Historical Flavour of Old London -- a few resources
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tamaranthHave just compiled a set of handy links for friend-of-a-friend writing historical fiction set in London. I'm posting here for my own reference as well as others' -- feel free to suggest additions!
These are resources that give look and feel, the flavour of places rather than specifics. (If I want the location of a boxing salon in 1820, I'll type 'boxing London 1820' into Google. If I want to know what Mayfair was like in 1820 I'll use the links below.)
* Old Bailey Online. Old Bailey records 1674 - 1913. You can get a very good idea of a neighbourhood by the kind of crime that is committed there and who reports it. Also, full of human life.
* Museum of London image library
* MOTCO -- maps 1705 - 1862 (they also have images)
* Vision of Britain -- an amazing amount of information (maps, contemporary accounts, statistics) though can be hard to navigate
These are resources that give look and feel, the flavour of places rather than specifics. (If I want the location of a boxing salon in 1820, I'll type 'boxing London 1820' into Google. If I want to know what Mayfair was like in 1820 I'll use the links below.)
* Old Bailey Online. Old Bailey records 1674 - 1913. You can get a very good idea of a neighbourhood by the kind of crime that is committed there and who reports it. Also, full of human life.
* Museum of London image library
* MOTCO -- maps 1705 - 1862 (they also have images)
* Vision of Britain -- an amazing amount of information (maps, contemporary accounts, statistics) though can be hard to navigate
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Date: Tuesday, May 12th, 2009 02:35 am (UTC)no subject
Date: Tuesday, May 12th, 2009 05:31 am (UTC)Very cool links. I am trying to resist browsing them...