Maps and Gazetteers

Historical

A Topographical Dictionary of England
Full text, from British History Online, of a dictionary giving "detailed topographical accounts of places, parishes and counties in England"
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/ source.aspx?pubid=445

A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland
Samuel Lewis's 1837 dictionary of places in Ireland, with historical and statistical descriptions
http://www.libraryireland.com/ topog/ index.php

Gateway to Map History/History of Cartography
A gateway site from the Institute of Historical Research. Includes links to: images of early maps, map collections, map collecting sites, map societies sites, web projects concerned with early mapping and further links and gateways.
http://www.maphistory.info/

Genmaps: Online Old Maps of Great Britain
Search by county (pre 1974 boundaries) for maps from England, Scotland and Wales from the 14th to the 19th century .
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ ~genmaps

Historical Maps from British History Online
Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 - the County Series for Birmingham, Cardiff, Chester, Chichester, Colchester, Coventry, Durham, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Lichfield, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Oxford, Portsmouth, Salisbury, Southampton, Winchester, Worcester, York and much of central London; and Ordnance Survey 1:10,560 - the County Series for Great Britain. Begun in 1840, this is the first comprehensive historic mapping of England, Scotland and Wales.
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/ map.aspx

Ireland's Historical Mapping Archive
Ireland maps 1829 - 1913
http://www.irishhistoricmaps.ie/ historic/

Landmark Old Maps
Use the 'Gazetteer' to find a selection of old maps for a specific county or search by place name or co-ordinates.
http://www.old-maps.co.uk/

New Popular Edition Maps
Online New popular edition Ordnance Survey maps (late 1940s)
http://www.npemap.org.uk/

Popular Edition Ordnance Survey Maps
Wide range of online maps of the 1920s to 1930s
http://www.ponies.me.uk/ maps/ osmap.html

Vision of Britain: Historical Mapping
Ordnance Survey new popular edition (late 1940s); Ordnance Survey first series (nineteenth century); Land utilisation survey of Great Britain (1930s); and the British part of the 2003 digital chart of the world
http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/ maps/ index.jsp

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