Here are some links that I find useful and you may too.
- British History Online - history of places
- Emporis - high rise buildings
- Skyscrapernews.com - British high rise buildings
- icBirmingham - Local news articles (for citing)
- Google Maps - Coordinates
- Structurae - Buildings database
- Oceandots - Island directory
- New Zealand gazetteer - geography
- Rail Around Birmingham - West Midlands railway and metro stations
- Virtual Brum - Birmingham information
- Findarticles - Citing using old articles
- Disused-stations - Old railway stations
- Subterranea Britannica - Cold war bunkers and underground places
- English Heritage - Old buildings
- Birmingham.gov.uk - Birmingham information
- Internet Movie DataBase - movie information
- Historical directories - Trade directories, family names, street names etc.