Cartophile

I have always been fascinated by Maps, here is a local one the same age as me, its good the compare such reference points against later versions to see how a place has developed, to accommodate people.

Re: Cartophile

I also love maps, Spitty, but don't have any as old as yours. Pre-Covid I used to like looking at the ones in our reference library and following the way my immediate environs had developed. Quite a lot of the land near me used to belong to the Knights Templars!

Re: Cartophile

I'm a map addict too. And I recently discovered this ...


https://en-gb.topographic-map.com/maps/14/Reading/

Re: Cartophile

think we have somewhere in the region of 200 OS maps, more or less everywhere we have been

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Yes I like old maps too, the best I have ever seen is Captain Cook's first map of Australia - it was on display at the National Library.

But I have my own guide to a European town I used to live and work in. It's a bit older than me, published in 1914 but full of interesting maps and descriptions of localities and places of interest.

Some of you may have visited the place.



It is a little the worse for wear but OK and all the maps are intact

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I had, (probably still have somewhere) a lot of topographical maps from about 40 years ago when I used to go tramping and hunting a lot. Sometimes I actually had to use a compass! I still have a copy of a hand written map from about 1840 of part of the Hawkes Bay area of NZ. Here's the digital copy, the original is in the museum where I worked for about 10 years after I retired.

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Don't suppose anyone has a map of the original navigation of the River Irwell, before it was straightened to make the Manchester Ship Canal?

What I find particularly interesting is that the River Mersey, which cuts across the canal, must also have cut across the Irwell.

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This any help?

OS Maps

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Thanks. But the canal was built by then, so was looking for a map preceding it. Saw that a partial map sold in Bonhams for around £3k, which is a bit steep for me, but does indicate that they were available.

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This one is 1970, twice as thick as the first one.