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Much of the data on ePodunk is gleaned through personal visits to communities, and extensive use of the holdings of institutions such as the National Archives, British Library and city central libraries. We also gather information from thousands of published and online sources.

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Books, reference works and other media consulted by ePodunk include:

101 Great Scots, Allan Massie

A

As Spoken in Berwick, Fred Kennington
Atlas of British Overseas Expansion, ed. A.N. Porter

B

BBC
Bellamy's Britain, David Bellamy
Beyond the Grave: Exploring Newcastle's Burial Grounds, Alan Morgan
The Book of British Birthplaces, A.J. & Marilyn Mullay
Brewer's Britain & Ireland, John Ayto and Ian Crofton
Britain by Rail, LaVerne Ferguson-Kosinski
British Literary Anecdotes, Robert Hendrickson

C

The Caithness Dictionary, Iain Sutherland
Canada's Heritage in Scotland, Ged Martin and Jeffrey Simpson
Cassell's Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland
Cathedrals of Britain, David L. Edwards
The Chadsworth Villages, Diane Naylor
The City That Refused to Die, Michael Keating
Coasting, Jonathan Raban
Collins Encyclopaedia of Scotland, eds. John Keay and Julia Keay
The Companion Guide to Outer London, Simon Jenkins
The Complete Patter, Michael Munro

D

Devon Landmark Visitors Guide, Brian le Messurier
Dr. Johnson's London, Liza Picard

E

Edinburgh Literary Companion, Andrew Lownie
The Emigrant Scots, Michael Brander
The Encyclopedia of Britain, John Ayto and Ian Crofton
English Historic Houses Handbook, Neil Burton
English Journey, J.B. Priestley

F

A Fine and Private Place: Jesmond Old Cemetery, Alan Morgan
Forging the Valley, David Hey et al

G

Gazetteer of British Place Names
The Glasgow Visitor Guide, Colin Baxter
Global London, Philip Baker & Jeehoon Kim
The Guardian
A Guide to Welsh Place-Names, Anthony Lias

H

A Handbook to the Civil Registration Districts of England and Wales, Brett Langston
The Heart of Glasgow, Jack House
A History of Sheffield, David Hey
A History of Wales, J.E. Lloyd
The Honourable Company: A History of the English East India Company, John Keay
How the Scots Invented the Modern World, Arthur Herman

I

Images of Wales - Mumbles, David Gwynn
The Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales, (1870-72)
The Independent
An Introduction to Church Registers, Lilian Gibbens

K

The Kingdom by the Sea, Paul Theroux

L

Landmarks of Britain, Clive Aslet
Literary England, David E. Sherman and Richard Wilcox
A Literary Guide to the Lake District, Grevel Lindop
Literary Landscapes of the British Isles, David Daiches and John Flower
Liverpool: A People’s History, Aughton
The Local Historian's Encyclopedia, John Richardson
The London Companion, Jo Swinnerton
The London Encyclopaedia, eds. Ben Weinreb and Christopher Hibbert

M

The Making of Sheffield, Melvyn Jones
The Matter of Wales: Epic Views of a Small Country, Jan Morris

N

The Names of Towns and Cities in Britain, W.F.H. Nicolaisen et al
A New Genealogical Atlas of Ireland, Brian Mitchell
Notes from a Small Island, Bill Bryson

O

Old English Towns, W. Andrews & Elsie M. Lang
Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland
Oxford Companion to English Literature, ed. Margaret Drabble
Oxford Dictionary of London Place Names, A.D. Mills
The Oxford Illustrated Literary Guide to Great Britain & Ireland, eds. Dorothy Eagle and Hilary Carnell

P

Pax Britannica, Jan Morris
Peak Villages, Karen Frenkel and Roly Smith
Pembrokeshire Past and Present, Brian John
Pevsner Architectural Studies - Liverpool, Joseph Sharples
The Phillimore Atlas & Index of Parish Registers, Cecil R. Humphery-Smith
Place Names and Field Names of Northumberland, Stan Beckensall
Place Names of Great Britain and Ireland, John Field
Place-Names of Northern Ireland
The Place Names of Wales, Hywel Wyn Owen
Proper Brummie, Carl Chinn and Steve Thorne
Proper Brummie: A Dictionary of Birmingham Words And Phrases, Carl Chinn and Steve Thorne

R

Registration Districts, Ray Wiggins
Rules, Britannia, Toni Summers Hargis
Rural Rides, William Cobbett

S

Scotland: The Place of Visions, Jan Morris & Paul Wakefield
Scotland's Empire, 1600-1815, T.M. Devine
The Scotsman
Scottish Firsts, Elspeth Wills
Scottish Place-names, David Ross
A Smack in the Pus: A Scots Slang Phrasebook, Scott Simpson
Spik o the Place, Norman Harper
The Story of Britain: A People's History, Roy Strong

T

A Tale of Two Cities: A Study in Manchester and Sheffield, Ian Taylor et al
The Times
To Rule the Waves, Arthur Herman
Topographical Dictionary of England, Samuel Lewis
Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, Samuel Lewis
Topographical Dictionary of Scotland, Samuel Lewis
The Topographical, Statistical, and Historical Gazetteer of Scotland, 1847
Transatlantic Scots, ed. Celeste Ray

V

Victoria History of the Counties of England

W

Walking Dickensian London, Richard Jones
Walking Shakespeare's London, Nicholas Robins
Where They Lived in London, Maurice Rickards

Y

Yorkshire Greats, Dawn G. Robinson-Walsh



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