Below are some useful resources for researching the history of Somerset:
- The Somerset Heritage Centre
- The Museum of Somerset
- Somerset and Dorset Notes and Queries
- Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society
- Victoria County History – Somerset
- Historic Environment Record
- Bristol Archives
- Bath Record Office
- Wells Cathedral Library and Archive
- Know Your Place – West of England
- Exmoor National Park Historic Environment Record
Records relating to Somerset also appear in archives and libraries across the country, including:
- Devon Archives and Local Studies
- Dorset History Centre
- Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre
- Gloucestershire Archives
- Hampshire Record Office
- Longleat House Library and Archive
- The Huntington Library
Other record societies which you might find useful are:
- Bristol Record Society
- Devon & Cornwall Record Society
- Dorset Record Society
- Wiltshire Record Society
- Bristol & Gloucestershire Archaeological Society
General research:
- The National Archives
- The Manorial Documents Register
- British Library
- Hathi Trust
- Internet Archive
- British History Online
- Anglo-American Legal Tradition
- Bodleian Library
- Lambeth Palace Library
- Institute of Historical Research
- Clergy of the Church of England Database
- Hull Domesday Project
- The British Academy Anglo Saxon Charters research projects
- The Parish Clerk
- Inquisitions Post Mortem – Mapping the Medieval Countryside
- A Vision of Britain
Genealogical research: