Sunday 6 October 2013

Old Maps

A superb resource for  those interested in exploring old maps is the web site Old Maps Online http://www.oldmapsonline.org

Searching for "Furness Vale" returned a huge number of maps of Cheshire from different periods. This map of 1843 is from the Ordnance Survey first series at a scale of 1:63360. There is a zoom facility view the map in detail.  http://visionofbritain.org.uk/iipmooviewer/iipmooviewer_new.html?map=first_edition/lm_81