Organisations and Links

Books by David Simpson

General

• Ancient Monuments Society
• http://www.ancientmonumentssociety.org.uk
• Ancient British Kingdoms
•  http://users.breathe.co.uk/kiss/page2.html
• Ancient Kingdoms of Britain and Ireland
• http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~plk/History/BritainIndex.htm
• Association for Industrial Archaeology
• http://www.industrial-archaeology.org.uk
• Bedes World (Jarrow)
• http://www.bedesworld.co.uk
• Bibliography of place name studies
• http://www.reading.ac.uk/~lhsjamse/courses/vikings/pnames.htm
• British Association for Local History
• http://www.balh.co.uk
• British History site (BBC)
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/
• Coal Mining (N.E) historical information Resource
• http://www.dmm.org.uk/
• Culture North East
• http://www.culturenortheast.org/WhatisCNE.html
• Dot to Domesday
• http://www.stephen.j.murray.btinternet.co.uk/in_pre.htm
• English Civil War Society Ltd
• http://www.jpbooks.com/ecws
• English Heritage
• http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/
• English Place Name Society
• http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/~aezps/research/EPNS/page1.htm
• English Place­names (Survey of their History)
• http://sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/engplnam.html
• FreeFoto.Com
• http://www.freefoto.com
• Folkworks - traditional northern music
• http://www.folkworks.co.uk
• Graeme Peacock, Photographs of the North
• http://www.graeme-peacock.com/g_photographs/g-06.htm
• Guild of One Name Studies
• http://www.one-name.org
• Heritage Railway Association
• http://www.ukhrail.uel.ac.uk
• Institute of Historical Studies
• http://www.history.ac.uk/
• Island name origins in Orkney
• http://www.orkneyjar.com/placenames/pl-isle.htm
• Jorvik Viking Centre (York)
• http://www.jorvik-viking-centre.co.uk/
• National Trust
• http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/
• National and Regional Identities in the UK
• http://elt.britcoun.org.pl/i_index.htm
• North Eastern Railway Association
• http://www.dur.ac.uk/-dit8bls/nera6frm.doc
• Place name Societies
• http://www.st-and.ac.uk/institutes/sassi/spns/othersoc.htm
• Place names and Dialect in Scotland
• http://www.grian.demon.co.uk/spn.html
• Place Names Dale, Holm etc
• http://www.ramsdale.org/dalr.htm
• Place names in Cumbria
• http://www.parklife.co.uk/lakes/locfacts/names.htm
• Place names in England
• http://www.personal.leeds.ac.uk/~llcrh/mapfra.htm
• Place names in Northumberland
• http://pages.unisonfree.net/futers/places.htm
• Place names in the Danelaw
• http://viking.no/e/england/danelaw/epl-danelaw.htm
• Place names in the Lake District (Cumbria)
• http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~stu/names1.htm
• Place names in Yorkshire
• http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/Misc/Where/QuickGuide.html
• Place names of Viking origin in England
• http://viking.no/e/england/e-pl-england.htm
• Place names of Viking origin in Normandy
• http://www.viking.no/e/france/lndscpe-place-names.htm
• Place names of Viking origin in the Isle of Man
• http://www.leighctc.kent.sch.uk/curr/human/domesday.dir/angmulti/vikings/iom/names.htm
• Railway and Canal Historical Society
• http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/external/rchs/index.html
• Railway Heritage UK
• http://ukhrail.uel.ac.uk/abc.html
• Regia Anglorum
• http://www.regia.org
• Rheged Visitor Centre
• http://www.rheged.com
• Roman Britain
• http://www.roman-britain.org/main.htm
• Romans in Britain (Tribes)
• http://www.romans-in-britain.org.uk/clb_tribe_brigantes.htm
• Roman Britain Timeline
• http://www.britannia.com/history/romantime.html
• Sealed Knot
• http://www.sealedknot.org.uk
• Surtees Society
• http://www.dur.ac.uk/surtees.society/surtees.htm
• The Northern Echo
• http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk
• Viking Answers
• http://www.vikinganswerlady.org
• Viking Data Download Area
• http://www.anglia.co.uk/angmulti/vikings/vikdata.html
• Viking heritage database
• http://viking.hgo.se/
• Viking public assemblies
• http://www.shef.ac.uk/~assem/5/turner.html
• Viking Society for Northern Research
• http://www.nott.ac.uk/~aezjj/homepage.html
• Vikings in Normandy and Yorkshire
• http://www.viking.no/e/heritage/e_yorkshire_norman_familynames.htm
• Yorkshire Geological Society
• http://www.yorksgeolsoc.org.uk

