Learn how to access historical gazetteers, Ordnance Survey maps, and early atlases to get detailed insights into your family's origins in England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales.

Around 10,800 items from the period 1829-1922 ranging from a single page to hundreds of pages and documenting British reactions to particular events, problems and crises, as well as Britain's relations generally with particular countries and regions.

British Parliamentary publications are valuable primary sources for research into British and dominion history, including Australia.

Over 3,000 printed pamphlets, leaflets and issues of periodicals, mostly published 1900-1970, plus a collection of microfiche and microfilm of other publications, produced by left-wing parties and organisations in the period 1961–88.

Over 10,000 volumes and 1500 pamphlets in English, Latin, French, Italian, German and Spanish, with particular strength in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

About 6200 books about European literature, history and culture, mostly published in the period 1880-1960. 

About 4000 books, mostly published in France in the 19th and early 20th century, as well as a number of German, Italian, Latin and Greek books.

Atlases and county maps can help you find more detailed information about counties, shires and provinces.

City maps provide road and rail information, and show buildings, farms, industries, schools, churches, and many other features.

Personal papers and about 600 books and pamphlets from 1900-1960 on international relations, political biography, migration and more with a focus on the Commonwealth and United States. 

About 7600 music scores and albums, mainly piano and vocal works published in France, Britain, Germany, Austria and Italy in the late 18th and 19th centuries.

Gazetteers are listings of places and can provide useful details, such as territorial division, location, alternate names, population size, and more.