Worcestershire Past

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Links to Local and Family History

This is Worcester and This is Worcestershire. These sites, connected to the Worcester Evening News and Berrow's Worcester Journal carry content from Michael Grundy's Memory Lane local history columns. They also have a 'Where are they now?' section where people trace long lost friends, relatives or do research into family history. There's a searchable archive of all items that have been on the site since August 2000.

War

Battle of Worcester 1651
The flight of King Charles II from Worcester 1651 - Monarch's Way
The Civil War in Worcestershire - Worcestershire Archaeology
Civil War Document: Battel of Worcester song
Civil War Document:True and Happy Newes from Worcester
English Civil War : fun site
John Bright's Regimente of Foot
Great War In Worcestershire
Essex Men at the Battle of Worcester

Rivers

Severn Navigation Restoration Trust
River Severn Tales
Severn Bore Predictions

Religion

Worcester Diocese
Pictures of Worcestershire Churches
Ashmolean Museum: Antiquities - Brass Rubbings, England, Worcestershire
Worcester Cathedral
Bells of Worcester

Towns and Villages

Broadway Cotswolds England UK Village History
City of Worcester History
Changing Face of Worcester - Clive Haynes
Kempsey
Upton Upon Severn - History
Malvern
Holt, Little Witley and lots of Worcestershire Families
Tenbury Wells & District Civic & Historical Society
Stourport - History
Suckley's History
Malvern, Worcestershire, UK
Mamble Village Web Site
Witley Court Unofficial Web Site
Witley Court Official Web Site

People

Extracts from Charles Walker's diary relating to Worcester
The Ellen Wood Website - Victorian novelist Mrs Henry Wood - Michael Flowers
Edward Elgar - Web site of The Elgar Society, Elgar Birthplace and Elgar Foundation
Vesta Tilley
Private George Wyatt

Organisations and Collections

Worcestershire County Council Records Office
Worcestershire County Council Homepage
Community Resource Centres in Herefordshire & Worcestershire
Worcester Museums
Worcestershire County Council Archaeology
Local History Magazine - published by The Local History Press Ltd
Images of Britain - Worcestershire
Irish and British Villages
UK Photos: Pictures of the United Kingdom
Worcestershire Local History and Archaeology Groups
Worcestershire Maps
Worcester City Council
The Local History Directory - Worcestershire
AWTC - Worcestershire Wildlife Consultancy
Bembridge Lifeboat History: the first was presented by Worcester citizens
Midland Wind and Water Mills Group
ourworcester.net - the Worcestershire Portal
Worcestershire Look-up Exchange

Genealogy and Names

Worcestershire Genealogy
Surname Meanings and Origins
Etymology of British Place Names 1900
First name meanings
Curious Fox: every UK town and village with pages for family history, local history, surname and genealogical enquiries
Genealogy UK Research Worcestershire, Worcestershire Family History Research run by Bill & Diane Adams
Birmingham and Midland Society for Genealogy and Heraldry
FamilySearch Internet Genealogy Service
GENUKI: Worcestershire Genealogy Help
Worcestershire genealogy resources
Worcestershire genealogy links

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