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Durham/Teesside

• Architectural and Archaeological Society of Durham and Northumberland
• http://www.archaeology.co.uk/directory/viewsoc.asp?soc=658
• Auckland Castle (Bishop Auckland)
• http://www.auckland-castle.co.uk
• Beamish Museum (County Durham)
• http://www.beamish.org.uk/splash.htm
• Bedes World (Jarrow)
• http://www.bedesworld.co.uk
• Bowes Museum (Barnard Castle)
• http://www.bowesmuseum.org.uk/
• Chester-le-Street District Council
• www.chester-le-street.gov.uk
• Cleveland and Teesside Local History Society
• http://www.ctlhs.org.uk
• Coal Mining (N.E) historical information Resource
• http://www.dmm.org.uk/
• Crook and District Local History Society
• http://www.wearvalley.gov.uk/history/hissoc.htm
• Darlington Borough Council
• www.darlington.gov.uk
• Darlington Railway Centre and Museum
• http://www.drcm.org.uk
• Derwentside District Council
• www.derwentside.gov.uk
• Durham Branch Historical Association
• http://www.dur.co.uk/dedbgrb
• Durham Cathedral
• http://www.durhamcathedral.co.uk
• Durham City Council
• www.durhamcity.gov.uk
• Durham County Council
• www.durham.gov.uk
• Durham Diocese
• http://www.durham.anglican.org
• Durham Mining Museum
• http://www.dmm.org.uk/
• Durham University
• http://www.dur.ac.uk
• Easington District Council
• www.easington.gov.uk
• Friends of Beamish Museum
• http://www.beamish.org.uk/splash.htm
• Hartlepool Borough Council
• http;//www.hartlepool.gov.uk
• Hartlepool Museums
• http://www.thisishartlepool.com/museum/links.html
• Kilhope Wheel (Weardale)
• http://www.durham.gov.uk/durhamcc/usp.nsf/web/pages/killhope+index+page
• Littlefair family history website
• http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/littlefair/
• more information about the Littlefairs on this site
• Middlesbrough Borough Council
• http://www.middlesbrough.gov.uk
• National Glass Centre (Sunderland)
• http://www.nationalglasscentre.co.uk
• North East Regional Information Service
• http://www.thenortheast.com
• Northumbria Tourist Board
• http://www.ntb.org.uk
• Raby Castle
• http://www.rabycastle.com
• Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council
• www.redcar-cleveland.gov.uk
• Sedgefield Borough Council
• www.sedgefield.gov.uk
• South Tyneside Borough
• http://www.s-tyneside-mbc.gov.uk
• Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council
• www.stockton-bc.gov.uk
• Sunderland City Council
• http://www.sunderland.gov.uk/
• Surtees Society (Durham)
• http://www.dur.ac.uk/surtees.society/surtees.htm
• Tanfield Railway
• http://www.tanfield-railway.co.uk
• Teesdale District Council
• www.teesdale.gov.uk
• The Northern Echo
• http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk
• Timothy Hackworth Museum
• http://www.hackworthmuseum.co.uk/
• University of Sunderland
• http://www.sunderland.ac.uk
• Washington Old Hall
• http://www.washington.co.uk/oldhall
• Wear Valley District Council
• www.wearvalley.gov.uk
• Wheatley Hill History Club
• http://www.members.home.net/wheathill/history/index.htm

