Resources

Useful links

Cumbria County Trust–a major online resource for the study of Cumbria, providing local histories of every parish and township in the county, and a wealth of other resources

Great Britain Historical Geographical Information System (GBHGIS)–digital collection of information about Britain’s localities as they have changed over time.

Guides to the Lakes–a cornucopia of historical Lake District maps, texts and photographs, including the Old Cumbria Gazetteer.

The Historical GIS Research Network–funded by a grant from the ESRC, this website contains a useful bibliography and list of resources.

Literary Geographies–an interdisciplinary open-access e-journal, whose homepage contains useful links and bibliography.

Corpus Query Processor (CQPweb)–a web-based corpus analysis system, intended to address the conflicting requirements for usability and power in corpus analysis software.

Spatial Humanities Place-name Proximity Search (SHPPS) Tool–a corpus analysis tool, incorporating CQPweb, that facilitates toponym-attribute collocation queries.

Vision of Britain Through Time–a robust assemblage of historical maps, statistics and reports documenting the changing social and cultural landscape of Britain between the 19c and 20c.