Jonathan Blaney, 02 February 2010

A new feature has recently been added to the historical maps on British History Online. This allows users to compare the historic map with a modern Ordnance Survey map on the same screen.

This function is available for both the 1:10560 and the 1:1,250 maps. Simply click on the "Show modern OS" button to see the modern map, and the same button will hide it again. The modern map can be dragged with the mouse to scroll.

It is already possible to view the historical map as a modern satellite image in a separate window.

Try out the new map comparison here:

• Maps

Dr Peter Webster, 15 January 2010

With the launch of volume 11, Blomefield's history is now complete. View all eleven volumes at:

• Norfolk, History of (Blomefield)

Send feedback > Are there other sources for the local history of Norfolk that you would like to see on BHO ? Do let us know.

Jonathan Blaney, 04 January 2010

Volumes eight and nine of Rymer's Foedera have now been published. This printed collection of treaties was published in the early eighteenth century; in the nineteenth century the Record Office produced a syllabus, or English summary, of its contents. To make the Foedera more useful and searchable we have combined the two texts in a tabular format, with the Syllabus entry on the left and the full text of the Foedera on the right. There are 18 more volumes of the Foedera, which will be published in the coming year. Read the series so far here:

• Foedera With Syllabus

Jonathan Blaney, 22 December 2009

The Calendar of Papal Registers relating to Great Britain and Ireland is now complete. These 14 volumes cover the period 1198 to 1492, and thus the papacy of Innocent III through to that of Innocent VIII. These volumes provide a detailed insight into the relations of the papacy with Great Britain and Ireland in the medieval period.

• Papal Documents

Jonathan Blaney, 11 December 2009

We have now made our annotation tool easier to use. If a text is available for annotation you can still follow the old procedure, and click on "Comment on this article" at the top of the page. However it is now also possible to double click the text you wish to annotate with the left mouse button. Using this function inserts a hyperlink at the relevant point in the text, so that your annnotation will be more easily spotted by others. We therefore hope this change will improve the experience for readers, who will be alerted to the presence of an annotation for the piece of text they are reading.

Note that once you have added an annotation you can view it and all of your other annotations in My account > View your annotations.

Jonathan Blaney, 11 November 2009

The Calendar of Treasury Books is now complete. These calendars detail state income and expenditure from the Restoration up to 1718, in 32 volumes. This series complements two others on BHO: the Calendar of Treasury Papers and the Calendar of Treasury Books and Papers. Read all three series here:

• Treasury Books, Calendar
• Treasury Papers, Calendar
• Treasury Books and Papers, Calendar

Jonathan Blaney, 14 October 2009

The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England are now available on British History Online, as part of the premium content section of the site.

In this publication historians describe every parliament held between 1275 and 1504, that is those for the reigns of monarchs from Edward I to Henry VII. Where the rolls for the parliament survive, as happens for nearly all of the later parliaments, these are transcribed in full. Alongside this is presented a modern English translation of the original Latin, Anglo-Norman, or Middle English. A tabular format makes for easy comparison between the parallel texts. An appendix for each parliament details what is otherwise known of the business conducted there.

Subscribers should be assured that this important enhancement to our premium content is added at no extra cost.

Read the Parliament Rolls of Medieval England here:

• Parliament Rolls of Medieval England

Jonathan Blaney, 29 August 2009

10 more volumes of the Journal of the House of Lords are now live. These new volumes cover the period 1718 to 1764, and thus the end of the reign of George I, the whole of that of George II, and the very beginning of the reign of George III. Four more volumes will be added to the site in the coming months. Read these volumes, and others already live, here:

• Lords Journal

Dr Peter Webster, 06 August 2009

Six new volumes for Wiltshire are now live. The addition of volumes 5, 7, 11 and 13-15 completes the published coverage of the parishes of the county. Read all fifteen available volumes at:

• Victoria County History: Wiltshire

Dr Peter Webster, 15 July 2009

Transcribed wills for the historic county are now live. These three volumes, covering the period from 1271 to 1532, were originally published by the Lincoln Record Society between 1914 and 1930. Read them, and wills from other counties, at:

• Wills and inventories