British History Online provides digitised primary and secondary sources for British history. These sources are fully searchable and free of charge. To find out how British History Online began, see our Digitisation section.

Highlights from British History Online

• Home page
• County histories - online volumes of county histories originally compiled by Victoria County History.
• Urban and metropolitan history - a range of online sources for the history of London and urban areas around the country.
• Parliamentary history - journals, diaries and other source material for the history of Parliament.

Remember: you can go straight to British History Online by using the 'Direct links' on the right, or by using the 'Quick links' on the IHR home page.

For more information about the British History Online project, including its digitisation processes, visit the project pages.