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Extracts from the burgh records for 1403-1528 are now live. As well as extracts from the burgh records, the volume also includes extensive lists of city officers, extracts of charters and other appendices. The edition was originally prepared by J.D. Marwick for the Burgh Records Society, and our publication of it matches similar records for the burgh of Glasgow. Two more volumes (for the period up to 1571) will appear in the next few weeks. Read them all at: Our publication of Thurloe's collection nears completion, with the launch of volumes 5 and 6. They cover the period from May 1656 to March 1658, a period of intense diplomatic activity. The final two volumes will go live in the next few weeks. Read them all at: The final two volumes of the Victoria County History for Warwickshire are now live. Volumes 3 and 5 deal with the hundreds of Barlichway and Kington, and include the major town of Stratford-upon-Avon. Read them, and the rest of the volumes for Warwickshire (now complete) at: Volumes 2 and 3 are now live. Between them they cover the years 1654 and 1655. The remaining four volumes will appear in the next few weeks. Read them all at: This major new dataset is now live. It contains entries for nearly 4,000 terms relating to traded goods and commodities in early modern Britain, from well-known items such as beer, coffee or chocolate, to the more unusual, such as bezoar water or zoobditty match. It is published here with the kind permission and support of the University of Wolverhampton, and of the editors, Drs Nancy Cox and Karin Dannehl. Read more at: Two more volumes from the Victoria County History are now live. Volume 7 for Sussex concentrates on the rape of Lewes, including the county town itself, as well as the coastal areas around Brighton. The fourth volume for Hampshire now completes our holdings for the parishes of the county. Read more at: The second part of the VCH volume for the city of Chester is now live. It deals thematically with the economic, religious and cultural institutions of the city, and complements part 1, which is already live on BHO. Read them both at: Volume 6 of the VCH, for Knightlow hundred, is now live. The volume covers the parishes in the area surrounding Coventry and Warwick, and includes accounts of the boroughs of Leamington Spa and Rugby. Volumes 3 and 5 will be launched in the next few weeks, completing the VCH's topographical coverage of the county. Read them all at: Volume 1 of this series of seven volumes is now live. The series contains extensive diplomatic correspondence and other papers for the period 1638-60, collected by John Thurloe, and edited for publication by Thomas Birch in 1742. Thurloe was Secretary first to the Council of State and then to the two Protectors, Oliver and Richard Cromwell. The remaining six volumes will appear in the next two to three months. Read volume 1 at: The first quarter of 2007 has been a bumper period. Usage of BHO reached record levels this quarter, with just short of 1.2 million page views in January. The monthly average was over 1.1 million. The quarter saw the launch of more key resources for British history, building on key strengths of the site. Highlights included:
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