Historic Digimap provides access to Ordnance Survey maps of Great Britain
Historic Digimap is a useful resource for archaeologists, historians and geographers. As land use changes, the past is obscured and old maps can provide us with vital clues to where our ancestors lived and worked.
It provides access to the following historical Ordnance Survey maps of Great Britain
You can search for any location using postcodes, place names and National Grid References, or historical parish and county names; or latitude and longitude.
Some of the features of Historic Digimap are:
Read the National Library of Scotland’s guide to using maps as historical sources for a more detailed explanation of how to interpret the evidence.
The videos below explain how you can view the historic maps and download data for use in GIS software.
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