oldemaps.co.uk - OLD TOWN MAPS

Description: Old maps of towns and cities in Great Britain, featuring detailed online maps of towns in England, Scotland and Wales as they were fifty years ago. Find an old map of an English, Scottish or Welsh city or town.

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  LONDON MAPS   MAPS OF SCOTLAND   BRITISH COAST MAPS   Map Index English Towns Scottish Towns Welsh Towns Old Town Maps View old maps of British towns and cities. Access hundreds of old maps, focussing on the towns and cities of Great Britain as they were around the middle of the twentieth century. The maps shown are derived from the revised half inch contoured map series of Great Britain produced by John Bartholomew & Son Ltd of Edinburgh throughout the last century. See map detail of the cities, towns an

All the old town maps may be viewed at the click of a mouse. To see an example, click on the map of York on the right.  

Old Maps of British Towns Great changes have taken place in the British landscape since the middle of the last century, in city and townscape, in road and rail links, in the land used for houses and new industries, changes reflected in the maps of each period and most evident when comparing the old town maps with the maps of today. If you travel through the British countryside today, you are likely to see very different scenery from that shown on the old mid twentieth century town maps shown here. The beaut

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