Maps

moss Mar 13, 2014 08:45:14

For those who love browsing old maps The National Library of Scotland have produced online maps of "The most comprehensive, topographic mapping covering all of England and Wales from the 1840s to the 1950s. Two editions for all areas, and then regular updates in the 20th century for urban or rapidly changing areas."

http://maps.nls.uk/os/6inch-england-and-wales/index.html

juamei Mar 13, 2014 09:05:18

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This is amazing compare to the old-maps.co.uk UI. I think old-maps may have older maps, but the zoom and sweep on nls is brilliant!

thesweetcheat Mar 13, 2014 18:46:51

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This is fabulous, someone sent me the link at work yesterday and it was very difficult not to get very distracted and wait until I got home.

Rhiannon Mar 14, 2014 10:51:34

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That is a brilliant link Moss, how excellent and munificent of the library. Those 6" scale ones are a total treat. The trees are genuine trees. How much better can you get, marking actual trees on a map. I can see the one outside our house (it looks a bit sorry for itself these days but is still massively large round).

Evergreen Dazed Mar 14, 2014 11:45:31

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Superb!

juamei Mar 14, 2014 12:19:57

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Am still playing with this. Weirdly this stone near me is marked on the 1881 Cheshire Sheet XXIX as "Post". I can't seem to find anything which would indicate what Post is supposed to mean. The following link to the map in question may work...
http://maps.nls.uk/view/102341038#zoom=5&lat=7115&lon=8926&layers=BT

spencer Mar 14, 2014 23:11:36

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Huge thanks for this, Moss.... I've put a link on t'Pump.

wideford Mar 14, 2014 23:53:29

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And don't forget if using zoomable search you can acceess the satellite view, which is invaluable in less developed areas for spotting sites and details. Shame you don't get the 25" O.S. like Scotland

The Eternal Mar 15, 2014 00:53:38

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Ta Moss,

I think the word orgasmic is little used, until now.

Magic and thanks,

TE.

Hob Mar 15, 2014 18:46:10

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Top notch stuff. Cheers fir the link Moss.

I can see I'm losing hours and hours to this.