Free Online Records Trade Directories ries War Dead

This month’s selection of free resources includes trade directories, a place-name database, memorial inscriptions and details of those who died in the world wars

Memorial Inscriptions w records.wffhs.org.uk

Search memorial inscriptions and other records transcribed by Waltham Forest Family History Society.

Place Names w tinyurl.com/essex-places

Search a database of fields, roads, inns, houses, farms, manors, rivers, streams and woods culled from tithe awards, surveys, maps etc.

Victoria County History w tinyurl.com/brit-his-essex

British History Online has the well-researched Victoria County History for Essex.

w tinyurl.com/ special-essex

The University of Leicester’s website Special Collections Online includes Kelly’s ’ directories of Essex for 1882, 1894, 1902 and 1914.

w chelmsfordwar memorial.co.uk

Find biographical information on local military personnel and civilians who lost their lives in the world wars.