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GENUKI: Counties of England, Wales and Scotland prior to the 1974 Boundary Changes, UK and Ireland

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.

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UK aerial photography.

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.

Greenwood's Map of 1827 London

John Speed

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

Library of Congress - Density of distribution of the natives of Great Britain: 1890

Scanned image from the Statistical Atlas of the United States, based upon the results of the eleventh census.

Map of John Snow's London in 1859

MAPCO : Map And Plan Collection Online

Free access to this site which displays a variety of highly collectible 18th and 19th century maps and plans of London and the British Isles, and also 19th century maps and engravings relating to Australia.

Mapseeker - Historical Maps Online

A large collection of historical British and world maps available to buy.

Old House Books, UK

Facsimile reprints of historical street maps and out of print guide books. Historical Street Maps of London, 1843 and 1902. Ordnance Survey Maps of England and Wales 1897, Victorian Guide books of Great Britain, London and the Thames.

Old Maps of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, California, Scotland, Wales, England

Old Maps of Scotland 1859. Handsome reproductions. Also, Ireland, England, Wales.

Old Maps: Purveyors of Reproduction, Antique and Historic Maps, Antique Paintings and Prints

Reproductions of 17th Century maps of English counties, the provinces of Ireland and Wales, and of the rest of world including the East Coast of USA. This site also has interesting info on British and Irish Stately Homes, if your ancestor was well-to-do.

Old Ordnance Survey Maps - The Godfrey Edition

These maps are invaluable for historians and genealogists. More than a thousand titles have been issued in this major series of reprints of Old Ordnance Survey Maps of towns throughout Britain and Ireland. The Maps are highly detailed, taken from the 1/2500 plans and reprinted at about 14 inches to the mile. They cover towns in great detail, showing individual houses, railway tracks, factories, churches, mills, canals, tramways and even minutiae such as dockside cranes,fountains, signal posts, pathways, sheds, wells, etc. Each map includes historical notes on the area concerned. Many also include extracts from contemporary directories. The maps are neatly folded, often with an early photograph on the cover. The maps are ideal for local historians, transport historians, and family historians, or simply those with an interest in the town they live in or have visited.

Old Prints, Maps and Cycling Books

Old maps of Britain.

Old Towns Maps

An ever-expanding site selling reproductions of old maps from the United Kingdom. All UK counties will be represented with large-scale historical Ordnance Survey maps showing towns and villages in fascinating detail. There are also sections for older maps, including UK county maps by John Speed and G. W. Bacon. Maps of international interest will also be included, many of which are both informative and decorative. We welcome all enquiries regarding our maps, and requests for maps of particular places, especially UK towns and villages.

Old-Maps - The Online Repository of Historic Maps

Ordnance Survey Home Page

National Mapping Agency of Great Britain. In today

Parish Finder

The parish search tool for genealogists. Includes: Search for a Parish; Calculate Parish Distances; List Surrounding Parishes; and Show Chapman Codes.