Raleigh or Ralegh, Sir Walter, 1554?–1618, English soldier, explorer, courtier, and man of letters
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Atkins, P.J. The directories of London, 1677-1977. London; New York: Mansell, 1990.
SML, Stacks Z5771.4 G7 A85 1990 (LC)
Atlas of British overseas expansion. Ed. A. N. Porter. London: Routledge, 1991.
SML, Stacks G1805 A8X 1991 (LC)
Atlas of British social and economic history since c.1700. Ed. Rex Pope. New York, NY: Macmillan, 1989.
SML, Stacks HC253 +A86 1989 (LC)
The city of London: from prehistoric times to c.1520. Ed. Mary D. Lobel. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press in conjunction with Historic Towns Trust, 1989.
SML, Stacks Folio G1814 A1 C57 1989 (LC)
SML, Map Collection Folio G1814 A1 C57 1989 (LC)
Ekwald, Eilert. Concise Oxford dictionary of English place names. 4th ed. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1960.
SML, Main Reference Room DA645 E4 1960
SML, Stacks DA 645 E4 1960
Freeman-Grenville, G.S.P. Atlas of British history. London: Rex Collings, 1979.
SML, Main Reference Room G1805 F74 1979 (LC)
Gelling, Margaret. Names of towns and cities in Britain. London: B.T. Batsford, 1970.
SML, Main Reference Room DA645 G45
Geograph British Isles.
The Geograph British Isles website intends to collect a geographically representative photograph for every square kilometer of the British Isles, and so far it would be fair to say they are doing a fine job. You may browse through the existing photos using an interactive map of the British Isles or through a search engine.
Great Britain. Ordnance Survey.
The website for Britain's national mapping agency. While including primarily current mapping data, the site does provide access to current lists of both computerized, printed, and multimedia publications of the Survey.
Great Britain. Ordnance survey. The ordnance survey atlas of Great Britain. London: Country Life Books, 1982.
SML, Map Collection, Atlases G1812.2 +G75 1982 (LC)
British Art, Reference G1812.2 +G75 1982 (LC)
pp.144-157 include thematic maps with text illustrating the historical geography of Britain from prehistory through the late 19th century.
Historians' guide to early British maps: a guide to the location of pre-1900 maps of the British Isles preserved in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Edited by Helen Wallis. London: Offices of the Royal Historical Society, 1994.
SML, Stacks GA93 H58X 1994 (LC)
British Art, Reference GA193 G7 H58 1994 (LC)
Hodson, Donald. County atlases of the British Isles, published after 1703: a bibliography. Welwyn, Hertfordshire, England: Tewin, 1984.
SML, Map Collection Z6027 G7 H623 (LC)
Hodson, Yolanda. Ordnance surveyors' drawings, 1789-c.1840: the original maps of the first ordnance survey of England and Wales from the British map library. Reading, England:Research Publications, 1989.
SML, Map Collection Z6027 G +H66 1989 (LC)
John Bartholomew and Son. Bartholomew's gazetteer of Britain. Comp. Oliver Mason. Edinburgh: J. Bartholomew, 1977.
SML, Main Reference Room DA640 +B24 1977
Jowett, Alan. Jowett's railway atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: from pre-grouping to the present day. Wellingborough, England: Stephens, 1989.
SML, Stacks G1812.21 P3 +J68 1989 (LC)
Maps of Scotland 1560-1928
Included here are about 800 of the most important maps from the first four centuries of the mapping of Scotland.
 
Moore, John N. The historical cartography of Scotland: a guide to the literature of Scottish maps and mapping prior to the ordnance survey. 2nd ed. Aberdeen: Department of Geography, University of Aberdeen, 1991.
SML, Map Collection Z6027 S42 +M64 1991 (LC)
Norton, Jane Elizabeth. Guide to the national and provincial directories of England and Wales, excluding London, published before 1856. London: Offices of the Royal Historical Society, 1984.
British Art, Reference Z5771 N67 1984 (LC)
Shaw, Gareth. British directories: a bibliography and guide to directories published in England and Wales (1850-1950) and Scotland (1773-1950). 2nd ed. London; Nerndon, VA: Mansell, 1997.
SML, Main Reference Room Z5771.4 G7 S52 1997 (LC)
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