The Parish Clerk – P.H. Ditchfield (Metheun, London 1907) | The book that started it all. It has been digitised and is now partly available on Google books. | https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Parish_Clerk/DFaTIphn4XoC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=The+Parish+Clerk+-+P.H.+Ditchfield&printsec=frontcover |
Historical Directories of England & Wales | A large number of these directories have been made available on-line by the University of Leicester(though not all those mentioned in the index and a number have entries yet to be added). | https://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4 |
Notes and Queries (N&Q) | Notes and Queries is a “medium of inter-communication” for “readers and writers, collectors and librarians”, published in England since the mid-19th century. The focus is primarily on English language and literature. (There is a Wikipedia article about this serial.) The link is a page of links to various on-line collections of N&Q articles. | https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/serial?id=notesqueries |