Calendar of Treasury Books Complete

Nov 10, 2009

All 32 volumes of the Calendar of Treasury Books are now available on British History Online. These volumes show in great detail the income, expenditure and debts of the government between the Restoration in 1660 and 1718, including information on, for example,...

Parliament Rolls of Medieval England

Oct 9, 2009

British History Online can now announce an important new addition to our Premium Content section: the Parliament Rolls of Medieval England. This source consists of scholarly descriptions of every parliament held in England between 1275 (when a parliament in something...

Robert Surtees’ History of Durham

Sep 25, 2009

The second volume of Surtees’ classic four-volume work on the County Palatine is now live on British History Online. Although incomplete at Surtees’ death in 1834, it has been described by a recent scholar as an ‘outstanding achievement’ and...

Victoria County History for Wiltshire

Aug 20, 2009

We are delighted to announce that six new volumes of the VCH for Wiltshire are now live on British History Online. The launch of volumes 5, 7, 11 and 13-15 completes the published coverage of the parishes of the county, and brings the total count of volumes up to 15,...

More House of Lords Journals on BHO

Jul 29, 2009

We have uploaded another three volumes of the Journal of the House of Lords: volumes 21, 22, and 23, which cover the years 1718 to 1730. In partnership with The History of Parliament Trust we are able to digitise 19 volumes this summer, to add to the volumes already...

Lincolnshire wills on British History Online

Jul 15, 2009

Three volumes of wills for historic Lincolnshire have now appeared on British History Online. Covering nearly three centuries, from 1272 until the reign of Henry VIII, they contain several hundred wills, transcribed in full. They were originally edited by Canon C.W....