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Full-text editions of primary sources, such as the journals of the houses of Parliament or manorial records such as feet of fines.

Modern synthetic historical writing, including the Victoria County History and the Survey of London.

Printed guides and calendars of manuscript collections, such as the Calendars of State Papers.

Dictionaries and gazetteers of places, property, goods and commodities.

Maps from the Ordnance Survey and historic maps from before 1800.