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PhilD's Research Sites

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PhilD has been doing some research recently and has come up with a cornucopia of useful research sites that he is willing to share – here is what he said in his post:

I surfed the internet using Google, re the village name and the word 'history' and found websites by local historians that revealed that in nearby villages two Iron Age settlements and some bronze axes were unearthed during the late 19th century, giving proof of the presence of early settlers. These people found food and other requirements in their immediate surroundings in order to survive.

Also the above church was pre dated by a wooden church built in 1050 with a preaching cross in the church yard probably dating back to the 7th century.

It stated that monks were very industrious in the area, producing supplies for a nearby monastery and their own needs and that gradually small businesses developed and by the mid 16th century each area had its own mill, blacksmiths, stonemasons, clog makers, tailors and seamstresses, joiners, carpenters, wheelwrights, besom makers and many small cottage industries, e.g. spinning and weaving.

So this isn't just a piece of land anymore, when I detect there I will have this picture in my mind of the iron age settlers, the Roman's and their quern, the monks and the community of the 16th century all beavering away, I'll be treading the very ground they trod.

I am very optimistic and even more enthusiastic now, it is not just a field anymore, it's a field of dreams, where so many different communities lived out their lives.

I will record my finds with PAS so that more gaps in the history can be filled and a fuller picture revealed for posterity.

I also intend to give a copy of all the above information to the farmer in appreciation of him letting me onto his land.

PS useful Websites not visited were http://www.yell.com and http://www.maps.google.com which if you type in the word 'farmer' will list the name, addresses and tel numbers of the farmers in any given area.

Also the Land Register Online website http://www.landregisteronline.gov.uk gives details of 20 million properties in England and Wales for a small fee.
I hope this whets peoples appetites for researching sites, I found it really enjoyable.

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THE SITES

Magic
The beauty of this site is you can customise the map to your own specification. It can, if you wish, show all the no go areas such at SSI's, scheduled monuments, heritage sites, forestry commission land et cetera.
http://www.magic.gov.uk/website/magic/

Ordnance Survey Maps
http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/getamap/

Old maps (1854) and aerial photographs
http://www.old-maps.co.uk/

Counties, crossroads and roads from London, as at 1741.
http://web.ukonline.co.uk/badeslade/

Counties and city street maps.
http://www.yourmapsonline.org.uk/

Thousands of maps of all types and ages.
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/map_sites/

Hundreds of maps of all ages.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~genmaps/

For local archaeological finds records.
http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/search/index.cfm
http://www.pastscape.org/homepage/textpage.asp

Membership needed for this one –
http://www.digital-documents.co.uk/archi/archi_xtra.htm

Roman History
http://www.roman-britain.org/

For all detecting issues including research, Venicon’s site is invaluable:
http://ourpasthistory.com/

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