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Political history in the medieval era – an overview
Recommended guideKeywords: medieval periodpolitical history (general) -
Political history in the modern era, 1782 onwards – an overview
Recommended guideKeywords: 19th century20th centurypolitical history (general) - Agricultural statistics of England and Wales
Keywords: agriculturedatasetsfarms and farmingstatistics - Aliens’ registration cards 1918-1957
Keywords: digitised recordsonline collections All records viewable online - American and West Indian colonies before 1782
Keywords: americacaribbeancoloniesstate papers - American Revolution
Keywords: americaamerican revolutioncolonies - Black British social and political history in the 20th century
Keywords: africaafricanblackblack britishcaribbeancivil rightsrace relationswest indian - Bomb Census survey 1940-1945
Keywords: air raidsbomb censuscasualties of wardatasetssecond world warstatisticssurveysworld war two - British and Commonwealth prisoners of the First World War and previous wars
Keywords: first world warpowsprisoners of warworld war one - British Army operations after 1945
Keywords: armybritish armykorean warregiments and corpswar diaries - British Army operations up to 1913
Keywords: armyboer warbritish armycrimean warnapoleonic warsregiments and corps - Cabinet and its committees
Keywords: cabinet officefirst world warinternational relationssecond world warworld war oneworld war two - Civil or crown servants
Keywords: civil servantscrown servantsgovernment employeesroyal household - Civilian gallantry medals, honours and other awards
Keywords: awardscivilian gallantry awardsgallantry medalshonoursmedals - Coastguard officers
Keywords: coastguard - Coastguard stations and administration
Keywords: coastguardcustoms (tax)shipping - Colonies and dependencies 1815-1870: using Colonial Office indexes to locate correspondence
Keywords: british empirecolonies - Colonies and dependencies 1820-1850: using Colonial Office registers to locate correspondence
Keywords: british empirecolonies - Colonies and dependencies 1850-1926: using Colonial Office registers to locate correspondence
Keywords: british empirecoloniescommonwealth of nationsdominions (british) - Colonies and dependencies from 1782
Keywords: british empirecoloniescommonwealth of nationsdominions (british) - Companies and businesses
Keywords: business historycompanies and businessesindustrylabour history - Company and business history records held by other archives
Keywords: business historycompanies and businessesindustrylabour historytrade and industry - Courts of law records from the medieval period: general eyres 1194-1348
Keywords: civil litigationcourts of lawcrime and criminalscriminal courtseyres (general)general eyreslaw and ordermedieval periodtrials - Crown, church and royalist lands 1642-1660
Keywords: church landscivil war (english)early modern periodestates (landed gentry)landland ownership - Dissolution of the monasteries 1536-1540
Keywords: abbeyschurch landsdissolution of the monasteriesearly modern periodmonasteriesreligious history - Domesday Book
Keywords: datasetsdigitised recordsdomesday booklandland ownershipmedieval periodonline collectionsstatisticssurveys All records viewable online - Economic policy and government spending in the 20th century
Keywords: cabinet officeeconomic historyfinancial records of governmenttaxationtreasury - Education history records held by other archives
Keywords: collegeseducation historyschoolsuniversities - Electoral registration
Keywords: electoral registers - Emigration and emigrants
Keywords: america (emigration to)australia (emigration to)canada (emigration to)emigrationmigrationnew zealand (emigration to) - Empire and Commonwealth records held by other archives
Keywords: british empirecoloniescommonwealth of nationsdominions (british) - Enclosure awards and maps
Keywords: enclosure (land)landland ownershipmaps - Foreign affairs before 1509
Keywords: diplomacyforeign affairsinternational relationsmedieval period - Foreign Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office records from 1782
Keywords: commonwealth of nationscontrol commissiondiplomacyforeign affairsforeign officeinternational relationstreaties - Foreign Office correspondence 1906-1919
Keywords: diplomacyforeign affairsforeign officeinternational relations - French lands of the English kings
Keywords: early modern periodfrance (english lands in)landland ownership - German Foreign Ministry and Italian documents 1867-1945 captured by the British
Keywords: german foreign ministrynazi germanysecond world warworld war two - Government surveys, statistics and other datasets from the National Digital Archive of Datasets, 1963-2010
Keywords: datasetsdigital datasetsdigitised recordsnational digital archive of datasetsonline collectionsstatisticssurveys All records viewable online - Historical education policy and administration: inspection reports
Keywords: collegeseducation historyinspection of schoolspoor lawsschools - Home Office correspondence from 1782
Keywords: crime and criminalshealthhome officepoverty - Immigration and immigrants
Keywords: aliens (foreign nationals)british citizenshipimmigrationinterneesmigrationnaturalisationpassengers - Intelligence and security services
Keywords: espionageintelligence and security servicesmi5 and mi6security servicesspecial operations executive - International boundaries
Keywords: borders (international)boundaries (international)coloniesdiplomacyforeign affairsinternational relationsmaps - Ireland’s Easter Rising 1916
Keywords: courts martialeaster rising (ireland)ireland - Irish maps c.1558-c.1610
Keywords: digitised recordsearly modern periodirelandmapsonline collections All records viewable online - Jacobite Risings 1715 and 1745
