Cool - Old Map & Google Maps matched site

[DoctorX]

Legacywr said:

Thanks

What's the best historic road map you've found?

I like the OS 1:25000 1937-61, lots of detail.

[lufbramatt]

Rick101 said:

Amazing how accurate the old map lines are.

And how often modern plot boundaries and roads follow old field boundaries and pathways.

[Mothersruin]

Glad y'all like it.

[defblade]

jinkster said:

Nothings changed. My house was built in 1704

We've got a new build - approx 1720. Some bugger sold off slices of the very large plot around 1900ish, you can see exactly how much this house used to hold on the oldest map...

OP - thanks

[NickCW]

That's great, thanks for sharing!

[227bhp]

If you like that you'll probably enjoy this one too:

https://britainfromabove.org.uk/

[ATG]

Another one to check out? I'm going to get nothing done today. I love old maps. The overlay stuff is genius.

[lufbramatt]

227bhp said:

If you like that you'll probably enjoy this one too:

https://britainfromabove.org.uk/

Superb, loads of pictures of my home town just after WW2, scary amount of bomb damage visible from attempted attacks on the Shorts Brothers Aircraft factory.

[spitfire-ian]

[geek]

Been using that site for a while to follow old railway lines

[/geek]

[Roofless Toothless]

A very useful site. Thanks for sharing.

I have been researching the history of my house, once an outbuilding of a Georgian mansion (now demolished) that stood on 7 acres of gardens and lawns. I can trace the history back to the 1830's, and some very interesting people have lived here too.

The boundary of one side of this property can still be seen in the form of a footpath that runs between gardens in the housing estate that now covers the area. Rights of way like this can be very long-lived historically speaking, as can things like building lines, and contain lots of history. The trouble is, I start to see peoples' eyes glaze over when I get the maps out and start to explain it all ...

[downthepub]

spitfire-ian][geek said:

Been using that site for a while to follow old railway lines

[/geek]

Lol, not the only one! A few months back, from that site, I was very interested to find there was a large goods marshalling yard near my old office - which explained all the waste ground...

[227bhp]

downthepub said:

spitfire-ian][geek said:

Been using that site for a while to follow old railway lines

[/geek]

Lol, not the only one! A few months back, from that site, I was very interested to find there was a large goods marshalling yard near my old office - which explained all the waste ground...

I realised if the lines were still there I could have got on a train at the end of my road and got off at the end of the road where my OH lives.

[Plate spinner]

Thanks OP!

[Front bottom]

Roofless Toothless said:

A very useful site. Thanks for sharing.

I have been researching the history of my house, once an outbuilding of a Georgian mansion (now demolished) that stood on 7 acres of gardens and lawns. I can trace the history back to the 1830's, and some very interesting people have lived here too.

The boundary of one side of this property can still be seen in the form of a footpath that runs between gardens in the housing estate that now covers the area. Rights of way like this can be very long-lived historically speaking, as can things like building lines, and contain lots of history. The trouble is, I start to see peoples' eyes glaze over when I get the maps out and start to explain it all ...

Ha! I get the same reaction. Their loss!

Luckily, there is a great FACEBOOK page dedicated to local history, which I get to geek out a fair bit on. It seems to be appreciated there.