Thanks Michael, Paul, Brian & Elizabeth for your suggestions. I just want a print/image that shows the terrain with the parish boundaries marked on it. The GENUKI maps are great, I hoped the authors might offer a print service. Distances don't mean much if there is a mountain or river in the way. Its nice to be able to see the place names, roads etc. The LDS maps are OK, I've used them before but the background detail is fuzzy. I have plenty of maps of the area including Parish Maps and an old OS Map that I bought in 1996 at the Kentisbeare General Store (once run by Samuel Ackland, a distant cousin) when we kept getting lost in the lanes. Regards Diana On 04/06/2016, at 1:33 AM, Brian Randell <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Paul > > Let me suggest an even simpler "Plan C" - namely to use the Nearby Places icon (a pair of opposing arrows) that you will find in the top right hand corner of each parish page in GENUKI/Devon! :-) > > This facility is in fact set up to show all the places within five miles of the parish, though you can specify a different distance if you wish. > > Cheers > > Brian Randell > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On 3 Jun 2016, at 16:37, Paul Hockie via <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Diana, >> >> If it is neighbouring parishes you are interested in, I would recommend >> downloading the free Parloc >> http://www.parloc.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ParLocDL.html . First you enter the >> Parish and then the distance around the parish to be searched. I usually >> start with 5 miles, this being the maximum distance a young swain would walk >> without passing a pub. The results can be printed as a list or chart and >> include OS references and includes parishes in neighbouring counties. >> Searching the parishes on the list does show up how many parishes are not >> yet online. >> Parloc Uffculme 5 miles >> >> The following list of Parishes are within a >> 5 Mile Radius of Uffculme. >> >> Parish Name Type,County,Country,OsRef Distance >> & Direction >> =========== ========================= >> ==================== >> >> Blackborough P DEV ENG ST0909 2.6 >> South East >> Burlescombe P DEV ENG ST0716 2.6 North by >> North East >> Cullompton P DEV ENG ST0207 4.0 >> South West >> Culmstock P DEV ENG ST1013 2.6 East by >> North East >> Halberton P DEV ENG ST0012 3.7 >> West >> Hemyock P DEV ENG ST1313 4.4 >> East >> Hockworthy P DEV ENG ST0319 4.7 North by >> North West >> Holcombe Rogus P DEV ENG ST0518 3.8 North >> >> Kentisbeare P DEV ENG ST0608 2.5 South >> >> Sampford Arundel P SOM ENG ST1018 4.5 North by North >> East >> Sampford Peverell P DEV ENG ST0314 2.2 West by North >> West >> Sheldon P DEV ENG ST1208 4.5 >> East by South East >> Uffculme P DEV ENG ST0612 0.0 >> >> Uplowman P DEV ENG ST0115 3.6 West by >> North West >> Willand P DEV ENG ST0310 2.2 >> West by South West >> >> Plan B is Phillimores Atlas with printed maps and an index showing the >> locations of copies of remaining registers. This is expensive but you may be >> able to find cheap copies. >> >> Cheers >> >> Paul >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of Diana Stevens via >> Sent: 03 June 2016 07:45 >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [DEV] Historic Parishes of England and Wales >> >> Does anyone know if its possible to get a print/image of portion of the map >> that Brian has used on GENUKI, showing several adjoining parishes? >> >> Kain, R.J.P., Oliver, R.R., Historic Parishes of England and Wales: an >> Electronic Map of Boundaries before 1850 with a Gazetteer and Metadata >> [computer file]. Colchester, Essex: History Data Service, UK Data Archive >> [distributor], 17 May 2001. SN: 4348. >> >> I see there is a set of 3 CDs but I just want the area of Devon which >> includes Uffculme, Sheldon, Dunkeswell, Hemyock and Kentisbeare where my >> ACKLAND family lived. >> >> Regards Diana

Diana - If you merely want to merge five overlapping parish maps from GENUKI, then it's a DIY job: (1) Right click on each parish map and Save Image As, which will save them to your hard drive as gif files; then use any imaging cropping software to lose the black box bordering each map. (2) Load the five image files into a photographic panorama software that can handle 2D arrays, such as Serif Panorama Plus (free Starter Edition) or Microsoft ICE (Image Composite Editor, also free, better resolution, best for photos) or Windows Live Photo Gallery (which comes with Windows 7, after converting gif to jpg). (3) Stitch the images automatically using default settings, do not bother to crop the jagged corners, save the "panorama" image as gif or jpg. That will give you the same basic image as the rather fuzzy England & Wales Jurisdictions 1851 on FamilySearch but with clearer detail. GENUKI is probably licenced to use the individual parish images but not to repackage them, so your compilation should be for your private personal use and not distributed or published without permission of the copyright owners. The original OS map, and others, albeit without parish boundaries, are on the NLS website. The panorama method works for any overlapping maps - but enough of that - this is not a software discussion forum. Don't bother trying to register for access via the UK Data Archive. I did that a year ago - they don't make it easy for non-academic personal users to justify their use of the data and my eventual login gave access to very little of any genealogical interest. I've just tried to download the Historic Parishes, was asked to explain why in at least 30 words, then immediately told that "These data are only available to users in higher or further education for not-for-profit purposes." This list has previously touched on the local mobility of labour and marriage partners in rural Devon (though I can't remember when). As I recall, listers commented that our ancestors rode and walked much longer distances than we present-day softies might expect, that parish boundaries were quite porous, that an outlying farm or hamlet might worship in the nearest church of an adjacent parish, and economic and social activities centred around the market towns. Hills and rivers were not so much barriers between towns and villages as the topographical features that determined their locations and the most conveniently passable routes between them. So if you're looking at a small area it might be relevant to include the market towns as well. And different factors might be relevant if your ancestors were nonconformist rather than Anglican. Regards - Martin Beavis -----Original Message----- From: Diana Stevens via Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2016 7:57 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [DEV] Historic Parishes of England and Wales Thanks Michael, Paul, Brian & Elizabeth for your suggestions. I just want a print/image that shows the terrain with the parish boundaries marked on it. The GENUKI maps are great, I hoped the authors might offer a print service. Distances don't mean much if there is a mountain or river in the way. Its nice to be able to see the place names, roads etc. The LDS maps are OK, I've used them before but the background detail is fuzzy. I have plenty of maps of the area including Parish Maps and an old OS Map that I bought in 1996 at the Kentisbeare General Store (once run by Samuel Ackland, a distant cousin) when we kept getting lost in the lanes. Regards Diana ---------------------------