Information - Useful old maps

[DanMoist]

I found this website the other day. It's brilliant for tracing old canals and railways.
http://maps.nls.uk/geo/find/#zoom=9&lat=52.6715&lon=-1.9318&layers=6&b=1&point=52.5447,-1.9510

I've found it better than
https://www.old-maps.co.uk

 

[drhowser]

That's really good!

 

[Lord Oort]

Yup, thats a good resource, been using it for a while.

 

[anubis]

much better than oldmaps, nice find

 

[richard55]

Thank for the link nice one

 

[Nickindroy]

Their side by side comparison maps are also helpful. http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/sidebyside.cfm#zoom=5&lat=56.0000&lon=-4.0000&layers=1&right=BingHyb

 

[skgogosfan]

I found this website the other day. It's brilliant for tracing old canals and railways.
http://maps.nls.uk/geo/find/#zoom=9&lat=52.6715&lon=-1.9318&layers=6&b=1&point=52.5447,-1.9510

I've found it better than
https://www.old-maps.co.uk

This is an awesome site-not only for research but to save a lot of money on reprints of old OS maps and time spent on trips to the library! Thanks!

Dave.

 

[DanMoist]

Pleased to here that you like it. Another useful one for locating features is http://magic.defra.gov.uk/magicmap.aspx