MAPS AND PLACENAMES

WORLD-WIDE & OUTSIDE THE BRITISH ISLES: (separate page)

GREAT BRITAIN

ENGLAND

WALES

SCOTLAND

IRELAND

ELSEWHERE

= links added or amended as at 24th Feb 2010 = other links added or amended recently = link temporarily broken (see Footnote)

		British History Online (Historical Maps) Cassini Historical Maps Catholic Churches in England and Wales Counties of Great Britain [Assoc.of British Counties] Enclosure Maps of England and Wales [University of Essex]
GREAT BRITAIN
		Find a Place [A vision of Britain through time] Gazetteer of British Place Names [Assoc.of British Counties] GenMap UK [Archer Software] Get-a-map [Ordnance Survey] Geograph Great Britain (photos in O.S. grid squares) Google Earth Google Maps UK Historic Parishes of England & Wales (Electronic Maps) Historical Boundary Maps [A vision of Britain through time] Index of Places in England and Wales [GENUKI] MAGIC (Multi Agency Geographical Information for the Countryside) Map my Family Tree [Progeny Software] MAPCO: Map And Plan Collection Online MapQuest United Kingdom Maps of UK postcode areas [Natural History Museum] Multi Media Mapping (UK Map) old-maps.co.uk Parish Database (GENUKI] Registration Districts & Poor Law Unions - England And Wales: Lists of Parishes within Registration Districts (1837-1974) [GENUKI] Map of Registration Districts 2003 (.PDF file) [National Statistics Office] Poor Law Union Maps [The Workhouse - Peter Higginbotham] Registration District Maps 1871 Census [Cassini Maps] Search for your local register office (Interactive map) [Direct.gov] Street Indexes for the 1841 & 1851 Censuses [TNA's Historical Streets Project] UK Street Map Page United Reform Churches in England, Wales and Scotland A Vision of Britain Through Time (Historical Boundary Maps)

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		Church of England Dioceses Map and Parishes A Church Near You (C of E Parish Boundary Maps) England Jurisdictions 1851 [LDS FamilySearch] CHESHIRE: Tithe Maps of Cheshire [Cheshire Record Office]
ENGLAND
		DEVON: Devon Parish Finder (Devon FHS) DORSET: Tithe Maps of Dorset [Dorset Coast Digital Archive] LONDON: Charles Booth Online Archive (Poverty Map of London) [LSE] Greenwood's Map of London 1827 [Bath Spa University] London and Environs (Historic) Maps and Views [Mapco] London Road Name Changes Map of John Snow's London in 1859 [UCLA, USA] Motco Image Database Old London Maps Stanford's Map of 1877 (Parish Boundaries, Poor Law Divisions etc) The Victorian Dictionary Maps of London Victorian London A-Z Street Index [GenDocs] SURREY: Parishes Map for East Surrey [East Surrey FHS] YORKSHIRE: Parish Maps of Yorkshire [GENUKI]

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		1911 Places within Welsh Counties [Assoc.of FHSs of Wales] Dyfed Parishes [Dyfed FHS] Town and Village Names Wales UK (with maps) [Information Wales] Welsh Glossary of Place Names [Ordnance Survey] Welsh Origins of Place Names [Ordnance Survey]
WALES

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		Gazetteer for Scotland O.S. 6-inch maps, 1st edition 1843-1882 [National Library of Scotland] Scotlands Places [National Archives and partners] Scottish Settlements Urban and Rural Areas in Scotland [GROS]
SCOTLAND

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		Ask about Ireland (Griffiths Valuation Maps, Places and Tenants) County Maps of Civil Parishes [Irish Times] Geograph Ireland (photos in O.S. grid squares) Irish Townland Maps Ordnance Survey Ireland Interactive Map
IRELAND
		O.S.Parish List Search Page (National Archives of Ireland) Placenames in Ireland [Irish Ancestors] Poor Law Union Maps [The Workhouse - Peter Higginbotham] Registration Districts Of Ireland [Michael J. Thompson] Townland Data Base (IreAtlas)

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