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Researching the history of a pub

 

Below are numerous links to websites that will be of use to anyone wishing to research the history of their local pub. We would recommend reading Simon Fowler’s ‘Tracing your ancestors who worked in pubs’ page first to gain some background on how to start.

 

 

Helpful links

 

 

Visit the National Pub & Brewery History Website Noticeboard

members2.boardhost.com/natpubbrew/

 

1901 census. An ideal place to start?

 

Tracing who owns a pub at Land Registry – our information page will give details

 

Allied Breweries slide and photo collection – see information page for more details

 

Local History Magazine

 

Libraries on the internet. Links to hundreds of libraries.

 

Record Offices in the uk

www.hmc.gov.uk/archon/archondirectory.htm

 

British Libraries on the web

http://ds.dial.pipex.com/town/square/ac940/weblibs.html

 

Sources for building history.

A guide to researching historic buildings in the British Isles

www.building-history.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/

 

The A2A database contains catalogues describing archives held throughout England and dating from the 900s to the present day.

www.a2a.pro.gov.uk/default.asp

 

COPAC provides FREE access to the merged online catalogues of 22 of the largest university research libraries in the UK and Ireland PLUS the British Library.

www.copac.ac.uk/copac/

 

 

Online genealogy

 

GENUKI serves as a "virtual reference library" of genealogical information that is of particular relevance to the UK & Ireland.

www.genuki.org.uk/ is their main page. www.genuki.org.uk/search/ is their search engine.

 

 

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