Urban & metropolitan history

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Title	Description	Keywords	Full details
Britain from above – arial photographs, 1919-1953	Aerofilms collection of over 16,000 aerial photographs taken between 1919 and 1953, fully searchable by keyword. Many photographs are annotated....	Aerial photography, Photography, Historical geography, Urban & metropolitan history, Landscape, History	view
John Snow Archive & Research Companion	John Snow (1813–1858) is revered as a founding father of two medical disciplines: anesthesiology and epidemiology. His contributions during the...	Epidemiology, Anesthesiology, Public health, Victorian, 19th century, London, Urban & metropolitan history, Medical science, Historical Maps, History	view
British History On-Line	A digital library containing some of the core printed primary and secondary sources for the medieval and modern history of the British Isles....	Historical geography, Urban & metropolitan history, Parliamentary history, Ecclesiastical History, Religious history, Medieval, Modern, History	view
Oxford History	An authoritative and constantly-evolving archive of material on Oxford's heritage, including detailed histories of principle streets and the...	Oxford, Urban & metropolitan history, Built environment, Buildings, Social history, Economic history, Public health, History	view
ViewFinder - historic photographs of England	The photographs on ViewFinder are all held in the English Heritage Archive. They date from the 1850s and are a resource for people interested in...	Photography, 19th century, 20th century, Social history, Industrial history, London, Women, Buildings, Urban & metropolitan history, History	view
Port Cities UK	Maritime histories of UK port cities: Bristol, Hartlepool, Liverpool, London and Southampton.	Maritime, Urban & metropolitan history, Economic history, Social history, London, 18th century, 19th century, 20th century, History	view
Charles Booth on-line archive	Extensive information about social reformer Charles Booth (1840-1916) and his seminal survey into life and labour in London (1886-1903).	19th century, Victorian, Social history, Social reform, Poverty, Houses & housing, Employment, Historical Maps, Urban & metropolitan history, London, History	view
Your House, My House - Oxford Suburbs 1800 - 2001	Deatiled social, architectural and economic histories of five suburbs in Oxford - Jericho, North Oxford, Rose Hill, Florence Park and Blackbird...	Oxford, Urban & metropolitan history, Social history, Economic history, Architecture, Suburbs, 19th century, 20th century, Victorian, History	view
Historical Directories On-Line	A digital library of local and trade directories for England and Wales, from 1750 to 1919. Contains high quality reproductions of comparatively...	Genealogy, Family history, Urban & metropolitan history, Professions & trades, Victorian, 19th century, History	view

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