Modern British & Irish History

Collections include historical maps, election results, census data and travel reports. Sponsored by the Department of Geography at the University of Portsmouth.

A mixture of primary source documents from all over the world. Browse by either major document collection themes, time period (19th & 20th Cent.) or use the search box (top, right hand side).

Search by subject or resource type.

Full text of primary documents. Browse by type of source.

Digitized U.K. Cabinet Papers from 1919-1983. Free downloads are available from the National Archives.

Includes data for Great Britain, Scotland & Wales

A wide variety of primary sources. It's organized by geographic locations & time period. The sources themselves aren't organized in any particular way, so you'll have to pick through the list to find what you want.

Official newspaper of record for the British Government. Coverage dates back to the 17th century.

The Online Historical Population Reports (OHPR) collection provides online access to the complete British population reports for Britain and Ireland from 1801 to 1937.

This site has been produced from digitized editions of Commons and Lords Hansard, the Official Report of debates in Parliament.

A fully searchable database containing criminal trials held at London's central criminal court.

The First World War Poetry Digital Archive is an online repository of over 7000 items of text, images, audio, and video for teaching, learning, and research.

It includes collections of primary material from major poets of the period, including Wilfred Owen, Isaac Rosenberg, Robert Graves, Vera Brittain, and Edward Thomas.

Links of interest:
-Army section contains WW I diaries and other materials.
-Air Force WWI service records

Contents include:
-Conventions and Treaties and Official Papers
-Documents by Year:
-Diaries, Memorials, Personal Reminiscences
-Books, Special Topics and Commentaries
-WWI Biographical Dictionary
-WWI Image Archive
-The Maritime War
-The Medical Front
-Links to Other WWI Sites: An extensive & well organized list of links.

Search their catalog or browse their collections to find digitized images, sound or video (including oral histories). Examples include photographs, art, films, interviews and music, posters, letters, books, aircraft, shoes, weapons, toys and more from the library and records in the museum's archives.