Landmark Information Group Limited brings you www.old-maps.co.uk - the home of the digital Historical Map Archive for mainland Britain . Part of the historic joint venture with Ordnance Survey this site contains historical mapping from Ordnance Survey’s County Series at 1:2500 & 1:10 560 scales dating from 1840 to 1948.
It has never been easier to tap into the mapping history of Great Britain with every image accurately positioned against modern geography so that you can search by address, place or grid reference with the date of each old map clearly shown. In addition you can search against historical counties, invaluable when tracing old place names.
The earliest 1:10 560 scale mapping is free to view whilst extracts of more detailed and later mapping can be purchased. Images can be emailed to your computer within the hour and framed prints despatched within forty-eight hours. Easy to use the site contains a wealth of information on maps, scales and their use. Landmark Information Group Limited is the premium supplier of digital historical mapping, environmental, property & planning information in the UK. Established in 1995, our archive now holds over 1 million historical map images including exclusive rights to the KGB cold war mapping for Britain. |