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Town plan 1890 maps

mikejee

mikejee

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Much better than the russian maps previously mentioned , Old maps now gives access to the 1:500 Town paln maps. these were only available for some towns, but Birmingham is on e such, though you have to remember that the borders were a bit more confined then. the northern border of the maps is approx at the Hockley Brook around burbury st for example. Go to https://www.old-maps.co.uk/maps.html, pinpoint exact area on map, click, and then clickon relevent map button at the right hand side.
Post WW2 !:10560 and c 1955 1:2500 (this size showing the numbers of some houses) maps are also on there.
Mike
 
They seem to have been doing a lot of good work on there recently, it is most useful to have a range of maps for research.
 
There's some great stuff on Mapseeker - https://www.mapseeker.co.uk.

This is a commercial site working with Collins Bartholomew with a large selection of reproduction historical maps. You can buy their products, of course, but they are happy for people to use their images as long as it's for non-commercial purposes.

They say, 'Owners of personal, family history, genealogy, historical research websites are welcome to copy maps for their own use, as are charitable, educational organisations and non-profit organisations, in return for a credit, "Image courtesy of mapseeker.co.uk" and a link to the Mapseeker website - https://www.mapseeker.co.uk.'

Have a look at https://www.mapseeker.co.uk/major-british-cities/birmingham/?tcID=1 for some old maps of the City Centre.

Bill
 
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