Libraries and Archives

 

Local libraries and archives

• East Sussex local and family history resources
  • Local studies holdings: includes books, newspapers, magazines, census returns, maps, directories, electoral registers, parish registers, multimedia
    • Lewes Directories Holdings
  • Online resources for local history
  • Resources for researching the history of buildings and houses
  • Resources for researching your family history
  • Lewes Library
  • The Keep (East Sussex Records Office, etc)

• Sussex Archaeological Society Library

• Brighton and Hove Libraries
  • Brighton History Centre: resources on local history of Brighton

• University of Sussex Library
  • Special Collections
    Including collections relating to Rudyard Kipling, the Bloomsbury Group, and the Mass-Observation Archive

• University of Brighton Library

National Library and Archives

• The National Archives
  • Discovery – Search across detailed catalogues held by The National Archives at Kew, and more than 2,500 archives across the UK

• The British Library

• British History Online
  Digital library containing some of the core printed primary and secondary sources for the medieval and modern history of the British Isles, created by the Institute of Historical Research and the History of Parliament Trust

• Historical Directories
  University of Leicester’s digital library of local and trade directories for England and Wales, from 1750-1919, containing reproductions of rare and essential tools for research into local and genealogical history