On 04/09/2013 05:41, Di Maloney wrote: > Hi all, > I am looking for King Street Maryport in the 1850's - I have looked at > British History OnLine and old.maps.co.uk and can see King Street Maryport > but it is not detailed enough. > If anyone knows of a map giving good detail of the streets that show those > streets or lanes that may have been closed, would you please reply to the > newsgroup. > > Many thanks for any help. > > Di > Google Books found mention of a map of Maryport being produced on the on the "10-Feet or 1/500 scale" in 1868. Can that really be 1" = 10 ft ??? That would be detailed. Perhaps I have that wrong. Anyway it's mentioned here http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=3hkTAAAAYAAJ&dq=Maryport%20map&pg=PA298#v=onepage&q=Maryport%20map&f=false Page 8 of "Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command, Volume 36" by "Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons" No idea where it is now!

CWatters wrote: >[...] >Google Books found mention of a map of Maryport being produced on the >on the "10-Feet or 1/500 scale" in 1868. >Can that really be 1" = 10 ft ??? That would be detailed. Perhaps I have >that wrong. [...] >http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=3hkTAAAAYAAJ&dq=Maryport%20map&pg=PA298#v=onepage&q=Maryport%20map&f=false >Page 8 of "Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command, Volume >36" by "Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons" It's 10 feet represents 1 mile (or 1"= 500", i.e. 10.56 feet to the mile, a slightly different scale). See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordnance_Survey and search page for '10 feet'

If only I could see it, oh well, I can dream,. Thanks, Di "CWatters" <colin.watters@NOturnersoakSPAM.plus.com> wrote in message news:j9edndSaJuVvkbTPnZ2dnUVZ8s2dnZ2d@brightview.co.uk... > On 04/09/2013 05:41, Di Maloney wrote: >> Hi all, >> I am looking for King Street Maryport in the 1850's - I have looked at >> British History OnLine and old.maps.co.uk and can see King Street >> Maryport >> but it is not detailed enough. >> If anyone knows of a map giving good detail of the streets that show >> those >> streets or lanes that may have been closed, would you please reply to the >> newsgroup. >> >> Many thanks for any help. >> >> Di >> > > Google Books found mention of a map of Maryport being produced on the on > the "10-Feet or 1/500 scale" in 1868. > > Can that really be 1" = 10 ft ??? That would be detailed. Perhaps I have > that wrong. > > Anyway it's mentioned here > > http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=3hkTAAAAYAAJ&dq=Maryport%20map&pg=PA298#v=onepage&q=Maryport%20map&f=false > > Page 8 of "Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command, Volume 36" > by "Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons" > > No idea where it is now!