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    UK Map

    Here is a link that some members might find interesting. It is a really cool map of the UK complied from ordinance survey maps from 1919-1947 - England, Wales and Scotland only - sorry Ireland and Northern Ireland.

    It gives a good snapshot of what the country was like up until the end of the last war. So no motorways, but a lot more railways.

    It has been put together by the National Library of Scotland. You can use either the slider on the left or the wheel on your mouse

    http://nls.tileserver.com/

    Regards

    Chas


    PS - For all those with 'Devices' other than a standard PC, this link is associated with it and it gives extra info:
    http://geo.nls.uk/maps/api/

    Chas
    Last edited by Chas; 13th August 12 at 02:38 PM. Reason: More Information!

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    WOW! So many train lines! Looks like a microscopic view of the human body nerve pathways/clusters. I kind of wish we had more trains today.
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    real good map

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    Very good map for seeing how things once were!

    I could see how my railway line on which I am a volunteer used to run!
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    That is really nice. I love maps and this is fantastic.

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    I knew Freuchie was "wee", but it certainly was "wee'er" when that map was done. Really interesting.
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    Chas: Great map! I'll bookmark it for future reference. Thanks.

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    Here are another set of maps from NLS that one can use for reasearch. On the left hand side you will notice pull down tabs to overlay maps of different periods. A very good set for looking back into history

    http://geo.nls.uk/search/mosaic/#zoo...ers=B00000000T
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    Thank you Chas for sharing this. Fascinating to see places I've lived and worked in some 70 years before I arrived.
    I can't seem to get the Irish OS site to play ball just at the moment and I hope there is an historical equivalent online without going to Phoenix Park (although that would be nice too). The Ordnance Survey is considered chief culprit for the Anglicisation and simplification of Irish place names in the 1820s (e.g. Dingle/An Daingean etc etc).
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    Very interesting...thanks for sharing, Chas!

    Cheers,

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