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GENUKI: Country and County Codes - British Isles, UK and Ireland

These codes, a superset of the the ISO 3166-2:GB and BS 6879 codes, were created by Dr Colin Chapman. A more complete list of Chapman codes, also covering the 1975-1996 counties (not used in GENUKI) is to be found in Wikipedia.

Geology of Great Britain

Geological maps of various regions of the UK scanned for online viewing.

Great Britain Historical GIS Project

Project to capture the changing boundaries of the major administrative areas of Britain and Ireland from the mid-nineteenth century to the present and link these to a major socio-economic database to allow the analysis and mapping of data for at least the last 150 years.

Greater Manchester Gazetteer

Greenwood Map of London 1830

8 inches to a mile, surveyed by Christopher and John Greenwood 1824 to 1826, with additions to 1830. Access the map by clicking on an image of the complete map, or by using the 5000 place name index.

Greenwood's Map of London 1827

Guernsey on the Map - How the World Discovered the Bailiwick

Channel Islands, United Kingdom. Companion web site to an exhibition of historic maps of Guernsey from the Priaulx Library.

Herefordshire Field Names Database

England. Online searchable database.

Historical Boundaries of Wales New!

The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monument of Wales is attempting, for the first time, to map historical administrative boundaries in detail. Starting with the nineteenth century Ordnance Survey mapping, we are working backwards as far as we can using a range of sources including historical maps and archival documents. The information and datasets hosted on this website are likely to change over time as new information comes to light and the data is updated to reflect the available evidence.

Historical Map of London by Stanford 1862

Edward Stanford's map of London and its Suburbs, 1862. Scale 6 inches to 1 Mile.

Historical Maps - England Jurisdictions, 1851

Interactive England county maps showing parishes, districts, hundreds, probate courts, dates of parish creation, dates of extant records and much, much more.

HLAmap

A Scotland-wide view of land use in modern and past times. Part of Historic Environment Scotland.

Integration and Analysis of Historical and Environmental Data using a Geographical Information System

Wales. A case study of Landownership as a Factor in Mid-Nineteenth Century Agricultural Productivity at Newport, Pembrokeshire.

IreAtlas Townland Search Form

Search Ireland geographically by Townland, Parish, Poor Lay Union, Barony, or other.

Irish Historic Towns Atlas | Royal Irish Academy

The Irish Historic Towns Atlas (IHTA) project was established in 1981. The aim of the project is to record the topographical development of a selection of Irish towns both large and small. Each town is published separately as a fascicle or folder and includes a series of maps complemented by a detailed text section

Irish Local Names Explained

Complete online text of P.W. Joyce's Irish Local Names Explained.

John Cary's Environs of London 1786

50 hand-coloured plates, with nearly 2000 named locations. Access the key map to get to each of the grid maps.

John Speed

Online images of John Speed's 17th century maps of the United Kingdom.

Key to English Place-Names

Guide to the interpretation of the names of England's cities, towns and villages, drawing on the work of the English Place-Name Society.

Leitrim-Roscommon Map Collection

Ireland. Maps that display the Parishes, Baronies and Poor Law Unions for these two counties.