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    1. Re: [CHS] [ENG-LAN-BOLTON] Free historic maps
    2. Martin Briscoe
    3. The NLS also some other series for England and Wales, particularly the 1:25000 http://maps.nls.uk/index.html http://maps.nls.uk/series/index.html Map Series of England, Wales and Great Britain: Ordnance Survey, Six-Inch, England and Wales - 1842-1952 - 37,390 sheets Ordnance Survey, 1:25,000 maps of Great Britain - 1937-1961 - 2,027 sheets Ordnance Survey, One-Inch Revised new series, England and Wales, 1892-1908 - 691 sheets Ordnance Survey, One-Inch New Popular edition, England and Wales, 1945-1947 - 114 sheets Ordnance Survey, One-Inch Seventh Series, Great Britain, 1952-1961 - 190 sheets Ordnance Survey, "ten mile" Planning Maps of the United Kingdom, 1944-1960 Not Lancashire but these are worth looking at Town plans: Ordnance Survey Five feet to the mile, London, 1893-1896 - 753 sheets They have an excellent range of maps of Scotland online including the 25" OS which I have not seen online in England and Wales so just hope they extend coverage to include that but you can look up the sheet numbers. http://maps.nls.uk/geo/records/ There are also some other projects http://maps.nls.uk/projects/index.html By the way, the whole of the Lancashire 2nd Edition 25" map can be bought on CD (DVD?) from the Digital Archives Association. I have it on my hard disc and use frequently. They also have some very large scale maps of Manchester, Martin Briscoe Fort William martin@mbriscoe.me.uk -----Original Message----- From: eng-lan-bolton-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:eng-lan-bolton-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Lynne Sent: 13 March 2014 20:22 Subject: [ENG-LAN-BOLTON] Free historic maps Hello all The National Library of Scotland has just uploaded maps of England and Wales from 1842-1952 to add to its Scottish collection. A list by county can be found at .

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