This is just a sampling of some of the sources I have found most useful. This includes both websites for historical research as well as practical resources, like pronunciation guides and dialect help. As always, if you have sources you'd like to share, just mention it to me.
Websites
The Clydebank Museum Without Walls: Featuring an extensive section on the Victorians.
The Dictionary of Victorian London: A great website full of primary sources on nearly every subject imaginable.
International Dialects of England Archive (IDEA): Featuring nearly 100 British dialect audio samples!
The History of the Workhouse: A detailed history of British workhouses, including primary sources.
HowJSay?: This site, along with Dictionary.com, are great resources for any pronunciation question. HowJSay includes place names and other words that might not have a dictionary pronunciation.
Tyne and Wear Archives Flickr: Featuring a selection of child mugshots from the nineteenth century.
The Victorian Web: A scholarly website on all things Victorian.
The Dictionary of Victorian London: A great website full of primary sources on nearly every subject imaginable.
International Dialects of England Archive (IDEA): Featuring nearly 100 British dialect audio samples!
The History of the Workhouse: A detailed history of British workhouses, including primary sources.
HowJSay?: This site, along with Dictionary.com, are great resources for any pronunciation question. HowJSay includes place names and other words that might not have a dictionary pronunciation.
Tyne and Wear Archives Flickr: Featuring a selection of child mugshots from the nineteenth century.
The Victorian Web: A scholarly website on all things Victorian.
Video & Audio
A&E's Biography series includes Charles Dickens, available on Netflix.
The Guardian's interactive Oliver Twist walking tour has a very informative podcast and map.
The Guardian's interactive Oliver Twist walking tour has a very informative podcast and map.
Books
Dickens' Fur Coat and Charlotte's Unanswered Letters, Daniel Pool (1997)
London Labour and London Poor, by Henry Mayhew (1861)
What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew by Daniel Pool (1994)
London Labour and London Poor, by Henry Mayhew (1861)
What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew by Daniel Pool (1994)