Keywords: jacobitesscotland - Jewish people and communities in Britain and its former colonies
Keywords: anglo jewish historyemigrationimmigrationjewish historymigration - Labour history records held by other archives
Keywords: industrylabour historytrade unions - League of Nations
Keywords: first world warforeign affairsinternational relationsleague of nationsworld war one - Letters and papers of Henry VIII
Keywords: early modern periodhenry viiipolitical history (general)state papers - Looted art 1939-1961
Keywords: art and artistsdigitised recordsforeign affairsinternational relationsonline collectionssecond world warworld war two All records viewable online - Manors and manorial records
Keywords: early modern periodlandland ownershipmanorsmaps - Maps and plans
Keywords: early modern periodmapsplans - Medieval customs’ accounts
Keywords: customs (tax)excise (tax)inland revenuemedieval periodpipe rollstaxation - Medieval financial records: pipe rolls 1130-c.1300
Keywords: economic historyexchequerfinancial records of governmentpipe rolls - Merchant Navy ships’ records: registration of merchant ships
Keywords: merchant navynavyshipping - Merchant trade records: port books 1565-1799
Keywords: customs (tax)merchant navyport bookstaxation - Mines and mining
Keywords: business historycoal miningindustrylabour historymining - Napoleonic wars and the war of 1812 – an overview
Keywords: napoleonic warswars - National Farm Survey of England and Wales 1941-1943
Keywords: agriculturedatasetsfarms and farminglandland ownershipmapsnational farm surveystatisticssurveys - Naturalisation, registration and British citizenship
Keywords: aliens (foreign nationals)british citizenshipcertificates of british citizenshipimmigrationmigrationnaturalisation - Nazi persecution and the Holocaust
Keywords: control commissionforeign officeholocaustjewish historynazi germanysecond world warwar crimesworld war two - Oaths of loyalty to the Crown and Church of England
Keywords: early modern periodlawyersnonconformistsoath rollsreligious historysacrament certificates - Other countries and territories – an overview
Keywords: diplomacyforeign affairsforeign officeinternational relations - Overseas maps and plans
Keywords: borders (international)boundaries (international)british empirecoloniesinternational relationsmapsplans - Parliament
Keywords: legislationparliamentpolitical history (general) - Political history in the 16th and 17th centuries
Keywords: 16th century17th centuryearly modern periodpolitical history (general) - Political history in the 18th century
Keywords: 18th centuryearly modern periodpolitical history (general) - Poverty and the Poor Laws
Keywords: pauperspoor lawspovertyworkhouses - Prime Minister’s Office records
Keywords: prime ministerssecond world warworld war two - Privy Council since 1386
Keywords: early modern periodforeign affairslaw and orderlegislationprivy council - Propaganda
Keywords: first world warpropagandasecond world warworld war oneworld war two - Public health and social policy in the 19th century
Keywords: epidemicshealthpolitical history (general) - Public health and social policy in the 20th century
Keywords: diseaseshealthmedical servicesmental healthpolitical history (general)welfare - Royal grants in letters patent and charters from 1199
Keywords: chartersearly modern periodlandland ownershipletters patentpatent rollsroyal grants - Royal Household and Wardrobe
Keywords: crown servantsearly modern periodroyal householdroyal servantsroyal warrant holderstradesmen - Royal Navy operations and policy after 1945
Keywords: admiraltyfleet air armnavyroyal navy - Seals
Keywords: heraldryseals - Sir Anthony Eden’s private office papers 1935-1946
Keywords: digitised recordsdiplomacyforeign affairsforeign officeinternational relationsonline collectionsprivate paperssecond world warworld war two All records viewable online - Slavery and the British transatlantic slave trade
Keywords: abolition of slaverybritish empirecaribbeancoloniesslavery - State Papers Domestic 1547-1649: Tudor and Stuart government papers
Keywords: 16th century17th centurycivil war (english)early modern periodpolitical history (general)state papers - State Papers Domestic 1642-1660: Government papers from the Civil Wars and Interregnum
Keywords: 17th centurycivil war (english)commonwealth 1649-1660early modern periodpolitical history (general)state papers - State Papers Domestic 1660-1714: Stuart government papers after the Restoration
Keywords: 17th century18th centuryearly modern periodpolitical history (general)state papers - State Papers Domestic 1714-1782: Hanoverian government papers
Keywords: 18th centuryearly modern periodjacobitespolitical history (general)state papers - State Papers Foreign 1509-1782: Government papers on foreign affairs
Keywords: 16th century17th century18th centurydiplomacyearly modern periodforeign affairsinternational relationsstate papers - State Papers Ireland 1509-1782: government papers on Irish affairs
Keywords: 16th century17th century18th centuryearly modern periodirelandstate papers - Taxation
Keywords: economic historyfinancial records of governmentinland revenuetaxation - Taxation before 1689
Keywords: economic historyexchequerfinancial records of governmenthearth taxtaxation - The South African War, 1899-1902 (or Second Boer War) – an overview
Keywords: africaafricanboer warsouth african warwars - The Troubles in Northern Ireland
Keywords: irelandnorthern ireland - Tithes
Keywords: datasetslandland ownershipmapsstatisticssurveystaxationtithes - Towns and cities
Keywords: citiestowns - Treasury Board letters and papers 1557-1920
Keywords: early modern periodeconomic historyfinancial records of governmentinland revenuetaxationtreasury - UFOs
Keywords: ufos - Women’s suffrage
Keywords: civil rightssuffragettessuffragistsvotes for women