The Historic droughts inventory of references from British nineteenth-century newspapers 1800-1900 consists of the following files:
File name	File description	
HD_Newspapers19thCentury_dataFile.csv	This file comprises a collection of 18,963 references to articles published in British nineteenth-century newspapers containing one or more instances of the word drought.	
HD_Inventory_19thcentury_supportingInformation.rtf	This file provides an account of how the data were collected, extracted and prepared for inclusion in the Historic droughts inventory of references from British nineteenth-century newspapers (1800-1900). The file also explains how this Inventory can be searched and used.