Alan Godfrey Maps
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Travel in time, witness the people & places that changed our lives in Britain & beyond using our maps as a window into history, brought alive by our researchers & authors.
Great Gifts!
From £3.50 pp. https://www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/acatalog/home.html
Great Gifts!
From £3.50 pp. https://www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/acatalog/home.html
The Armstrong family were important local landowners, Sir William built the first house in the country with lights powered by hydro-electricity in the 1880s around here. This was such a technological wonder that crowned heads of state visited, such as the future Edward VII and the Shah of Persia!
January 28, 2026 at 5:14 PM
The Armstrong family were important local landowners, Sir William built the first house in the country with lights powered by hydro-electricity in the 1880s around here. This was such a technological wonder that crowned heads of state visited, such as the future Edward VII and the Shah of Persia!
Rothbury 1921.
Great stories with today’s new map, including Robert Douglas being ‘reduced to beggary’ by a 1738 fire, a ‘wild west drama’ in 1920 when two Russian sailors broke into a brewery & nearly killed a policeman, & links to the 1715 Jacobite rebellion!
www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/nbl4116.htm
Great stories with today’s new map, including Robert Douglas being ‘reduced to beggary’ by a 1738 fire, a ‘wild west drama’ in 1920 when two Russian sailors broke into a brewery & nearly killed a policeman, & links to the 1715 Jacobite rebellion!
www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/nbl4116.htm
January 28, 2026 at 8:48 AM
Rothbury 1921.
Great stories with today’s new map, including Robert Douglas being ‘reduced to beggary’ by a 1738 fire, a ‘wild west drama’ in 1920 when two Russian sailors broke into a brewery & nearly killed a policeman, & links to the 1715 Jacobite rebellion!
www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/nbl4116.htm
Great stories with today’s new map, including Robert Douglas being ‘reduced to beggary’ by a 1738 fire, a ‘wild west drama’ in 1920 when two Russian sailors broke into a brewery & nearly killed a policeman, & links to the 1715 Jacobite rebellion!
www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/nbl4116.htm
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Wooler 1922
Alan Godfrey fills his notes with history in our #new map, notably the wild, busy life of Forde Grey (1655-1701) who faced trial for ‘whoredom, fornication and adultery’, plotted to kill Charles II & then was Lord Privy Seal!
More epic stories here… www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/nbl1613.htm
Alan Godfrey fills his notes with history in our #new map, notably the wild, busy life of Forde Grey (1655-1701) who faced trial for ‘whoredom, fornication and adultery’, plotted to kill Charles II & then was Lord Privy Seal!
More epic stories here… www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/nbl1613.htm
January 27, 2026 at 8:15 AM
Wooler 1922
Alan Godfrey fills his notes with history in our #new map, notably the wild, busy life of Forde Grey (1655-1701) who faced trial for ‘whoredom, fornication and adultery’, plotted to kill Charles II & then was Lord Privy Seal!
More epic stories here… www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/nbl1613.htm
Alan Godfrey fills his notes with history in our #new map, notably the wild, busy life of Forde Grey (1655-1701) who faced trial for ‘whoredom, fornication and adultery’, plotted to kill Charles II & then was Lord Privy Seal!
More epic stories here… www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/nbl1613.htm
Wooler 1922
Alan Godfrey fills his notes with history in our #new map, notably the wild, busy life of Forde Grey (1655-1701) who faced trial for ‘whoredom, fornication and adultery’, plotted to kill Charles II & then was Lord Privy Seal!
More epic stories here… www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/nbl1613.htm
Alan Godfrey fills his notes with history in our #new map, notably the wild, busy life of Forde Grey (1655-1701) who faced trial for ‘whoredom, fornication and adultery’, plotted to kill Charles II & then was Lord Privy Seal!
