British History Online British History Online is a digital library of key printed primary and secondary sources for the history of Britain and Ireland.
Layers of London Layers of London is a groundbreaking crowd-sourced mapping project that records the rich layers of London's heritage.
Historical Research Historical Research is the IHR's academic journal. Founded in 1923, it is a leading peer-reviewed journal with an international readership and reputation.
Bibliography of British and Irish History The Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) is the most extensive guide available to what's been published on British and Irish history.
Victoria County History The Victoria County History is one of the world's longest-running research projects, exploring England's rich local history.
British and Irish Furniture Makers Online British and Irish Furniture Makers Online (BIFMO) is a digital resource that offers new approaches to the history of trades and material culture.
Publications The IHR has been a respected publisher of high-quality historical research for nearly 100 years. Learn more about our print & open access digital publications.
18 oct New from the Victoria County History of Essex: ‘Harwich, Dovercourt and Par… The latest publication from the Victoria County History of Essex is now available. Join us for two launch events marking publication of Andrew Senter's 'Harwich…
16 oct Historians and BBIH — an adventure in 10 episodes. No 1: Bede Let’s take 10 famous historical historians — one each week — and see what they can achieve with the Bibliography of British and Irish History …
15 oct Fake News and Forgery during the English Revolution by William White In recent years, concerns about the use of disinformation in politics have become increasingly widespread on both sides of the Atlantic. ‘Post-…
09 oct Mapping 2750 furniture makers on Layers of London The British and Irish Furniture Makers Online (BIFMO) is a record of 70,000 historical craftspeople. We're now combining BIFMO data with another IHR project, La…
01 oct ‘It may hereby please you to understand’: early modern petitions on British… How did ordinary people complain or appeal to their social superiors in early modern England? 'The Power of Petitioning' is a research project exploring this qu…
17 sep London is Calling The Bibliography of British and Irish History now offers easy access to information on more than 1,250 PhD theses on metropolitan history. London is calling. Th…
09 sep Bibliography of British and Irish History – Update September 2019 The Bibliography of British and Irish History has been updated with almost six thousand new records! Some 682 new records relate to Irish history, while 264 dea…
23 aug New from the Victoria County History of Oxfordshire: Wychwood Forest and En… The latest volume in the Oxfordshire series of the Victoria County History (VCH) just been published by Boydell and Brewer is the 19th in the set describing thi…
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