Historical Map Overlays

The following applications show geo-referenced historical maps overlaid upon Google maps, satellite and terrain layers.

Further information about these overlays and the standards behind them.

The related Visualising Urban Geographies project, is also developing tools for viewing historical urban information and maps.

Scotland

• Ordnance Survey Maps - Quarter-inch to the mile, Scotland, 1921-1923
• JG Bartholomew & Son, Half-inch to the Mile maps of Scotland, 1926-1935
• Ordnance Survey Maps - One-inch to the mile, Popular edition, Scotland, 1920-1930
• Ordnance Survey Maps - Six-inch to the mile, 1st edition, Scotland, 1843-1882
• Ordnance Survey Air Photo Mosaics of Scotland, 1944-1950
• Ordnance Survey large-scale town plans, 1847-1895 :

Aberdeen [1866-7] Airdrie [1858] Alexandria [1859] Alloa [1861-2] Annan [1859] Arbroath [1858] Ayr [1855] (Berwick-upon-Tweed) [1852] Brechin [1862] Burntisland [1894] Campbelton [1865] Coatbridge [1858] Cupar (Fife) [1854] Cupar (Fife) [1893-4] Dalkeith [1852] Dalkeith [1893] Dumbarton [1859] Dumfries [1850] Dumfries [1893] Dundee [1857-8] Dundee [1870-2] Dunfermline [1854] Dunfermline [1894] Edinburgh [1849-53] Edinburgh [1876-7] Edinburgh [1893-4]

Elgin [1868] Falkirk [1858-9] Forfar [1860-1] Forres [1868] Galashiels [1858] Girvan [1857] Glasgow [1857-8] Glasgow [1892-4] Greenock [1857] Haddington [1853] Haddington [1893] Hamilton [1858] Hawick [1857-8] Irvine [1859] Inverness [1867-8] Jedburgh [1858] Kelso [1857] Kilmarnock [1857-9] Kirkcaldy [1855] Kirkcaldy [1894] Kirkcudbright [1850] Kirkcudbright [1893] Kirkintilloch [1859] Kirriemuir [1861] Lanark [1858] Linlithgow [1856]

Maybole [1856-7] Montrose [1861-2] Musselburgh [1853] Musselburgh [1893] Nairn [1867-8] Oban [1867-8] Paisley [1858] Peebles [1856] Perth [1860] Peterhead [1868] Portobello [1893-4] Port Glasgow [1856-7] Rothesay [1862-3] St Andrews [1854] St Andrews [1893] Selkirk [1865] Stirling [1858] Stonehaven [1864] Stranraer [1847] Stranraer [1863-77] Stranraer [1893] Strathaven [1858] Wick [1872] Wigtown [1848] Wigtown [1894]

• Bathymetrical Survey of the Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland, 1897-1909

Loch Awe - North [1903] Loch Awe - South [1903] Loch Cluanie [1903] Loch Doon [1903] Loch Duntelchaig [1903] Loch Earn [1902] Loch Ericht - Lower [1900] Loch Ericht - Upper [1900] Loch Fannich [1902] Loch Glass [1902] Loch Garry Ness [1903]

Loch Garry Tay [1900] Loch Harray [1906] Loch Laidon [1902] Loch Leven [1900] Loch Lomond - South [1903] Loch Lomond - North [1903] Loch Loyne [1903-04] Loch Luichart [1902] Loch Lyon [1902] Loch Mhor [1903] Loch Monar [1903]

Loch Mullardoch [1903] Loch Quoich [1903] Loch Rannoch [1902] Loch Shiel - Lower [1902] Loch Shiel - Upper [1902] Loch Shin - Lower [1902] Loch Shin - Upper [1902] Loch Tay - East [1902] Loch Tay - West [1902] Loch Treig [1902] Loch Tummel [1902]

• Maps of Edinburgh, 1765-1945

• 1765 - William EDGAR - City and castle of Edinburgh
• 1804 - John AINSLIE - Old and New Town of Edinburgh and Leith with the proposed docks
• 1817 - Robert KIRKWOOD - the City of Edinburgh and its environs
• 1821 - James KIRKWOOD - Kirkwood's new plan of the City of Edinburgh
• 1831 - John WOOD: Plan of the City of Edinburgh, including all the latest and intended improvements
• 1832 - Great Reform Act - Edinburgh and Leith
• 1865 - BARTHOLOMEW - Post Office Directory
• 1905-06 - Johnston Post Office plan
• 1912 - J.G. BARTHOLOMEW - Plan of Edinburgh and Leith, from the Survey Atlas of Scotland
• 1945-50 - ORDINANCE SURVEY - Air Photo Mosaics - 1:10,560

England and Wales

• Ordnance Survey Maps - One-inch to the mile, New Popular edition, England and Wales, 1945-1947

Belgium

• British War Office (G.S.G.S.) Maps - 1:250,000 - 1:50,000, Belgium, 1942-1944

The overlays have been generated by MapTiler / GDAL2Tiles, with thanks to Klokan Petr Pridal, GDAL & OSGeo GSoC

Please email geo@nls.uk for further assistance, or to provide general comments / feedback.

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