Web Directory

» BBC: Britain Prepares to Light the Blue Touch Paper - Stand Well Back
   The British Broadcasting Corporation explains why the British insist on lighting fires and setting off rockets every November 5.
   http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/20488.stm

» Britannia: The Gunpowder Plot
   David Nash Ford's comprehensive guide to the Gunpowder Plot and the plotters.
   http://www.britannia.com/history/kaboom.html

» CNN: A Penny for Guy
   Short history of the Gunpowder Plot which includes information about the Tower of London.
   http://www.cnn.com/TRAVEL/DESTINATIONS/9710/london.frights/guy.html

» Catholic Recusants
   Explains Recusancy which was a new offence in the 16th century which partly led to the gunpowder plot.
   http://www.catalogue.nationalarchives.gov.uk/Leaflets/ri2173.htm

» Gunpowder : Guy Fawkes
   Single page with a discussion forum, debating the effects of the gunpowder that was stored in the cellars of Parliament.
   http://www.darwinawards.com/darwin/darwin1994-03.html

» Gunpowder Plot
   Straight forward version of the events from the 1911 Encyclopedia.
   http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Gunpowder_Plot

» Gunpowder Plot Society
   Educational site with information about the people and the plot.
   http://www.gunpowder-plot.org/

» Guy Fawkes
   A short description of the Gunpowder Plot from the Guardian.
   http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2002/nov/05/netnotes.simonjeffery

» Guy Fawkes Day: Bonfire Night
   An easy to follow chronicle of events for the younger ones.
   http://www.funsocialstudies.learninghaven.com/articles/guyfawkes.htm

» Guy Fawkes' Confession
   The documents that led to his execution and others from the Public Record Office UK.
   http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/museum/item.asp?item_id=19

» Holbeche House
   Britannia`s guide to the hideout of the plotters and the siege that followed.
   http://www.britannia.com/history/holbeche.html

» Physicists Discover Guy Fawkes Would Fave Devastated Westminster
   Had the gunpowder plot succeeded, Guy Fawkes would not only have destroyed the old palace of Westminster but would have caused chaos and devastation across central London.
   http://physics.about.com/b/a/040095.htm

» Reformation: Protestant England
   History of the church leading to and after the Gunpowder Plot.
   http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/REFORM/ENGLAND.HTM

» Remember, Remember the 5th of November:
   A historical guide to the events that led to the Bonfire Night celebrations.
   http://britishhistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa103101b.htm

» Robert Catesby
   Britannia`s biography on one of the main plotters.
   http://www.britannia.com/history/r-catesby.html

» Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury
   Britannia`s biography on the infamous Earl that falsified the evidence and confessions of the plotters (or did he?).
   http://www.britannia.com/history/r-cecil.html

» Robert Wintour
   Britannia`s biography on a member of the gunpowder plot.
   http://www.britannia.com/history/t-wintour.html

» The Gunpowder Plot
   This page is one of many from the Catholic Encyclopedia, it covers the subject profoundly.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07081b.htm

» The Gunpowder Plot of 1605
   Simplified explanation of the events and descriptions of the people involved.
   http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/gunpowder_plot_of_1605.htm

» The Gunpowder Plot of 1605.
   Review of the 1997 film of the same name and short history of the plot.
   http://www.albany.edu/jmmh/vol1no1/gunpowderplot.html

» The Stuarts The Gunpowder Plot
   Two short views of the events.
   http://www.historyonthenet.com/Stuarts/gunpowder_plot.htm

» Trial of Guy Fawkes and Others
   Transcription of the trial and the prosecution case against the conspirators.
   http://www.armitstead.com/gunpowder/trial.html

» United Kingdom Parliament: The Gunpowder Plot
   Parliament's story of the Gunpowder Plot in a FAQ style.
   http://www.parliament.uk/about/faqs/house-of-commons-faqs/gunpowder-plot/

» Wikipedia: Guy Fawkes
   Online encyclopedia covers the history of the Gunpowder Plot, with explanations of the words and terms used.
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes

» William Parker, Baron Morley & Monteagle
   Britannia`s biography on the man behind the famous letter.
   http://www.britannia.com/history/w-parker.html