Wikipedia:WikiProject UK geography/Resources
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- Statistics: Office for National Statistics, Census related resources, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), Neighbourhood statistics (Parish data etc.)
- Population data (see below for England): Ayrshire, East (PDF), Falkirk, Moray, Lanarkshire, North
- 1997-2011 economic data, which includes gross value added (GVA) down to NUTS3 level as well as their industry sectors.
- Church of England Resources, publications, and data including parish-level census and deprivation information.
- Maps:
- Multimap (can't copy)
- Ordnance Survey: OS Get a map (can't copy) | Ordnance Survey OpenData | OS Maps of Scotland (and England) | Ordnance Survey for Northern Ireland (can't copy) | OS (Out of copyright) (open licensed!)
- OpenStreetMap (open licensed!) Community built maps which are incomplete, but good coverage of some areas/cities. See wikiproject
- out of copyright ordnance survey scans. Commercial restriction for direct image copying.
- Ordnance Survey® Election Maps–boundaries of civil parishes, wards, boroughs etc., up to street map scale. The draconian terms and conditions don't seem to prevent GFDL licensing of research by Wikipedia editors, as long as the editors themselves don't use the information for financial gain, and no-one copies actual extracts, mapping data or layers from the maps (so... can't copy)
- Books: There is a list of UK geography books and the Wikipedians who own them at Wikipedia:Library/Places#UK. You can request info from the owners of the relevant books. archive.org texts is a good source for copyright expired material.
- Websites: 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica [1], Historical Directories A Vision of Britain through Time OpenGeoscience (Geological data) NERC Soil Portal National Heritage Listed Buildings
- Photos
- Geograph British Isles project
- Geolocation.ws - Geotagged creative commons images from Wikimedia Commons, Panoramio, Picasa, Flickr
- Distance : GENUK&I distance gazetteer, Postcode distance calculator
- Archaeology: English Heritage Gateway 49 resources on England's historic sites and buildings. See also: Archaeological Data Services Search
England | |
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Bedfordshire | Bedfordshire facts & figures |
· Luton | |
Berkshire | West Berkshire 2001 Census data |
Bristol | Ward finder |
Buckinghamshire | |
· Milton Keynes | |
Cambridgeshire | |
· Peterborough | 2001 Census Profile of Peterborough Cambridgeshire County Council, June 2003 |
Cheshire | *George Ormerod, The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, Vol. 1 2 3, (1819) (Historical & census) |
· Halton | |
· Warrington | |
Cornwall | Parish population data |
· Isles of Scilly | |
Cumbria | Census 2001 |
Derbyshire | |
· Derby | |
Devon | See the Devon WikiProject list of resources. |
· Plymouth | |
· Torbay | |
Dorset | Parish population data (import should be complete) |
· Bournemouth | |
· Poole | |
County Durham | Durham County Council 2001 Census data |
· Darlington | |
· Hartlepool | |
· Stockton-on-Tees | |
East Riding of Yorkshire | |
· Kingston-upon-Hull | |
East Sussex | |
· Brighton and Hove | |
Essex | Epping Forest census data (includes 1961-2001) |
· Southend-on-Sea | |
· Thurrock | |
Gloucestershire | |
· South Gloucestershire | |
Greater London | |
Greater Manchester | |
Hampshire | 2001 census |
· Southampton | |
· Portsmouth | |
Herefordshire | 2001 census Population and demographics Excel sheet of Parish population histories |
Hertfordshire | Population and census data |
Isle of Wight | |
Kent | 2001 Census Area Profiles |
· Medway | |
Lancashire | |
· Blackburn with Darwen | |
· Blackpool | |
Leicestershire | Census 2001 |
· Leicester | |
Lincolnshire | Parish population profiles |
· North Lincolnshire | |
· North East Lincolnshire | |
Merseyside | |
Norfolk | Census population (Excel speadsheet) South Norfolk: parish data and ward data Links to parish websites in Breckland Breckland further data |
North Yorkshire | |
· York | |
· Middlesbrough | |
· Redcar and Cleveland | |
· Stockton-on-Tees | |
· Northamptonshire | |
Northumberland | Tynedale population data (PDF) |
Nottinghamshire | |
· Nottingham | |
Oxfordshire | |
Rutland | |
Shropshire | |
· Telford and Wrekin | |
Somerset | Parish population data |
· Bath and North East Somerset | Census Data |
· North Somerset | Census Information |
South Yorkshire | |
Staffordshire | Local government history |
· Stoke-on-Trent | |
Suffolk | |
Surrey | |
Tyne and Wear | |
Warwickshire | |
West Midlands | |
West Sussex | Ward profiles |
West Yorkshire | |
Wiltshire | Wiltshire Community History from Wiltshire County Council giving brief historical information and references for settlements including old maps and Population by community 1801–2001 census data |
· Swindon | Population by community 1801–2001 census data at Wiltshire Community History from Wiltshire County Council |
Worcestershire |