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Aspects of the Victorian book - Detail-rich site that provides insight into the production and publishing of books in Britain during the nineteenth century.

Child Labour in the 19th Century - Categories include: Factory Reformers, Supporters of Child Labour, Life in the Factory, The Factory Workers, Tactics and Issues, and The Factory Acts
Meta Description: [ Child Labour ]

Dr. William Palmer - 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.
Meta Description: [ Dr william palmer, a complete resource to web sites, books and exhibitions ]

Georgian Index - 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.
Meta Description: [ Life in Georgian Britain, London businesses,London dandies and ladies, gentlemans sports and pastimes plus Mail, ]

Index of English and Welsh Lunatic Asylums and Mental Hospitals - Based on a comprehensive survey in 1844, and extended to other asylums.
Meta Description: [ Based on a comprehensive survey in 1844, and extended to other asylums. ]

John Leech Archive - Archive of Punch cartoons by John Leech 1841-1860, indexed by keywords, title and year.

Penny Magazine Online - Text from selected issues of The Penny Magazine, which was published every Saturday for a working class readership

Smugglers' Britain - 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.
Meta Description: [ Richard Platt's account of the smugglers of 18th and 19th century Britain: their stories, crimes and contraband. How to find the pubs, coves and hiding places they used. ]

Soldiers of the Queen - An online museum of Victorian-era British military photographs from the far corners of the empire.

The British Way: Imperialism - 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.
Meta Description: [ Find out how the British, a nation of 45 million, governed and administered a quarter of the world landmass and population in the 19th and 20th Centuries. ]

The Emancipation of Women: 1860-1920 - Thirty-five biographies of women who played a prominent role in the struggle for equality. Includes written primary sources produced by, or about, them.
Meta Description: [ Emancipation of Women ]

The Peel Web - Sir Robert Peel dominated parliament throughout the period 1830-50. Marjie Bloy covers many social, political and economic issues of the period.
Meta Description: [ The reign of George III; the reign of George IV; the reign of William IV; Bute; Chatham; Grenville; Rockingham; the American War of Independence; the impact of the French Wars on England; Pitt the Younger; John Wilkes; Eighteenth Century English History; the Age of Lord Liverpool; Peel; H... ]

The Peterloo Massacre - A detailed analysis of the events of St Peter's Field, Manchester on the 16th August, 1819. The website includes eyewitness accounts and biographical details of 25 people who saw what happened that day.

The Victorians: Resources for Schools - Resources for school projects on the Victorian era. Music, images of the Queen, the phonograph, Florence Nightingale and Education.

Victoria Research Web - Provides research resources for the study of all aspects of Victorian Britain.
Meta Description: [ Victoria Research Web provides research resources for the study of all aspects of Victorian Britain. ]

Victorian Census Project - Aims to computerise a number of source documents and related materials relating to Great Britain in the mid-nineteenth century.
Meta Description: [ This is an educational site concerned with the computerisation and publication of nineteenth-century statistics including the census, vital registration and agricultural statistics, and the returns of the Poor Law Commissioners ]

Victorian Station - Dedicated to Victorian enthusiasts: a brief history and photos of the Victorian Era including Queen Victoria, Cameos and Victorian Architecture
Meta Description: [ Dedicated to Victorian enthusiasts, articles and photos of the victorian era including Queen Victoria, Victorian decorating and Victorian Architecture ]

Victorian Times Project - Digitisation project examining social, political and economic developments in Victorian Britain (1837-1901). Sections on health, transport, education, housing, work and industry. Biographies of prominent Victorians.

Virtual Victorians - Victorian artefacts, objects, news, photographs, presented in an innovative way for schools, parents and those interested in the Victorian era.
Meta Description: [ Victorian artefacts, objects, news, photographs, presented in an innovative, exciting way for schools, parents and those interested in the Victorian era ]