Links

Information specifically about the Norman Invasion and Battle of Hastings can be found by clicking this link:

Books and Links for the Norman Invasion and Battle of Hastings

Other Local History Societies and Information Links

Battle Abbey (English Heritage)
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/1066-battle-of-hastings-abbey-and-battlefield/history-and-stories/

Battle Abbey (Bodleian Library indices from its Medieval Library)
Provenance and location
Catalogue

Battle Museum of Local History
http://www.battlelocalhistory.com/battle-museum.html

Battle Town Council (includes links to many other local websites)
http://www.battletowncouncil.gov.uk/community/battle-town-council-7838/home

Battlefields Trust
http://www.battlefieldstrust.com/

Beckley History Society
New website under construction

Bodiam (by Keith Ennis)
http://www.bygonebodiam.co.uk/subjects.html

 

British Association for Local History
https://www.balh.org.uk/

British History On-line
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/

British Library
https://www.bl.uk/

British Library On-line Gallery
https://imagesonline.bl.uk

 

http://www.webarchive.org.uk/

British Library Manuscripts Blog
https://blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2020/08/online-resources.html

Cinque Ports
http://cinqueports.org/

http://www.cbasouth-east.org

Dallington History
https://dallingtonhistory.wordpress.com/

East Sussex Record Office (The Keep)
http://www.thekeep.info/esro/

East Sussex CC – Online resources for local history
https://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/leisureandtourism/localandfamilyhistory/localhistory/websites

Hastings and Rother Family History Society
The Society has closed and is transferring its assets to the Sussex Family History Group (see below)

Hastings Area Archaeological Research Group
http://www.haarg.org.uk/

Hastings History
https://www.hastingshistory.net

Hastings Museum and Art Gallery
http://www.hmag.org.uk/

Hastings History House, Local History Group and Old Town Preservation Society
http://www.ohps.org.uk/hastings-history-house/

Herstmonceux History
https://www.herstmonceuxparish.org.uk/brief-history.html/

http://www.highweald.org

Histoire Normandie
http://www.histoire-normandie.fr/

 

http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4

Kent Archaeological Society
http://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/

Medieval Source Material on the internet
http://www.medievalgenealogy.org.uk/sources/olmed.shtml

Lewes History Group
https://leweshistory.org.uk

National Archives
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/

Ninfield History Group
https://ninfieldlocalhistorygroup.org.uk/

https://www.ndhls.co.uk/

Old Maps

Ordnance Survey c1840-1964 http://maps.nls.uk/os/
Vision of Britain http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/maps/
Old Sussex Mapped http://www.envf.port.ac.uk/geo/research/historical/webmap/sussexmap/sussex.html

Pevensey and Westham Historical Society
https://e-voice.org.uk/pevenseyhistory/

Robertsbridge & District Archaeological Society
http://www.aboutrobertsbridge.org.uk/About%20Robertsbridge.htm#RobsArchSoc

Robertsbridge History
http://www.aboutrobertsbridge.org.uk/

Roman Roads
http://www.romanroads.org/mapresources.html

http://roadsofromanbritain.org/index.html

Romney Marsh Research Trust
http://rmrt.org.uk/

Rye Museum and Local History
http://www.ryemuseum.co.uk/

Sedlescombe History (via Parish Council)
http://archive.sedlescombe.org.uk/Index/History/History.html

Sussex Archaeological Society
https://sussexpast.co.uk/

Sussex Family History Group
https://sfhg.uk

Sussex Industrial Archaeology Society
http://www.sussexias.co.uk/

Sussex Military History Society
http://www.sussexmilitary.org.uk/

Sussex On-line Parish Clerks
http://www.sussex-opc.org/

Sussex Parish Churches
http://sussexparishchurches.org/

Sussex Record Society
http://www.sussexrecordsociety.org/

Sussex Towns – Extended Urban Surveys for Hastings, Rother and Wealden districts https://www.westsussex.gov.uk/land-waste-and-housing/landscape-and-environment/historic-town-characterisation/

http://www.thomasbrasseysociety.org/

Village Net
http://www.villagenet.co.uk/index.php

http://www.wadhursthistorysociety.org/home-2/

Wealden History
https://theweald.org/

Wealden Iron Research Group
http://www.wealdeniron.org.uk/

Winchelsea Town History
http://www.winchelsea.com/the-town-story/history/

1066 Country
https://www.visit1066country.com/

Other Useful Internet Resources

Wayback Machine – An Internet Archive initiative to build a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artefacts in digital form. It holds literally hundreds of billions of web pages collected over time. If a website has gone offline, it might well be found here.
https://web.archive.org/

Internet Archive – A non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites and more
https://archive.org/

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