Internet resources: English Heritage’s historical archive catalogue now online

The public are now able to search online a catalogue describing more than a million historical photographs and documents relating to England’s historic buildings and archaeological sites held by the National Monuments Record (NMR), English Heritage’s public archive.

The details of the wealth of historical material the archive holds – images, plans, drawings, reports and publications covering England’s archaeology, architecture, social and local history – is held on a database which can now be accessed and searched online at www.englishheritagearchives.org.uk.

Until now, these searches had to be done in person at the NMR’s public search rooms in Swindon.

For the North West captioned pictures can be downloaded showing Lower Bridge Street in Chester, The Prospect Buildings in Macclesfield and both the Promenade and the Winter Gardens in Blackpool. Images from Manchester include the staircase in the John Rylands Library and the Deansgate Arcade.

Each catalogue item consists of a description and users can place orders online. A small percentage of the description is illustrated.