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UK aerial photography.

Great Britain Historical GIS Project

Project to capture the changing boundaries of the major administrative areas of Britain and Ireland from the mid-nineteenth century to the present and link these to a major socio-economic database to allow the analysis and mapping of data for at least the last 150 years.

Greenwood's Map of 1827 London

John Speed

Online images of John Speed's 17th century maps of the United Kingdom.

Map of John Snow's London in 1859

MAPCO : Map And Plan Collection Online

Free access to this site which displays a variety of highly collectible 18th and 19th century maps and plans of London and the British Isles, and also 19th century maps and engravings relating to Australia.

Mapseeker - Historical Maps Online

A large collection of historical British and world maps available to buy.

MultiMap.com

UK based interactive mapping service on the web, offering street-level maps of Europe and detailed maps of the world.

Old House Books, UK

Facsimile reprints of historical street maps and out of print guide books. Historical Street Maps of London, 1843 and 1902. Ordnance Survey Maps of England and Wales 1897, Victorian Guide books of Great Britain, London and the Thames.

Old Maps of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, California, Scotland, Wales, England

Old Maps of Scotland 1859. Handsome reproductions. Also, Ireland, England, Wales.

Old Maps: Purveyors of Reproduction, Antique and Historic Maps, Antique Paintings and Prints

Reproductions of 17th Century maps of English counties, the provinces of Ireland and Wales, and of the rest of world including the East Coast of USA. This site also has interesting info on British and Irish Stately Homes, if your ancestor was well-to-do.

Old Ordnance Survey Maps - The Godfrey Edition

These maps are invaluable for historians and genealogists. More than a thousand titles have been issued in this major series of reprints of Old Ordnance Survey Maps of towns throughout Britain and Ireland. The Maps are highly detailed, taken from the 1/2500 plans and reprinted at about 14 inches to the mile. They cover towns in great detail, showing individual houses, railway tracks, factories, churches, mills, canals, tramways and even minutiae such as dockside cranes,fountains, signal posts, pathways, sheds, wells, etc. Each map includes historical notes on the area concerned. Many also include extracts from contemporary directories. The maps are neatly folded, often with an early photograph on the cover. The maps are ideal for local historians, transport historians, and family historians, or simply those with an interest in the town they live in or have visited.

Old Prints, Maps and Cycling Books

Old maps of Britain.

Old-Maps - The Online Repository of Historic Maps

Ordnance Survey Home Page

National Mapping Agency of Great Britain. In today’s ever-changing world, Ordnance Survey’s Historical Mapping reveals the history of every town and village throughout the country, giving a snapshot through time. Ordnance Survey holds an extensive archive of Historical Mapping, dating from the early nineteenth century and offers a full range of scales, from Victorian Town Plans at 1:500, 1:528 and 1:1056 (Some Town Plans even show the divisions in buildings and the names on church pews). Large scale maps at 1:1250, 1:2500, 1:10560 and 1:10 000. Small Scale Maps at 1:25 000, 1:50 000 and the very popular 1 Series. From this archive, individual black and white copies can be produced on high-quality chart paper that is ideal for framing, or film, depending on what you require.

Parish Search

Online searchable database of the geographic location of churches, registration districts etc in the UK, with details of their founding and closing dates. From GENUKI.

Pigot's and Slater's Topography of the British Isles

For selected locations.

RootsMap Surname Distribution Maps

Surname distribution maps for the UK and Ireland to help in the search for a particular surname. Maps produced and published by RootsMap can either be downloaded and printed by you immediately after payment, or we can dispatch your map to you by 1st class post. Maps of surnames may be produced based on the 1881 Census or the IGI and can show surname distribution across the entire nation or within a chosen county.

Royal Mail

Surname Origins

Surname origins maps historic surname distributions for England and Wales, Scotland, Ireland and The United States. Unlike most surname mapping sites it uses sub county/state units to create highly detailed distributions. Users submit their surname data which are then mapped for a modest fee.