OBR LINKS
In the following sections you will find links to further information, museums, and organisations.
You may be interested in the VAG reading list, intended as a manageable introductory list.
- Architecture
- Archaeology
- Building conservation/materials
- Local organisations
- Historical research
- Images
- Interiors
- Maps
- Museums
- Mediaeval period
- Other organisations
Architecture
- ArchSearch – the ADS online catalogue
- Gloucestershire Building Recording Group
- Looking at Buildings from the Pevsner Architectural Guides
- Paul Oliver Vernacular Architecture Library
- The Society of Architectural Historians
- Wiltshire Buildings Record
- Vernacular Architecture Group
Archaeology
- Apotropaios (deliberately hidden objects, and ‘ritual’ marks).
- Archaeology Data Service Oxfordshire Sites
- Archaeology Data Service Dendrochronology Database
- Council for British Archaeology
- Index to South Midlands Archaeology 1-37
- Mapping Manning – the Ashmolean collection of maps annotated by Percy Manning with locations of antiquarian finds in Oxfordshire.
Building Conservation/Materials
- British Brick Society
- Building Conservation
- Building Research Establishment stone list
- SPAB
- Stone Roofing Association
- Tree Ring Services
Local Organisations
- Abingdon: Buildings and People
- Buckinghamshire past
- England’s Past for Everyone in Oxfordshire (VCH)
- Ewelme village
- Oxford Archaeology
- Oxford Preservation Trust
- Oxfordshire Architectural and Historical Society
- Oxfordshire Buildings Trust
- Oxford Dendrochronology Laboratory
- Oxfordshire History Website
- Oxfordshire County Council Website – History and Heritage
- Oxfordshire Historic Churches Trust
- Oxfordshire Local History Association (OLHA)
- Oxfordshire Society of Architects
- Oxfordshire Woodland Group – Timber Framing forum
- Victoria County History, Oxfordshire
Historical Research
- A Place in the Sun – Sun Fire Office policy registers held at Guildhall Library
- A Vision of Britain – on-line library for local history
- A2A – Access to Archives
- Anglo-Saxons.net
- Bath Preservation Trust
- British Association for Local History
- British History Online
- Carriers to London Inns
- Census.ac.uk
- Centre for English Local History, University of Leicester
- The Construction History Society
- Domestic Buildings Research Group (Surrey)
- HeritageGateway – Home
- Historic Coventry, UK
- Mapping Manning – the Ashmolean collection of maps annotated by Percy Manning with locations of antiquarian finds in Oxfordshire.
- The Mills Archive
- The National Archives of the United Kingdom
- Pastscape
- Researching Historic Buildings in the British Isles
- Victoria County History Explore
- Victoria County History national site
- The Workhouse
Images
- British Library Images Online
- Listed Buildings (including images)
- Topographical drawings
- former NMR Red Boxes
- Oxfordshire County Council Picture Archive
Interiors
- British Renaissance Plasterwork
- Chimney Fireplaces Plates
- Decorative Arts: Batty Langley
- Regional Furniture Society
Maps
- Berkshire Enclosure Maps
- British Library Maps and Views
- John Rocque’s map of Berkshire
- National Library of Scotland – most maps under Creative Commons for non-commercial use
- New Popular Edition Maps
- Old Maps
- Ordnance Survey – the national mapping agency of Great Britain
- Oxfordshire County Council District Valuation Maps and Books
- Maps of Oxfordshire
Museums
- Avoncroft Museum of Historic Buildings
- Chiltern Open Air Museum
- Dennis Severs’ house – 18 Folgate Street, London
- Wallingford Museum – local history museum of Wallingford, Oxfordshire. The OBR has recorded Flint House (home to the museum) and its neighbour, Flint Cottage. Reports for both mediaeval properties are available to OBR members in the members area.
- Weald and Downland Open Air Museum of Historic Houses and Buildings, Chichester, Sussex, UK