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A unique resource created to help you trace your family history and explore the past.
Cassini Publishing, in partnership with The National Archives, has made available on-line digital versions of the original Registration District maps from the 1871 census. This set of maps is the only known collection of this type in the world.
 
  • Find any location in England and Wales
  • Maps from 1805 to the present day
  • Create your own personalised maps centred on this point
  • Explore how the landscape has changed over time
  • Discover long-lost place names, villages, mills, woodlands, mines, railways, canals, farms...

Registration District Maps © Crown Copyright Images reproduced by courtesy of
The National Archives, London, England. www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

The National Archives give no warranty as to the accuracy, completeness or fitness for the purpose of the information provided.

Images may be used only for purposes of research, private study or education. Applications for any other use should be made to The National Archives Image Library, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 4DU.
 

Free samples of available map series:

Registration District - 1871   Old Series - 1824
Revised New Series - 1903   Popular Edition - 1924
New Popular Edition - 1947   Present Day Mapping
County Series (street level) -1904

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What our customers say

"Cassini Historical Maps provide a wonderful key to the past - a key to a treasure-trove for everyone who wants to know what has happened to their world."
Terry Jones, popular TV historian and ex-Monty Python
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“The most useful thing about Cassini’s Mapmaker service is that you can see images of the historical maps before you buy them,” says Alf Wilkinson, Historical Association Education Officer.  "Absolutely ideal for local studies. You can choose the best map for the task you have in mind! I was impressed by how sophisticated it is yet simple to use.”
Alf Wilkinson, Historical Association Education Officer.
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"We find these historical maps fascinating. Especially when you have them side-by-side with the modern map. Even my grandchildren are interested and we have spent ages crawling around on the floor comparing the past and present of places where they live."
Mrs Janet Daley,
Somerset




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