Worcestershire County Council

• Worcestershire County Council website
• County Museum
• Historic Environment and Archaeology Service including

  • Worcestershire Archaeology on Facebook - the official Facebook page of Worcestershire Historic Environment and Archaeology Service. Latest events, discoveries and news about WHEAS.
  • Worcestershire Tithe and Inclosure Map Project
  • Online Archaeology Library
  • Online Ceramic database
• Record Office
• Worcestershire Libraries (includes online catalogue of books) If the link to Worcestershire Libraries is not working, go to the Worcestershire County Council website and follow the 'Leisure and Culture' link.
• Countryside Services includes

  • Worcestershire Heritage Services
  • Online map of Worcestershire (high zoom available; numbered Rights of Way; distance measurement in the Toolkit at the foot of the page) Please note that this page may be slow to load.
  • Rights of Way - when the page appears, use the navigation bar on the lefthand side of the page
  • For Open Access Land, see Natural England listed under Government in the Further Sources section, below).

   

Local Archaeology Groups etc.

• Kidderminster and District Archaeology and History Society
• North Worcestershire Archaeology Group
• Worcestershire Archaeological Society
• Worcestershire Biological Records Centre The WRBC are compiling the Worcestershire Ancient Tree Register.
• The Worcestershire Local History Forum
• Worcestershire Industrial Archaeology and Local History Society
• Worcestershire Young Archaeologists' Club
• A further list of local organisations, held at the WHEAS website.
  

Museums and Heritage Sites

• Avoncroft Museum of Historic Buildings
• Worcester City Museums

Archaeology Organisations

• Ancient Monuments Society
• Association of Archaeological Illustrators and Surveyors
• The British Archaeological Society
• British Society of Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology
• Council for British Archaeology
• Council for Independent Archaeology
• Institute of Field Archaeologists
• Online-Archaeology

Museums

• The British Museum
• Culture 24 - 'Latest news, exhibition reviews, links, listings and education resources from thousands of UK museums, galleries, archives and libraries, all in one place.'
• The Imperial War Museum
• The Natural History Museum
• The Science Museum

Further Resources

• BBC History Zone
• CVMA - Medieval stained glass in Britain
• English Heritage (see also National Monuments Record, below)
• Geophysical Survey Database - provides an on-line index of the archaeological geophysical surveys undertaken by the Archaeometry Branch of the Ancient Monuments Laboratory since 1972.
• Government

  • Natural England - Natural England is the government’s advisor on the natural environment.
    
    • Includes Open Access Land
  • DEFRA
  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport
  • The National Archives - The Public Record Office (PRO) and the Historical Manuscripts Commission (HMC) have now joined together as The National Archives.
• Maps
  
  • Google Maps - online maps, satellite images and street-level photographs
  • Old Maps - a website providing free viewing of old maps.
  • Ordnance Survey - full map catalogue including historical, online ordering, custom maps centred on location of your choice.
  • streetmap.co.uk - online map. Enter grid reference, post code or place name.
• Metal detecting and the Law - at Historic Herefordshire online.
• National Monuments Record - part of English Heritage.

  • Old photographs of England - tens of thousands of digital images dating from the 1850s.
  • Contemporary images of historic England - a photographic record of England's listed buildings at the millennium. Over 230,000 images.
  • Information on old buildings and ancient sites - the information published online is taken from English Heritage's national historic environment database
• Portable Antiquities Scheme - a voluntary recording scheme for archaeological objects found by members of the public.

  • Database
• The Tree Council - run the Green Monuments Campaign to protect trees. "In contrast to historic buildings, there are no legal safeguards specific to ancient trees or others of heritage significance."
• Time Team - website of the Channel 4 TV programme.

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