Historical Mapping
Originally published 2 Nov 2014
Old maps can be very useful for family historians, helping to locate where ancestors lived. Ordnance Survey maps are probably the most familiar. Various editions/series have been published:
- 1st (Old) Series 1805-1874
- New Series 1872-1897
- Revised New Series 1895-1904 (RN)
- 3rd Edition 1903-1919
- 4th Edition 1911-1912
- Popular Edition 1919-1926
- 5th Edition 1931-1939
- New Popular (6th) Edition 1945-1947 (NPE)
- 7th Series 1952-1962
Sources for historic Ordnance Survey maps
| Scale | Online | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| one inch (to one mile) | 1:63360 | National Library of Scotland (RN, NPE, 7th), Ancestry (RN), Vision of Britain (1st, NPE) | Alan Godfrey maps Cassini Maps |
| 2½ inch (to one mile) | 1:25000 | National Library of Scotland | |
| 6 inch (to one mile) | 1:10560 | British History Online, National Library of Scotland | |
| 25 inches (to one mile) | 1:2500 | British History Online, National Library of Scotland | Alan Godfrey maps |
Maps of parish boundaries and civil registration districts can also be useful. Some sources of boundary maps are:
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