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Detail-rich site that provides insight into the production and publishing of books in Britain during the nineteenth century.
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Categories include: Factory Reformers, Supporters of Child Labour, Life in the Factory, The Factory Workers, Tactics and Issues, and The Factory Acts
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Information about Dr.William Palmer, the "Rugeley Poisoner", the "Prince of Poisoners", a nineteenth century Staffordshire character, his life, his crimes, his trial and public hanging.
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A survey of British and European culture in the early 19th century including: George IV, Princess Charlotte, The Crown Jewels of France and England, Napoleon's Carriage, the evolution of boxing, the tea table, period card games, the evolution of the thoroughbred, period fly-fishing, a growing selection of London addresses.
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Based on a survey in 1844, and extended to other asylums.
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Archive of Punch cartoons by John Leech 1841-1860, indexed by keywords, title and year.
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British smuggling in the 18th and 19th centuries. Directions to smugglers' pubs, coves, caves and tunnels, together with the full, indexed text of a book on smuggling.
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An online museum of authentic Victorian-era British military photographs.
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Explores how the British nation acquired and governed an empire greater in size than any in history and how the Victorians adapted to the idea of imperialism.
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Thirty-five biographies of women who played a prominent role in the struggle for equality. Includes written primary sources produced by, or about, them.
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Sir Robert Peel dominated parliament throughout the period 1830-50. Marjie Bloy covers many social, political and economic issues of the period.
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A detailed analysis of the events of St Peter's Field, Manchester on the 16th August, 1819. Eyewitness accounts and biographical details of 25 people who saw what happened that day.
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Resources for school projects on the Victorian era. Music, images of the Queen, the phonograph, Florence Nightingale and Education.
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Stories of British adventurers and explorers.
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Provides research resources for the study of all aspects of Victorian Britain.
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Aims to computerise a number of source documents and related materials relating to Great Britain in the mid-nineteenth century.
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Dedicated to Victorian enthusiasts: a brief history and photos of the Victorian Era including Queen Victoria, Cameos and Victorian Architecture
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Victorian artefacts, objects, news, photographs, presented in an innovative way for schools, parents and those interested in the Victorian era.