Local History

Local history

In your local archive, library or museum you will find a wealth of material including:

books and pamphlets
old photographs
prints
newspaper cuttings
census returns
maps
trade and street directories.

All libraries and also Hampshire Archives and Local Studies have computers linked to the Internet, which can be used to explore local resources.

If you want original documents a visit to Hampshire Archives and Local Studies in Winchester is necessary. The collections tell the story of Hampshire and its people from the early Middle Ages to the present. They include minute books, letters, diaries, accounts, title deeds, maps, prints and drawings, film, audio tape and digital files. More details can be found on the online catalogue

Useful websites

Hampshire

General

* Hampshire County Council is not responsible for the content of external websites.

General History

Do you have an interest in history? From the 80's or ancient Egypt or WWII to the Tudors, the internet is a great place to research your interest. There are hundreds of websites on all topics. Some interesting ones are

www.nhm.ac.uk - Natural History Museum *
www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk - The British Museum *
www.80snostalgia.com - A site all about the 80's *
www.ancient-eqypt.org - A site about Ancient Egypt *
www.british-history.ac.uk - digital library of British history*
www.bbc.co.uk/history - A wide range of historic information can be found here *

Another way to find out information is to use a search engine. See our section on search engines for more information.

* Hampshire County Council is not responsible for the content of external websites.