Links to history and archeology related sites, and to other interesting sites.
History Links
Cheshire Links
- http://www.geocities.com/mar1elene/weaverham.html
Weaverham : 1850 & 1892 Trade Directory ( This site, like all geocities sites, has gone. But you can still find most of it if you copy the link in to the WayBack machine athttp://web.archive.org )
- http://www.cheshire.gov.uk/recoff/home.htm Cheshire Record Office
- http://maps.cheshire.gov.uk/tithemaps/ Cheshire Tithe maps online
- http://www.cheshirehistory.org.uk/
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Cheshire Local History Association
Promoting the study of, and interest in, local history within the ancient County Palatine of Chester
- http://www.hslc.org.uk/ - Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire
- THE LANCASHIRE & CHESHIRE ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETYhttp://www.landcas.org.uk/
- http://www.thornber.net/cheshire/index.html
A SCRAPBOOK OF CHESHIRE 959 Photographs and commentary on 112 Historic Sites in Cheshire, England, United Kingdom together with Social History in the late Georgian period by Craig Thornber
- History of St Mary's Church, Weaverham http://www.avyc14.dsl.pipex.com/history.html
- The
history of
Little Leigh on the Little Leigh website
John P Birchall has been researching the mill site on the Weaver at Acton Bridge. Between 1900 and 1920 this site was occupied by The Weaver Refining Co Ltd, a company owned by his great grandfather Edward Hindley.
- The History of Sutton Weaver on the Sutton Weaver website
Lots of pictures and information on the village, railway and swing bridge.
- http://www.manchester2002-uk.com/cheshire.html
- Cheshire History
The history of Cheshire from Roman to Victorian times.
- http://www.tarvinvillage.me.uk/index.html Tarvin Village
- http://www.britarch.ac.uk/cbanw/
- Council for British Archaeology, North West
Online Information for Archaeology in the North West of England
- http://www.fhsc.org.uk/The Family History Society of Cheshire
Penny's NORTHWICH Pages
Does anyone know if this site has a new home? There seem to be bits of it scattered over the web. The original home page is still at http://webspace.webring.com/people/wn/northwichpages/ but all the links to geocities are broken. Some of it can be retrieved from the WayBack machine http://web.archive.org , but many of the maps and images are missing
Some of the pages can still be found at http://atoden.webng.com/fountalnpen/index.html
Ormerod
The history of the county palatine and city of Chester: compiled from original evidences in public offices, the Harleian and Cottonian mss., parochial registers, private muniments, unpublished ms. collections of successive Cheshire antiquaries, and a personal survey of every township in the county; incorporated with a republication of King's Vale royal, and Leycester's Cheshire antiquities. By George Ormerod
- Volume 1 http://www.archive.org/details/historyofcountyp00orme
- Volume 2 http://www.archive.org/details/historyofcountyp02orme
- Volume 3 http://www.archive.org/details/historyofcountyp03orme
National Links
- http://www.balh.co.uk - British Association for Local History Promotes local history and serves local historians
- http://www.lookingatbuildings.org.uk - Looking at Buildings: From the Pevsner Architectural Guides. An introduction to understanding and exploring the built environment and architecture of all periods and styles with pages on architectural history, styles, traditions, buildings, materials and techniques, city guides, and educational features including a glossary and database of architects
- http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.19915 National Monuments Record on-line. ( Note: This link is in to a page generated by a Content Management System so you may have to navigate from http://www.english-heritage.org.uk and search for NMR )
Travels through England, Wales, & Scotland, in the year 1816 - Spiker, Samuel Heinrich 1786-1858
- Volume 1 http://www.archive.org/details/travelsthroughe00spikgoog
- Volume 2 http://www.archive.org/details/travelsthroughe01spikgoog
- Volume 1http://www.archive.org/details/travelsthroughe02spikgoog
Archeology Links
- http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/ Archaeology Data Service
- http://rockart.ncl.ac.uk/ Web Access to Rock Art: the Beckensall Archive of Northumberland Rock Art. This website is the celebration of rock carvings made by Neolithic and Early Bronze Age people in Northumberland. See also http://pscm.northumberland.gov.uk/portal/page?_pageid=92,53275&_dad=portal92&_schema=PORTAL92&pid=90202
- http://www.kmatthews.org.uk/index.html - Keith Mathews' website Keith was a popular speaker at the History Society until he moved back to Hertfordshire in 2004. I particularly recomend his section ( well nearly an online book actually )http://www.kmatthews.org.uk/cult_archaeology/index.html- Cult and Fringe Archeology, make time to read it!
Archaeology Data Service
Sites, monuments and event records: A catalogue of 1034671 archaeological sites and monuments records provides summary details of archaeological research in the UK. Research Archives: Archives include fieldwork projects and lab-based artefact and environmental studies.
Stone head carving related :
- http://www.ceisiwrserith.com/therest/Cernunnos/cernunnospaper.htm Cernunnos: Looking a Different Way
- http://www.thornber.net/cheshire/htmlfiles/rostherne.html Stone head carving at St. Mary's , Rostherne
- http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=7469 Rostherne Celtic Head on the Megalithic Portal
- http://www.kernunnos.com/deities/cernunnos/images/cern_mayportcumbria.jpg
- http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cernunnos_head.jpeg
