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History
You
can find out more about public information held in archives by calling West
Sussex County Council's Record Office on (01243) 753600 or by visiting the West
Sussex County Council Record Office website (www.westsussex.gov.uk/ccm/navigation/libraries-and-archives/record-office).
For more local history see our :
Useful old photographs research external websites :
Note : Once you are on the external websites listed below the search results may display slowly due to the number of photos being downloaded. Some of the following websites offer free photos, but some are a chargable service for more than thumbnail images.
- West
Sussex Past local history website (www.westsussexpast.org.uk) with
links on to :
- West Sussex Past Pictures website (www.westsussexpast.org.uk/pictures/index.html) : Search over 5,000 old photos and illustrations in and around West Sussex dating back to the 1640s.
- West
Sussex Past Gateway (www.westsussexpast.org.uk/gateway) :
Search over 2 million records from 28 heritage databases simultaneously,
provided by 14 heritage information organisations, including the County
Library Service, County Record Office, museums, societies and universities.
- West
Sussex County Council photo database (www.westsussex.gov.uk/ccm/content/libraries-and-archives/record-office/picture-archives/photographic-database.jsp?g11n.enc=UTF-8) :
Contains details of over 30,000 photographs held in the Record Office together
with nearly 5,000 digital images.
- WSGfL
Victorian West Sussex (http://victorians.westsussex.gov.uk/ccm/portal/)
- English Heritage :
- Viewfinder : Photos from the National Monuments Record Archive (NMR) (http://viewfinder.english-heritage.org.uk/home.asp?JS=True)
- Photo
collections (www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.1506)
- Francis Frith photos : Two websites containing
old photos covering the whole of the UK (and historical
Ordnance Survey maps)
www.francisfrith.com or www.frithphotos.com- Francis Frith photos of Shoreham-by-Sea (www.francisfrith.com/search/england/sussex/shoreham-by-sea/)
- Francis Frith photos of Southwick (www.francisfrith.com/search/england/sussex/southwick/)
- Francis Frith photos of Lancing (www.francisfrith.com/search/england/sussex/lancing/)
- Francis Frith photos of Sompting (www.francisfrith.com/search/england/sussex/sompting/)
- Francis Frith photos of other towns and places in West Sussex (www.francisfrith.com/search/england/west+sussex/)
- Francis Frith photos of other towns and places in East Sussex (www.francisfrith.com/search/england/east+sussex/)
- Francis Frith photos of counties in England (www.francisfrith.com/search/england/)
- Francis Frith photos of places in Scotland (www.francisfrith.com/search/scotland/)
- Francis Frith photos of places in Wales (www.francisfrith.com/search/wales/)
- Francis Frith photos of places in N.Ireland (www.francisfrith.com/search/northern+ireland/)
- Francis Frith photos of places in Eire (www.francisfrith.com/search/eire/)
- Francis Frith photos of places in Isle of Man(www.francisfrith.com/search/isle+of+man/)
- Francis
Frith photos of places in Channel Islands(http://www.francisfrith.com/search/channel+islands/)
- Footsteps
photos (www.footstepsphotos.co.uk/main_index.htm)
- St.
Andrews University Library Special Collections - Photographic Archive (http://special.st-andrews.ac.uk/saspecial)
- Cities Revealed On-line : Modern and Historic
aerial photography (with old 1940's aerial photos) : temporarily not working
: www.shockymap.com/timemachine/index.htm
- See also our mapping section - which contains many links to external websites with old maps on-line.
