Members of EMIAC:

• Derbyshire Archaeology Society  -  www.derbyshireas.org.uk
• Leicestershire Industrial History Society  -  www.lihs.org.uk
• North-East Derbyshire Industrial Archaeology Society  -  www.nedias.co.uk
• NIAG
• Railway & Canal Historical Society – East Midlands Group  -   rchs.org.uk/regional-groups/east-midlands
• Society for Lincolnshire History & Archaeology  -  www.slha.org.uk/groups/industrial_archaeology/index.php

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Local organisations:

• Northamptonshire Record Office  -  www.northamptonshire.gov.uk/recordoffice
• Irchester Narrow Gauge Railway Museum  -  www.irchesterrailwaymuseum.co.uk
• Northamptonshire Heritage (Home page)  -  www.northamptonshireheritage.co.uk
• Northamptonshire Heritage (Links to societies)  -  www.northamptonshireheritage.co.uk/visit-and-enjoy/Pages/local-heritage-websites.aspx
• Towcester & District Local History Society  -  www.mkheritage.co.uk/tdlhs/index.html
• The Canal Museum, Stoke Bruerne  -  www.thewaterwaystrust.org.uk/museums/stoke.shtml
• Northamptonshire Archaeological Society  -  www.northants-archaeology.org.uk
• Northampton Society of Model Engineers  -  www.nsme.co.uk
• Rushden & District History Society Research Group  -  www.rushdenheritage.co.uk
• Burton Latimer Heritage Society  -  www.burtonlatimer.info
• Harrington Aviation Museum  -  www.harringtonmuseum.org.uk
• Sywell Aviation Museum  -  www.sywellaviationmuseum.org.uk

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Regional organisations:

• Lincolnshire Film Archive - www.lincsfilm.co.uk
• Nottinghamshire Industrial Archaeology Society  -  www.rod.sladen.org.uk/NIAS.htm
• Peak District Mines Historical Society  -  www.pdmhs.com
• Peak District Minining Museum  -  www.peakmines.co.uk
• Swannington Heritage Trust - www.swannington-heritage.co.uk
• Chasewater Railway Museum  -  www.chasewaterrailway.co.uk
• Media Archive for Central England (MACE)  -  www.macearchive.org
• Buckingham Canal Society  -  www.buckinghamcanal.org.uk

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National organisations:

• Association for Industrial Archaeology  -  www.industrial-archaeology.org
• Council for British Archaeology  -  www.britarch.ac.uk
• The Newcomen Society  -  www.newcomen.com
• The Railway & Canal Historical Society  -  www.rchs.org.uk
• National Waterways Museum, Stoke Bruerne  -  www.nwm.org.uk/stoke
• English Heritage  -  www.english-heritage.org.uk
• Cadw (Welsh Heritage)  -  cadw.wales.gov.uk
• Scottish Heritage  -  www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/heritage
• The British Postal Museum & Archive  -  www.postalheritage.org.uk
• Network Rail online archive  -  www.networkrail.co.uk/VirtualArchive
• Canal & River Trust  -  canalrivertrust.org.uk

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General interest:

• IanVisits  -  www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog  -  for articles on buildings and transport.
• Britain from above  -  www.britainfromabove.org.uk  -  presents the unique Aerofilms collection of aerial photographs from 1919-1953.
• Britain from the Air  -  www.britainfromtheair.com  -  the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)'s collections-based work.
• Images of England  -  www.imagesofengland.org.uk  -  over 300,000 images of England’s built heritage.
• Irthlingborough iron ore mines  -  www.apack1.co.uk  -  Alan Pack's history of the mines.
• Burton Unions  -  www.marstonspedigree.co.uk/ScienceofBrewing/burtonUnions.aspx  -  a description of this unique method of brewing beer.
• Royal Gunpowder Mills  - www.royalgunpowdermills.com  -  the history of the gunpowder mills. And much more!
• Carpetbagger Aviation Museum  -  harringtonmuseum.org.uk/CarpetbaggerMuseumHomePage.htm  -  history of the site.
• Moira Furnace Museum  -  www.visitnationalforest.co.uk/view/?id=Moira-Furnace  -  history of the site.
• Chasewater Railway  -  www.chasewaterrailway.co.uk/  -  link to the railway activities and the museum.
• Chester Farm, Northants  -  www.northamptonshire.gov.uk/en/councilservices/Community/archives/chester-farm/Pages/default.aspx  -  link to the County Council's page on Chester Farm.
• Messenger & Co Ltd  -  www.reprintuk.com/books/messenger_sales_brochure  -  a 1903 sales brochure for greenhouse fittings.
• Southam cement works  -  www.warwickshirerailways.com/misc/southam-cement.htm  -  provides a brief history.
• Railway maps  -  www.railmaponline.com/UKIEMap.php  -  provides online maps of the rail network at various scales.
• Frogmore Paper Mill  -  www.thepapertrail.org.uk  -  the world's first commercial continuous sheet paper-making machine.
• Leighton Buzzard Railway  -  www.buzzrail.co.uk  -  the story of sand extraction and a narrow gauge (2 ft) line still in use.
• Intriguing History  -  www.intriguing-history.com/northampton-first-cotton-spinning-mill  -  a general history site with series of entries on the industrial inventions and innovation and the industrial revolution.
• Sites used for military purposes  -  www.harringtonmuseum.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/premises-sites-etc-within-30-miles-of-harrington-museum-28.03.17.pdf  -  a list of sites used for military purposes.
• Dental archaeology  -  dentalassociatesnova.com/dental-offices/alexandria-dentists/archaeology-and-dental-bioarchaeology  -  this site provides links to techniques used in archaeology. Note it is an American commercial site.

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Please note: Although checked at the time of writing, NIAG cannot be held responsible for the validity of these links nor the integrity of the sites.