Glacier in Patagonia

Victorian England

Here´s Tower Bridge soon after its completion in 1894 with the Tower of London in the background. Not many cars to be seen!

This is the best site on Victorian England but you will have to go carefully from the front page to find the content. For example to find out more about the railways click on technology and then scroll down to the railways section.

Here´s another site on the life of the upper classes.

London as capital of the Empire was one of the most important cities in the world at this time.

Child labour was, of course, a feature of work at this time, especially in the mines and factories.

Meanwhile, this is a good British and World history site with more good links for the Victorian age.

Life stories of famous people are available here . You have to do a search to find the person you are looking for.

The BBC´s website is one of the biggest and best in the world. Their Victorian history section is here.