Before I cut and paste the list, just wanted to let you know I may be out of posting range for a few weeks. off on the Cochrane's annual holiday!

Some historical resource:

Contemporary to the time: Pictures, books, plays, poetry, paintings, artefacts, photographs, newspapers, church magazines, films, postcards.

Museums specialising in or stately homes/houses/churches dating from the era, especially those which have a ‘living history’ element.

TV documentaries, well researched historical dramas/docudramas.

The Max Arthur series of books containing soldiers’/sailors’/airmen’s recollections of twentieth century wars. (Or any books of contemporary letters.)

Some of the less obvious links:

http://archive.timesonline.co.uk (Newspaper)

http://www.smallandspecial.org/ (Children’s hospital, Victorian/Edwardian)

http://www.marquise.de/en/1900/index.shtml (Fashions, etc)

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ (All sorts of things)

http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/ (Trials)

http://www.societe-jersiaise.org/photographic-archive/ (Photos through the ages)

http://historicromance.wordpress.com/ (The Macaronis - this site contains lots of goodies, including articles on writing historical works and items of vital importance to the writer, such as essays about underwear through the ages, eg: http://historicromance.wordpress.com/2008/11/04/the-history-of-mens-underpants-part-one/)

http://collections.vam.ac.uk/ Victoria and Albert Museum (artefacts, fashion, jewellery, etc)

http://www.etymonline.com (words)

http://www.worldwidewords.org/indexes/search.htm (words)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/ (news archive, some historical articles)

http://anglicanhistory.org/ (church history)

http://www.foodtimeline.org/ (food through the ages)