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Title: Old maps - Where you live, in 1886
Post by: Rog on 15 October 2014, 08:52:38

Found this website of National Library of Scotland with zoomable maps of most of England and Wales. Use the + and - function to zoom to the area you want. Highlight the relevant section and maps from various dates are listed on the right of the screen. Fascinating.

We moved to Wales earlier this year. Found an 1886 map with our house on it !

http://maps.nls.uk/geo/find/#zoom=9&lat=51.89617&lon=-4.21517&layers=B000000TFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFTFFFFFFFF

Title: Re: Old maps - Where you live, in 1886
Post by: The Sheriff on 15 October 2014, 10:48:15

Mine was still fields.

Title: Re: Old maps - Where you live, in 1886
Post by: brendan1983 on 15 October 2014, 10:59:58

Very interesting :)

My house was built in 1883, found where it is on the 1871 map - and it was park of a kiln yard/brickworks... explains the massive amount of old bricks I found when digging my garage foundations.

Title: Re: Old maps - Where you live, in 1886
Post by: ffcgary1 on 15 October 2014, 14:38:53

Why does the london map of 1842 have the M25 around it.? ???

Title: Re: Old maps - Where you live, in 1886
Post by: omega3000 on 15 October 2014, 18:03:25

Quote from: ffcgary1 on 15 October 2014, 14:38:53

Why does the london map of 1842 have the M25 around it.? ???

Thats forward planning for you  :D :D

Title: Re: Old maps - Where you live, in 1886
Post by: Varche on 15 October 2014, 20:32:57

Rog
excellent find, thanks.

Are you Rods2 by any chance!!! He used to post good stuff like this.

V

Title: Re: Old maps - Where you live, in 1886
Post by: Vamps on 15 October 2014, 21:47:01

Yes, excellent post..... :y :y

Been having a good old look around, I forget how small our village was, before they built the new houses....... :D :D

Title: Re: Old maps - Where you live, in 1886
Post by: swordfish on 15 October 2014, 21:53:48

great stuff well done   :) :) :y

Title: Re: Old maps - Where you live, in 1886
Post by: Rog on 15 October 2014, 23:04:01

Quote from: Varche on 15 October 2014, 20:32:57

Rog
excellent find, thanks.

Are you Rods2 by any chance!!! He used to post good stuff like this.

V

Nope. Not that clever, and not a Daily Mail reader.

Actually, now you mention it, not seen him here for a while. Pity  :(

Title: Re: Old maps - Where you live, in 1886
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 16 October 2014, 00:04:14

Quote from: Rog on 15 October 2014, 23:04:01

Quote from: Varche on 15 October 2014, 20:32:57

Rog
excellent find, thanks.

Are you Rods2 by any chance!!! He used to post good stuff like this.

V

Nope. Not that clever, and not a Daily Mail reader.

Actually, now you mention it, not seen him here for a while. Pity  :(

Rods2 hasn't been on since 2nd September.  :-\  Maybe he's got lost in Ukraine...  ::)

Title: Re: Old maps - Where you live, in 1886
Post by: Vicar on 16 October 2014, 08:21:20

That's great find and it's great looking back then following where "new houses" at turn of 20 th century were built.

Title: Re: Old maps - Where you live, in 1886
Post by: Webby the Bear on 16 October 2014, 09:10:20

Really good find mate. Can't find my area while at work but will spend a bit more time looking at the weekend with a few beers  8)