(see also Court Records and Land and Property)

• Many older Channel Islands houses have dated stones including the initials of the owners - these are in the process of being located, identified and indexed at the Guernsey Datestones Project. Tracing the history of houses can also be underaken through the Livres des Perchages: Guernsey.
• Published Guide: John McCormack's “The Guernsey House” (Phillimore1987)

• The DiCamillo Companion to British and Irish County Houses - information on present and demolished country houses throughout UK and Ireland, including history, information about owners, etc.
• Lost Heritage  lists significant English country houses which have been demolished, severely reduced in size, or are ruin, including many in Berkshire, some with pictures.
• British Listed Buildings Online is an online database of buildings and structures of architectural and historic interest with data for each building, some photographs, location on a map, Google Streetview and Bing Birds Eye View.   
• The Land Registry offer historical reports of past ownership.
• Valuation Office survey 1910 - 1915. - see Taxation.  
• For Public Houses (pubs) - see Occupations (under Inns, Hotels and Pubs). 

Barratt, Nick. Tracing the History of Your House, PRO Publications (2006), 272pp.  [ISBN-13: 978-1903365908].