UK Maps - London maps especially
Modern
NEW 7/2005 http://maps.google.com/
this is amazing - do explore -
example To find a London suburb "Bethnal Green, London" or a street
"Poyser St, Bethnal Green - some news http://googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/
1/2006 One that is coming - maybe worth keeping an eye on http://local.live.com/
STREETMAP http://www.streetmap.co.uk/
for London suburbs - tick GB Place for search
Next two good for Street numbers and distance between places
MULTIMAP - http://uk.multimap.com/
and Maporama http://www.maporama.com/share/
Good access to many maps http://www.streetfinder.co.uk
Ordnance Survey http://www.ordsvy.gov.uk/
and http://www.election-maps.co.uk/
London postal districts http://www.city.ac.uk/accommodation/postcode.htm
London Districts http://www.british-history.ac.uk/image.aspx?compid=38869&filename=fig01.gif
Any-Villagesite
http://www.any-village.co.uk/map.asp
London Town http://www.londontown.com/
lots of places for a visit - try the maps especially the boroughs
and similar http://www.touruk.co.uk/ Lots
on UK and London including churches
Beginners' Guide to UK Geography http://www.statistics.gov.uk/geography/beginners_guide.asp
Map of London boroughs. http://www.statistics.gov.uk/geography/london_boroughs.asp
Place Names
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/english/ins/kepn/browse.php
and another http://www.francisfrith.com/archive/
and http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/freefun/didyouknow/
plus look at their maps
ParLoc is useful, free program, it can be
downloaded:
http://www.parloc.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Frame.htm
It is a parish locator - one can type in
parish names, find surrounding ones, distances between them, etc. It gives
OS map references, so can be used in conjunction with an online or 'real'
map for visual reference.
Maps and Information 1801-2001 http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/index.jsp
Historic
Old Maps - London
Information and Maps http://homepages.gold.ac.uk/genuki/LND/#Maps
London 1900
Pocket Atlas can find with other goodies on http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~nmfa/genealogy.html
Wonderful maps of London from 1705 to 1862
from www.motco.com
Maps Index http://www.motco.com/map/
Their 1799 Harwood also has numbers for each house - of course numbers have
changed since then but if you find your folks in a directory the map will place
them in street. http://www.motco.com/map/81005/ this
site has information on house number changes http://www.geocities.com/cheniesuk/census/1877.html
London 1830 http://www.motco.com/map/81003/
and 1862 http://www.motco.com/map/81006/
1862 also at http://www.mappalondon.com/
the Motco has an Index of Street names but the maps are small - find it in Motco
and then look at larger map for overview of area
David Hale http://archivemaps.com
has Cross's 1850 on the free MAPCO website:: London 1767 and beautiful images - just click on the map area to enlarge -
David will be adding other maps.1897 1866 1889 - well worth a visit
Maps on the London Pub site http://visiteastlondon.net/MapsofLondon.htm
1895 or 1854 http://www.victorianlondon.org/frame-maps.htm
Map 1827 http://www.bathspa.ac.uk/greenwood/home.html
Map 1859: http://www.ph.ucla.edu/epi/snow/1859map/map1859.html
Map 1889 http://www.umich.edu/~risotto/maxzooms/sw/swe910.html
Map 1899 http://booth.lse.ac.uk
London 1905 by Karl Baedeker http://contueor.com/baedeker/london/index.htm
links to GB 1910
http://oldlondonmaps.com/index.html
Charles Booth archive http://booth.lse.ac.uk/
London Ancestor http://www.londonancestor.com/maps/maps.htm
1922 Bartholomews Pocket Atlas and many more at http://www.hipkiss.org/data/maps.html
Lost Streets
Road Name changes <http://www.btinternet.com/~rayment/general/road_name_changes/index.html>
Many people know the site Lost streets (lost london.inuk.com also members .aol.
com/WHall95037/london.html Aug 2005 neither seems to be working BUT the archive is at <http://web.archive.org/web/20041129033726/http://members.aol.com/WHall95037/london.html>
NOTE - Research-UK's name is on the site - I understand they have ceased
business
Verify name at
Victorian London A-Z Street Index http://homepage.ntlworld.com/hitch/gendocs/index.html#HOME
If still problems finding street and you have looked at 1862 map etc
above - try the London list see http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/ENG/LONDON.html
London Street atlases and directories for sale on CD http://www.archivecdbooks.com
Old Maps - UK
6 inch maps 1850-90 http://www.old-maps.co.uk/
- these are fantasic I could zoom into the farms our folks had in Oxfordshire in
18th century.
Comments by someone else "There's a superb on-line resource for
historical maps started for genealogical research but very comprehensive -- at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~genmaps/
Lots of Information http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/index.jsp
Scans from around UK http://www.yourmapsonline.org.uk/index1.htm
some very good maps
Mainly selling maps - which you may want
http://www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk
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http://www.village-atlas.com/
Mostly USA - David Rumsey collection http://www.davidrumsey.com/
