# British History

- **Website:** <https://british-history.ac.uk>
- **Primary alias:** `british-history.ac.uk`
- **Location:** London, England, United Kingdom

## Description

British History Online is a digital archive providing access to nearly 1,300 volumes of primary and secondary material on British and Irish history, the history of the British Empire, and foreign relations. Its collection is designed to support reading, searching, and exploration of historical sources, with books hand-transcribed to a stated accuracy of 99% to provide reliable, near-error-free text. The archive includes many volumes from the Victoria County Histories, with further volumes scheduled for publication. It also features around 40,000 images and 10,000 tiles of historic maps of the British Isles. Visitors can search publication metadata and full text, browse the catalogue, and explore guides, calendars, primary sources, maps, secondary texts, and datasets. Most of the material, including the Victoria County Histories, is free to view. Access to a subset of the Calendars of State Papers Domestic requires a subscription. British History Online is a historical research resource associated with the University of London.

## Industries

- 🧪 Science and Education
- 🧪 Libraries and Museums _(under Science and Education)_
- 🧪 History _(under Science and Education)_

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| Shingle Fawn | #715632 | accent |
| Gondola | #251521 | dark |
| Pampas | #f3f0ec | light |

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- Helvetica Neue — asset _(custom)_

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