 1845
West End Local History Society. Computer Based Resource. Part of South Stoneham Hampshire Tithe Map 1845. Located within the boundary of the Civil Parish of West End Formed 1894. On-line maps & Plot Detail files.
- The Man of the Trees - Richard St. Barbe Baker
Richard St. Barbe Baker,(1889-1982), was the world's greatest forester. He was responsible for the planting of more trees than enyone else in history
- UK Legacies - UK History Local To You
The BBC's flagship local history website is now up and running and you are invited to get involved. Every two months they chose a new national theme and hunt out stories associated with that theme
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West End Parish Council
This is the West End Parish Council web site which will provide you with information not only about the parish but also about all aspects of the village. It is hoped that you will find all information required.
- Workhouse Site
Dedicated to the Workhouse - its buildings, its inmates, its staff and administrators.
- NB: Inclusion of a pointer to another organisation's site will not constitute a recommendation or endorsement of that organisation or site by West End Local History Society.
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