Historical Map Data FAQs

When I tried to find the name of my village on the old-maps.co.uk web site, my search was unsuccessful. Why was this?

The gazetteer contains over 40 000 place names as they existed around 1850. If your village or town is a very recent development then a search using that name will result in no matches being found. Try using the postcode instead.

How do I know if a map contains the information I require, such as a parcel number for a field?

If buying an extract through Landmark's web site you will be asked for a postcode or address and this will be depicted as the centre of the area you require.

Please note that, due to a high demand for this service, there is no facility for personal enquiries – such as "Can you tell me if my ancestors' house at North Street is on the decorative map?" – if buying the decorative map product from Landmark. You could, alternatively, locate the area of interest via either Get-a-Map or the Landmark Old Maps web site.

• Get-a-Map
• Old Maps web site

Where can I buy a digital version of Historical Mapping?

Mapping from the Ordnance Survey Historical Map Archive has been scanned as digital raster images and is called Historical Map Data. It is available as black and white raster data in a range of formats on CD-ROM from Landmark Information Group.

Where can I buy an Ordnance Survey Historical Map?

If you would like a full-size map of a particular area, Ordnance Survey Mapping and Data Centres can supply Historical Mapping as facsimile copies on chart paper. If you want an A3-size site-centred extract, Landmark Information Group offer the facility to purchase these online at old-maps.co.uk (please follow the link above).