Hampshire and Isle of Wight History: Websites
Archives | Electronic Texts | Illustrations | Libraries | Local History | Maps | Museums | Oral History | Organisations | Place-Names | Surveys
Archives
- University of Southampton Guide to Archive and Manuscript Collections - Includes Hampshire Lieutenancy Papers 1828-1852, Broadlands Estate Papers
- Hampshire Archives and Local Studies
- Isle of Wight County Record Office
- Portsmouth City Museums and Records Service
- Southampton City Archives
Electronic Texts
- Hampshire Advertiser 1834-1857 (Nineteenth Century British Library Newspapers) Off campus Institutional login
- Hampshire Directories 1784-1911 (Historical Directories Digital Library)
- Hampshire Record Society vols.2, 4-6, 8-13 (Internet Archive)
- Hampshire/Portsmouth Telegraph (Nineteenth Century British Library Newspapers) Off campus Institutional login
- Isle of Wight Observer 1859-1894 (Nineteenth Century British Library Newspapers) Off campus Institutional login
- Portsmouth Guidebooks 1775, 1790 (Eighteenth Century Collections Online) Off campus Institutional login
- Southampton Directories 1811-1970 (PortCities Southampton)
- Southampton Guidebooks 1768-1797 (Eighteenth Century Collections Online) Off campus Institutional login
- Southampton Record Society vols. 1-2, 4-7, 9-20,22 (Internet Archive)
- Victoria County History of Hampshire v.2-5
- Winchester Directories 1854-1913 (Historical Directories Digital Library)
- Winchester Guidebooks 1780, 1796 (Eighteenth Century Collections Online) Off campus Institutional login
Illustrations
- Hampshire Photographic Project
- Hantsphere
- Isle of Wight Historic Postcards (Steve Holden)
- PortCities Southampton (use search box to find illustrations)
- Topographical Prints Collections (Hampshire Museums Service)
Libraries
- University of Southampton Library WebCat - Includes the Cope Collection
- Hampshire County Library
- Isle of Wight Library Service
- New Forest Reference Library
- Southampton City Libraries Local Studies Collection
- University of Portsmouth Library - Holds many dissertations on Local History
Local History
- Hampshire Family History and Local History (Alan McGowan)
- Hantsphere
- Isle of Wight History Centre (IoW Industrial Archaeology Society)
- New Forest History
- PortCities Southampton - History of merchant shipping and port life in Southampton 1930-1945.
Maps
- Old Hampshire Mapped
- Old-maps
- Southampton Online Maps (Southampton City Council)
Museums
- Southampton City Museums - Access to the Southampton Archaeology Object Database
- Portsmouth City Museums
- Hampshire County Museums Service - Access to the Online Collections Search
- Museum of Island History
- New Forest Museum
Oral History
Organisations
- Hampshire Field Club and Archaeological Society
- Hampshire Genealogical Society
- Hampshire Industrial Archaeology Society
- Hampshire and Wight Trust for Maritime Archaeology
- Isle of Wight Family History Society
- Isle of Wight Industrial Archaeology Society
- Isle of Wight Natural History and Archaeological Society
See also Hampshire local history societies (Evolve), Isle of Wight local history organisations and Hampshire Archaeological Committee Directory for listings of local groups
Place-Names
- Old Hampshire Gazeteer - Lists of place names with variant spellings.
Surveys
- Hampshire County Council Archaeology and Historic Buildings Record
- Hampshire Treasures - List of notable natural and man made features of the county, with online search facility.
- Hampshire's Historic Parks and Gardens - Links to sites of interest in Hampshire.
- Historic Environment Record (Heritage Gateway) search online for listed buildings, sites and monuments in Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Portsmouth, Southampton and Winchester
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