Compare Old Maps With New Side By Side

[6Foot2]

Link: ONS Basemaps Comparison

 

[Syman_a]

Link: ONS Basemaps Comparison

 

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Oh My! that just wasted half an hour

[ICTDirect_Dave]

This is absolutely brilliant!

[TechMonkey]

Thanks for this, love looking at old maps and comparing them to how the area has developed. It is a shame it doesn't give a better idea of when the OS maps were from (unless I missed it) just some random period from 1937 and 61.

[6Foot2]

...It is a shame it doesn't give a better idea of when the OS maps were from (unless I missed it) just some random period from 1937 and 61.

 

I was disappointed by that too. Perhaps a later update (if it comes) will change this.

[6Foot2]

Thanks for this, love looking at old maps and comparing them to how the area has developed. It is a shame it doesn't give a better idea of when the OS maps were from (unless I missed it) just some random period from 1937 and 61.

 

I found (found again) an alternative which will go some way toward giving more granulation to the date:

 

Link: Side by side georeferenced maps viewer with layer swipe - Map images [National Library of Scotland]