Cope Collection, Special Collections, Hartley Library: Local History Websites (Hampshire & IoW)

• University of Southampton Guide to Archive and Manuscript Collections - Includes Hampshire Lieutenancy Papers 1828-1852, Broadlands Estate Papers

• Hampshire Archives and Local Studies 

• Isle of Wight County Record Office 

• Portsmouth History Centre and Records Office 

• Southampton City Archives 

• Hampshire County Council Archaeology and Historic Buildings Record  

• Hampshire Family History and Local History (Alan McGowan)

• Hampshire Register of Historic Parks and Gardens (Hampshire Garden Trust)

• Hantsphere

• Historic Environment Record (Heritage Gateway) search online for listed buildings, sites and monuments

• History in Portsmouth

• Isle of Wight History Centre (IoW Industrial Archaeology Society)

• PortCities Southampton - History of merchant shipping and port life in Southampton 1930-1945 (site archived)

• REED Records of Early English Drama (Hampshire)

• Sotonopedia - the online A-Z of Southampton's history

• Southampton Book Trade Project - digital collection offering a snapshot of the many treasures of Victorian Southampton to be found in our libraries, archives and museums

• Southampton Migration Films (Mayflower 400)

• Tudor Revels Southampton

• F.G.O.Stuart Postcards

• Hantsphere 

• Isle of Wight Historic Postcards (Steve Holden)

• PortCities Southampton (use search box to find illustrations) site archived

• Prints and Photographs (Hampshire Cultural Trust)  - select appropriate category in search box 

• University of Southampton Library Search 

• Hampshire County Library

• Isle of Wight Library Service

• New Forest Reference Library 

• Southampton City Libraries Local Studies Collection 

• University of Portsmouth Library - Holds many dissertations on Local History  

• Old Hampshire Mapped 

• Old-maps 

• Southampton Historic Maps (Southampton City Council)

• Portsmouth Museums and Records Oral History

• Southampton City Council Oral History Archive 

• Wessex Film and Sound Archive 

• Hampshire Field Club and Archaeological Society

• Hampshire Genealogical Society

• Hampshire Industrial Archaeology Society

• Hampshire Mills Group

• Isle of Wight Family History Society

• Isle of Wight Industrial Archaeology Society

• Isle of Wight Natural History and Archaeological Society

• Maritime Archaeology Trust

• New Forest History and Archaeology Group

See also Local history groups, Isle of Wight local history organisations

• Hampshire Cultural Trust (Museums) - Access to the Online Collections Search 

• Isle of Wight Museums

• New Forest Museum

• Portsmouth City Museums 

• Southampton City Museums - Access to the Southampton Archaeology Object Database

• Visit Hampshire - Museums list