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Northumberland/Tyne&Wear

• Alnwick Castle
• http://www.alnwickcastle.com/
• Alnwick District Council
• http://www.alnwick.gov.uk/
• Arbeia Roman fort (South Shields)
• http://www.s-tyneside-mbc.gov.uk/Tourism/Arbeia.htm
• Architectural and Archaeological Society of Durham and Northumberland
• http://www.archaeology.co.uk/directory/viewsoc.asp?soc=658
• Berwick upon Tweed District Council
• http://www.berwick-upon-tweed.gov.uk/
• Blyth Valley District Council
• http://www.blythvalley.gov.uk/
• Bowes Railway (Gateshead)
• http://www.bowesrailway.co.uk/
• Castle Morpeth Borough Council
• http://www.castlemorpeth.gov.uk/
• Chillingham Castle
• http://www.chillingham-castle.com/
• Coal Mining (N.E) historical information Resource
• http://www.dmm.org.uk/
• Friends of Beamish Museum
• http://www.beamish.org.uk/splash.htm
• Gateshead Borough Council
• http://www.gateshead.gov.uk
• Hadrian's Wall Country
• http://hadrianswallcountry.org
• Literary and Philosophical Society (Newcastle)
• http://www.btinternet.com/~litphil.library/history.htm
• National Glass Centre
• http://www.nationalglasscentre.co.uk
• Newcastle City Council
• http://www.newcastle.gov.uk/
• Newcastle Museums
• http://museums.ncl.ac.uk/archive
• North Tyneside Borough Council
• http://www.northtyneside.gov.uk/
• North Tyneside Steam Railway
• http://www.ntsra.org.uk
• Northumberland County Council
• http://www.northumberland.gov.uk/
• Northumbria Tourist Board
• http://www.ntb.org.uk
• Seaton Delaval Hall
• http://www.seatondelaval.org.uk/history/seaton-delaval-hall.htm
• Society of Antiquaries Newcastle upon Tyne
• socantiqs@ncl.ac.uk
• South Tyneside Borough Council
• http://www.s-tyneside-mbc.gov.uk
• Sunderland City Council
• http://www.sunderland.gov.uk/
• Surtees Society
• http://www.dur.ac.uk/surtees.society/surtees.htm
• Tanfield Railway
• http://www.tanfield-railway.co.uk
• The Border Reivers
• http://www.northumberland.gov.uk/VG/rvattrac.html
• Trimontium Museum
• http://www.trimontium.freeserve.co.uk
• Tynedale District Council
• http://www.tynedale.gov.uk/
• University of Newcastle Upon Tyne
• http://www.ncl.ac.uk
• University of Northumbria at Newcastle
• http://www.northumbria.ac.uk
• University of Sunderland
• http://www.sunderland.ac.uk
• Vindolanda Roman fort
• http://www.vindolanda.com
• Wansbeck District Council
• http://www.wansbeck.gov.uk/
• Washington Old Hall
• http://www.washington.co.uk/oldhall

