Old Ordnance Survey Maps Online?
sdavies2720
Traveler
I was reading through a book about medieval cities, and it mentioned that around 400 U.K. towns and cities were mapped in the late 19th century, at 1:1056 to 1:500 scale by the Ordnance Survey. It suggested that those maps are no longer under copyright protection, so the question is: Are they available somewhere online in a usable format?
I found the www.nls.uk/maps site, but you can only see a small part of the map at any given time if you want to see any detail at all. I'm hoping there is something more useable.
I am hoping to get some pointer from real-world cities, but I find it hard to make sense of the maps unless I can see the large scale and small scale structures at the same time (or at least with only a couple of mouse clicks)
Thanks for any pointers.
Steve
I found the www.nls.uk/maps site, but you can only see a small part of the map at any given time if you want to see any detail at all. I'm hoping there is something more useable.
I am hoping to get some pointer from real-world cities, but I find it hard to make sense of the maps unless I can see the large scale and small scale structures at the same time (or at least with only a couple of mouse clicks)
Thanks for any pointers.
Steve
Comments
Only place I've found in the last couple of years that does old OS maps online is http://www.old-maps.co.uk/
And they, like OS, charge for it. reasonably, but they charge.
Hope it helps, anyhow.
Roger