Some links to help you do historical research on from home (with a Devon focus)
Maps
- maps section of this website (Includes the 1633 Wyndham map)
- National Library of Scotland. From first 1 inch maps (1809) through to 1960s 1:25,000
- Graphical index, side by side view, https://maps.nls.uk/
- guide to symbols https://maps.nls.uk/os/characteristic-sheets/
- abbreviations https://maps.nls.uk/os/abbrev/
- Tithe map and apportionment
- DCC – map images and apportionments,
https://www.devon.gov.uk/historicenvironment/tithe-map/cullompton/
https://www.devon.gov.uk/historicenvironment/tithe-map/cullompton-upton-weaver/ - Also see “Know your place” below
- DCC – map images and apportionments,
- Devon Environment Viewer many Devon related sources of information, not just heritage, e.g. Public Footpaths. Historic monument layers including: Devon HER, Scheduled monuments, Listed buildings
- Know your place. Multiple maps and additional layers, includes Tithe and 25 inch map from late 19th Century Side by side slider, layers including Listed buildings and Devon Historic Environment record
Official records
- Devon Historic Environment Record. resource on the historic environment of Devon including: archaeological sites, historic buildings, historic landscape and other heritage features within Devon.
- National Heritage List for England (NHLE) – listed buildings etc
- Archaeology Data Service – reports on excavations including those done before developments
SW Heritage Centre catalogues
- 3 main catalogues of interest:
- Devon Archive Catalogue http://devon-cat.swheritage.org.uk/
- Devon and Somerset Local Studies Catalogue http://library-cat.swheritage.org.uk/home
- Somerset Archive Catalogue http://somerset-cat.swheritage.org.uk/
Other resources
- British Newspaper Archive – paid for service (small number of free pages available). Local newspapers including: Exeter Flying Post, Exeter and Plymouth Gazette, Western Times, Somerset County Gazette
- Censuses. Two main companies (Ancestry and Find my Past) provide access to these. Free to search on these sites, but there is a charge to view full search results and digitised images.
- National Archives guide to censuses
- Free indexes to all of the census returns up to 1911 at FamilySearch.org, with links to the images on Findmypast
- Ancestry
- Find my past
Other sites
- GenUKI – a collection of Genealogical resources for UK and Ireland
- Trade directories online: https://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4
- E-bay – some times interesting things show up (you don’t have to buy them!)