Useful Links

This site is closely associated with the Cromwell Museum’s own site www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/cromwell and the Cromwell Collection in Huntingdon, which contains the Association’s Library www.cromwellcollection.org.uk

There are many other sites on the web with information about Cromwell, the English Civil Wars and the Commonwealth and Protectorate. This page of links does not aim to be comprehensive, but hopefully a useful point of reference in other directions, but have a good look on this site and the associated sites first! 

Please inform us at [email protected] of any broken links and any sites that you find particularly useful and that are not referred to here.

The links have been categorised in to the following groups:

General materials 
– more information about Cromwell and the 17th Century, useful for a wide range of projects 
Research & Source materials 
– detailed information and links to some source materials
Related societies and organisations
Oddments!

General Materials 

http://www.historyonthenet.com/Civil_War/civilwarmain.htm 
- useful material aimed at Key Stage 3

www.schoolhistory.co.uk/year8links/civil.html 
- useful materials for Key Stages 3&4

http://www.nmm.ac.uk/server/show/conWebDoc.138
– aspects of life in the 17th century from the National Maritimes Museum’s site

www.schoolhistory.co.uk/games/duckshoot/civilwar.htm 
- a fun test of knowledge

www.englishcivilwar.net/useful_links.shtml 
- ways to follow up further information

http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/H/history/war/ masses of information including an interview with Professor Blair Worden 

www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/voices/voices_chester.shtml information about how the Civil War impacted on ordinary people in Chester

http://worcestershire.whub.org.uk/home/wccindex/wcc-arch/wcc-arch-research/wcc-arch-surv/wcc-arch-surv-civil-clubmen.htm?hilightTerm=clubmen
- detailed information about the Worcestershire Clubmen

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/civil_war_revolution/cromwell_01.shtml
- good reliable background information on Cromwell

http://tinyurl.com/or3eb
- compendium of information suitable for teachers and students undertaking projects on the period

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/stuart_england.htm
a range of articles on different aspects of the period including including Cromwell and the Civil War

www.learningcurve.gov.uk/civilwar
The National Archives own site with a great range of information drawing on their own collections to produce guidance for both teachers and students, along with suggested work for the classroom. It includes 'Was the Cromwellian Protectorate a military dictatorship?' Professor Barry Coward discusses the nature of the leadership of Britain's most controversial Head of State. This podcast is particularly suitable for Key Stage 5 students studying the Interregnum.

Research 
& Source 
Materials

http://www.histparl.ac.uk/the-commons-1640-1660.html
-the background to the on-going research project

http://www.british-history.ac.uk/period.aspx?period=7
- a fantastic range of source material is now accessible on the web via the
  British History on Line site. Although some is subscription-based a great deal
  is freely available.
- Within the site there are some real mines waiting to be quarried by
  historians of all interests for example Thurloes State papers :
  http://www.british-history.ac.uk/period.aspx?period=7&gid=101
- and the Acts and Ordinances of the Interregnum http://www.british-
  history.ac.uk/source.aspx?pubid=606

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/RdLeaflet.asp?sLeafletID=12&j=1
information on Civil War soldiers from the Public Record Office

http://www.exlibris.org/nonconform/engdis/index.html - extensive information on dissenters

http://www.npg.org.uk/live/room5.asp - National Portrait Gallery information about their 17th Century collections 

http://www.bl.uk/collections
/thomason.html#muscat_highlighter_first_match
- the Thomason Tracts Collection at the British Library 
- key material for the period

http://www.dartmouth.edu/%7Emilton/ 
- guide to materials relating to John Milton

http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=1163 
- Voice of the Shuttle 
– provides access to a range of source on 17th Century literature


http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1644cromwell-marston.html 
- letter from Cromwell to his brother in law after the|Battle of Marston Moor 

http://www.covenanter.org/Westminster/
directoryforpublicworship.htm 
- text of the Directory of Public Worship

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1653intrumentgovt.html
- text of the Instrument of Government

http://prestwidge.com/river/respublica 
- the full text of John Prestwich’s Respublica which has a lot of information about the Cromwell family and Oliver Cromwell’s funeral

http://www.pepysdiary.com/about/ 
- Pepys Diary site, not directly related to Cromwell but lots of useful background to the period 

Related organisations 

http://www.sealedknot.org/ 
- Information about events and activities of the re-enactment society

http://www.johnhampden.org 
- John Hampen Society’s site

http://www.arts.ualberta.ca/~dgay/Bunyan.htm
- John Bunyan Society 

http://www.bedfordmuseum.org/johnbunyanmuseum/bunyan_home.htm
- John Bunyan Museum

Oddments! 

http://08016.com/cromwell.html 
- the Oliver Cromwell Black Historical Society, named after an American soldier in the War of Independence

http://www.metrolyrics.com/oliver-cromwell-lyrics-monty-python.html
– lyric of the Monty Python song about Cromwell

http://www.kididdles.com/mouseum/o041.html 
- lyric of a traditional song about Cromwell 

http://17thcenturylifeandtimes.com/
- 17th Century Life & Times

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