old maps

TAKEN FROM BOOKS. THEY INCLUDE - LIVERPOOL -- THE ARCTIC REGIONS -- BELFAST -- RIO DE JANEIRO etc.

All printed on cloth except on Dartmoor map which is printed on paper.

The Whitbread's New Plan of London map was first published in 1851 just prior to the opening of the "Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations", or simply the Great Exhibition. The central London and its iconic locations, buildings and bridges depicted by Whitbread in great detail and labelled.

THE TOP SECRET BIGOT PLANS. St Aubin Juno Sward - publ 2004, intro by Tony Painter. Never before reprinted, the Bigot Plans were prepared for the Allied Invasion in 1944, were classified Top Secret and issued under the highest level of "Need to Know".

1896 GODFREY EDITION.

3 old fold out maps, ordnance survey map spalding 1946, very old cloth map Liverpool, cloth cyclists map, Cornwall map a d a few other smaller maps.

Lancashire Map your Ancestors - find where they lived and worked. On the reverse is an historic introduction together with directory extracts.

Derbyshire Ancestors find where they lived and worked. We have published two versions of this map, showing how the area changed across the years. Each gives good coverage of Chesterfield, also extending westward to New Brampton and southward to the Whitehouses area.

West Riding of Yorkshire, Old map 1946 by Ernest Clegg. A detailed geographical representation of the West Riding of Yorkshire. A crest of the West Riding. This vibrant work brings to life part of our recent history and is a masterpiece of it's kind.

They show how the area changed across the years. Coverage stretches from Audnam House eastward to Hill St, Brierley Hill. OLD ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP BRIERLEY HILL (WEST) 1901. Ancestors from Staffordshire - find where they lived and worked.

Each covers an area of a mile and a half by a mile. On the reverse the map has an introduction to the area together with entries C-K of a 1905 Kent directory of Beckenham. "Fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in theAlan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family.

Ancestors from Cheshire. Each covers an area of a mile and a half by a mile. On the reverse the map has an introduction to the area together with directory extracts from directory. Two versions of this map, showing how the area developed across the years.

SET OF THREE MODERN 6"x4" GLOSS PHOTOS REPRODUCED FROM THE ORIGINALS ON LOAN FROM ASHFORDIANS JACK & MAY MARKS MANY YEARS AGO. NORMALLY I SEND THE INVOICE WITHIN FEW HOURS OF THE SALE ENDING. THE DIFFERENCE IS GOOD AND UNUSUAL COLLECTIBLE.

This classic piece was produced by John Speed the best known mapmaker of the Stuart period. It is a wonderful example of a decorative county map that was produced over 400 years since. This is an antique reproduction of the original hand coloured map and therefore each original map is in itself unique.

In excellent/near new condition.

This is a copy of a map of Sheffield, Yorkshire, Englandand was produced by John Tallis in 1851. The map is in excellent condition and is printed on good quality, glossy type paper. NOT a photocopy.

South Wales, 1786. It retains its original colours and signs of ageing (see picture below).

Part of Turnham Green is in the NW corner. Three versions of this map have been published 1867, 1893 and 1935 showing how the area developed across the years. "Fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in theAlan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family.

Old Ordnance Survey Map (reprint) - Paddington 1914. Dispatched with Royal Mail 2nd Class Large Letter. This map is part of the Godfrey Maps series, serial number 'London Sheet 60'.  This map shows Lock Hospital in the North west and the Westbourne Ward and the mainline railway into Paddington Station in the centre of the map as part of the Church Ward.  The North East has the Hotel Great Central and Marylebone Road South to Bryanston Square Ward.  Hyde Park Ward, Lancaster Gate West & East Wards are illustrated as well as Hyde Park.  The reverse has lots of info and business and person detail for the area in 1914.  In excellent/near new condition.  I combine postage for multi buys.

Win Green, Stalbridge, Milborne Port. together with a detailed map of Stalbridge itself. A must for the historian, genealogist and anyone interested in the local history of The Blackmore Vale betweeen the 1901 and 1911 census period.

Serial number 'London Sheet 52'. In excellent/near new condition.

Central Bournemouth map completes the trio. On Sheet 86.14 are Boscombe Pier, Boscombe Spa, Portman Ravine. Old Ordnance Survey Map Central Bournemouth 1923.