''British History Online'' is a
digital library of
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Works
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and
s on
medieval and
modern history
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of
Great Britain and
Ireland. It was created and is managed as a cooperative venture by the
Institute of Historical Research,
University of London and the
History of Parliament Trust.
Access to the majority of the content is free, but other content is available only to paying subscribers.
The content includes secondary sources such as the publications of
The History of Parliament, the
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, the
Calendar of Close Rolls
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, ''
Survey of London'' and the ''
Victoria County History''; and major published primary sources such as ''
Letters and Papers of the Reign of Henry VIII'' and the ''Journals'' of the
House of Lords and
House of Commons.
The places covered by ''British History Online'' are:
British History Online began with a one-year pilot project in 2002 (Version 1.0), and Version 5.0 was launched in December 2014. Version 5.0 contains a number of new features, including subject guides for local, parliamentary and urban history,
[{{cite web, title=Subject guides, url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/using-bho#guides, website=British History Online, publisher=Institute of Historical Research, University of London, access-date=25 February 2015] and a new viewer for the site's collection of historical and Epoch 1 Ordnance Survey maps.
See also
*
List of civil parishes in England
References
External links
British History Online
British digital libraries
Historiography of the United Kingdom
Digital history projects
Digital humanities projects