A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain between 1801 and 2001.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain between 1801 and 2001.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
The Vision of Britain system holds the full text of three 19th century descriptive gazetteers, a total of over 90,000 entries:
You can search either the 'head words', i.e. the places the entries are for, or the full text of each entry. Head word searches can include asterisks ('*') to match characters you are not sure of, or look for 'sound-alikes'. Searches may be narrowed by area (nation or county) or by type (based on the ADL Feature Type Thesaurus). Head word searches for exact matches are much the quickest.