Maps of Historic London
The folks over at Genealogy Insider has brought us a great post on London Maps. Grace writes:
“If your family hails from London (or you just like cartography), you’ll love this site: the British Library’s virtual exhibition of historical maps of the city.
The 40 historic plats are organized on a Google map, making it easy to determine what areas they represent. The maps and images are also divided by time period, and you can access a zoom-able version to see them up close. I especially like the map from 1653 with the lengthy title ‘A guide for Cuntrey men In the famous Cittey of LONDON by the helpe of wich plot they shall be able to know how farr it is to any Street.’
For more resources for researching your English roots, you can always refer to our Ethnic Toolkit. The University of Texas also has a large collection of historic British maps in its Perry-Castañeda Map Collection.”
You can access the full post by clicking here. It is really amazing how things are changing with the internet. There is no end to the resources available to us all in our search for our ancestors.
