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Genealogy and Maps
Many people today are interested in genealogy to understand not just where and when people lived, but also their lifestyles, surroundings and motivations...
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Keys and Legends
Over the years the Keys and Legends (the two terms are interchangeable) shown on the various Ordnance Survey mapping series have changed as the features in the landscape have evolved...
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Know your Place
Old maps can help us visualise where and how our ancestors lived.
Many of the earlier British maps portray an entire county. Family history does not rely solely on records of births, marriages and deaths, and one of the resources that is often underused, or ignored altogether, is maps.
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How Heath Row became Heathrow
Heathrow Airport derives its name from a hamlet called Heath Row on the western part of what was Hounslow Heath, near what is now Terminal 3. The original Heath Row was demolished during the construction of the airport in the 1940s.
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New Sheet Map of London
Cassini's new map of London is the first to take advantage of the "Free our Data Campaign". However the story behind this seemingly unremarkable occurrence shows it is rather more than that... Read more >>


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