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Yorkshire

• Armley Mills (Leeds)
• http://www.leeds.gov.uk/tourinfo/attract/museums/armley
• Barnsley Borough Council
• http://www.barnsley.gov.uk/
• Bedale Museum
• http://www.bedale.com/thingstodo/museum.htm
• Beverley Minster
• http://www.beverleyminster.co.uk
• Bolton Castle
• http://www.boltoncastle.co.uk/
• Bradford (City of) Council
• http://www.bradford.gov.uk/
• Calderdale Borough Council
• http://www.calderdale.gov.uk
• Captain Cook Birthplace Museum
• http://www.teesside1.com/CookMuseum.htm
• Castle Howard
• http://www.castlehoward.co.uk
• Craven District Council
• www.cravendc.demon.co.uk
• Doncaster Borough Council
• http://www.doncaster.gov.uk/
• Duncombe Park
• http://www.duncombepark.com
• East Riding of Yorkshire County
• http://www.east-riding-of-yorkshire.gov.uk/home.html
• Fountains Abbey
• http://www.fountainsabbey.org.uk
• Hambleton District Council
• www.hambleton.gov.uk
• Harrogate Borough Council
• www.harrogate.gov.uk
• Harrogate Museums
• http://www.harrogate.gov.uk/museums
• Hull (Kingston-upon-Hull City) Council
• http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/
• Hull Museums
• http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/museums
• Jorvik Viking Centre
• http://www.jorvik-viking-centre.co.uk/
• King Richard III Museum
• http://www.richardiiimuseum.co.uk/html/about.htm
• Kirklees Borough Council
• http://www.kirkleesmc.gov.uk/index.asp
• Leeds City Council
• http://www.leeds.gov.uk
• Middleton Railway (Leeds)
• http://www.middletonrailway.org.uk
• National Museum of Film and Photography
• http://www.nmpft.org.uk
• North York Moors National Park
• http://www.northyorkmoors-npa.gov.uk
• North York Moors Historical Railway Trust
• http://www.northorkshiremoorsrailway.com
• North Yorkshire County Council
• www.northyorks.gov.uk
• North Yorkshire Moors Historical Railway Trust
• http://www.nymr.demon.co.uk
• Richard III Society
• http://www.richardIII.net 7HR
• Richmondshire District Council
• www.richmondshire.gov.uk
• Ripley Castle
• http://www.ripleycastle.co.uk/go.htm
• Ripon Cathedral
• http://www.riponcathedral.org.uk
• Ripon Local Studies Research Centre
• http://www.communigate.co.uk/ne/riponlsrc/
• Rotherham Borough Council
• http://www.rotherham.gov.uk/
• Royal Armouries
• http://www.armouries.org.uk
• Ryedale District Council
• www.ryedale.gov.uk
• Ryedale Folk Museum
• http://www.ryedalefolkmuseum.co.uk
• Scarborough Archaeological and Historical Society
• archaeology@scarborough.co.uk
• Scarborough Borough Council
• www.e-sbc.co.uk
• Selby District Council
• www.selby.gov.uk
• Sheffied City Council
• http://www.sheffield.gov.uk/
• Sheffield Industrial Museum's Trust
• http://www.simt.co.uk
• Surtees Society
• http://www.dur.ac.uk/surtees.society/surtees.htm
• Thirsk Museum
• http://www.thirskmuseum.org
• Tom Leonard Museum
• http://www.ironstonemuseum.co.uk
• Wakefield City Council
• http://www.wakefield.gov.uk/community/museumsarts/wkmuseum.htm
• Wensleydale Railway Association
• http://www.wensleydalerailway.com
• York (City of) Council
• http://www.york.gov.uk
• York Minster
• http://www.yorkminster.org
• York Museums
• http://www.york.gov.uk/heritage/museums/index.html
• Yorkshire Archaeological Society
• http://www.yas.org.uk
• Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority
• http://www.yorkshiredales.org.uk
• Yorkshire Dialect Sites
• http://rajeev.freeuk.com/dacha/yds/3pw-0.htm
• Yorkshire Dialect Society Homepage
• http://www.clanvis.com/loc/dialect/
• Yorkshire Dialect Website
• http://www.ucrysj.ac.uk/dialect/
• Yorkshire Dialect Words of Old Norse Origin
• http://www.viking.no/e/england/yorkshire_norse.htm
• Yorkshire Geological Society
• http://www.yorksgeolsoc.org.uk
• Yorkshire Ridings' Society North Riding Group
• chrisabbott@cix.co.uk
• Yorkshire Tourist Board
• http://www.ytb.org.uk
• Yorkshire Vernacular Buildings Study Group
• http://www.yvbsg.org.uk

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