Essential Print Encyclopedias
Online Reference Sources
- City of London (home page)The City of London provides local government services for the financial and commercial heart of Britain, the "Square Mile." See particularly the history and heritage section.
- Oxford Reference Online This link opens in a new windowincludes encyclopedias and other reference sources on British history.
- Oxford English Dictionary Online (OED) This link opens in a new windowProvides definitions that document the changing meaning of words over time.
- Dictionary of National Biography This link opens in a new windowProvides biographical sketches of men and women who have influenced British history.
Additional Reference Sources
- Aldermen of the City of London (2 vols.) byCall Number: British History Online
- Brewer's Dictionary of London Phrase & Fable byCall Number: Cudahy Reference DA 677 .W54 2009
- Buildings of England: London byCall Number: Request via Interlibrary Loan
- Buildings of England: Middlesex byCall Number: Request via Interlibrary Loan
- Curiosities of London byCall Number: Google Books
- Dictionary of City of London Street Names byCall Number: Cudahy Main Stacks DA 685. A1 S62
- Historical Charters and Constitutional Documents of the History of London byCall Number: Internet Archive
- London and the Kingdom (3 vols) byCall Number: Open Library
- London Street Names byCall Number: Request via Interlibrary Loan
- Old Customs and Ceremonies of London byCall Number: Cudahy Main Stacks DA 688 .B83
- Oxford Book of London byCall Number: Cudahy Main Stacks PR 1111 .L6 O94 1995
- Rulers of London 1660-1689: A Biographical Record of the Aldermen and Common Councilmen of the City of London byCall Number: Cudahy Reference DA 676.8 .A1 W6
- Street Names of the City of London byCall Number: Request via Interlibrary Loan
- Streets of London: A Dictionary of their Names and Origins byCall Number: Request via Interlibrary Loan
- Survey of LondonCall Number: British History Online
- Survey of the Cities of London and WestminsterCall Number: The Stuart London Project, Humanities Research Institute, The University of Sheffield