More epic stories here… www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/nbl1613.htm
January 27, 2026 at 8:15 AM
Wooler 1922
Alan Godfrey fills his notes with history in our #new map, notably the wild, busy life of Forde Grey (1655-1701) who faced trial for ‘whoredom, fornication and adultery’, plotted to kill Charles II & then was Lord Privy Seal!
More epic stories here… www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/nbl1613.htm
Alan Godfrey fills his notes with history in our #new map, notably the wild, busy life of Forde Grey (1655-1701) who faced trial for ‘whoredom, fornication and adultery’, plotted to kill Charles II & then was Lord Privy Seal!
More epic stories here… www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/nbl1613.htm
A little added extra to our map - the difference a few short decades bring!
This publication has two maps about 25 years apart, it's utterly incredible how profound a change the railways made to the UK landscape!
www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/london803.htm
This publication has two maps about 25 years apart, it's utterly incredible how profound a change the railways made to the UK landscape!
www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/london803.htm
January 26, 2026 at 4:52 PM
A little added extra to our map - the difference a few short decades bring!
This publication has two maps about 25 years apart, it's utterly incredible how profound a change the railways made to the UK landscape!
www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/london803.htm
This publication has two maps about 25 years apart, it's utterly incredible how profound a change the railways made to the UK landscape!
www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/london803.htm
Forest Gate 1867-93.
One of our many #London maps, this part of the capital is indelibly linked to the Gurney family, who originated in Norwich and would rise like a rocket in the world of banking before exploding spectacularly after many errors and missteps, as told in the accompanying map notes.
One of our many #London maps, this part of the capital is indelibly linked to the Gurney family, who originated in Norwich and would rise like a rocket in the world of banking before exploding spectacularly after many errors and missteps, as told in the accompanying map notes.
January 26, 2026 at 7:49 AM
Forest Gate 1867-93.
One of our many #London maps, this part of the capital is indelibly linked to the Gurney family, who originated in Norwich and would rise like a rocket in the world of banking before exploding spectacularly after many errors and missteps, as told in the accompanying map notes.
One of our many #London maps, this part of the capital is indelibly linked to the Gurney family, who originated in Norwich and would rise like a rocket in the world of banking before exploding spectacularly after many errors and missteps, as told in the accompanying map notes.
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www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/ab7511.htm
Our maps start at £3.50, and with almost 4,000 maps in our catalogue, we cover the places you're looking for, often several times over, during the many decades of the Ordinance Survey's lifetime!
Check back for our regular sales too, often from just £1!
Our maps start at £3.50, and with almost 4,000 maps in our catalogue, we cover the places you're looking for, often several times over, during the many decades of the Ordinance Survey's lifetime!
Check back for our regular sales too, often from just £1!
Old Maps of Aberdeen
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January 25, 2026 at 7:55 AM
www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/ab7511.htm
Our maps start at £3.50, and with almost 4,000 maps in our catalogue, we cover the places you're looking for, often several times over, during the many decades of the Ordinance Survey's lifetime!
Check back for our regular sales too, often from just £1!
Our maps start at £3.50, and with almost 4,000 maps in our catalogue, we cover the places you're looking for, often several times over, during the many decades of the Ordinance Survey's lifetime!
Check back for our regular sales too, often from just £1!
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Aberdeen 1900.
You’ll see that we’re sharing a few parts of this map today, it’s a great example of what you get – richly researched notes, high quality presentation, engaging writing and a beautifully reproduced map you can open up with your own hands and look over with your own eyes.
🧵 Link next-
You’ll see that we’re sharing a few parts of this map today, it’s a great example of what you get – richly researched notes, high quality presentation, engaging writing and a beautifully reproduced map you can open up with your own hands and look over with your own eyes.
🧵 Link next-
January 25, 2026 at 7:55 AM
Aberdeen 1900.
You’ll see that we’re sharing a few parts of this map today, it’s a great example of what you get – richly researched notes, high quality presentation, engaging writing and a beautifully reproduced map you can open up with your own hands and look over with your own eyes.
🧵 Link next-
You’ll see that we’re sharing a few parts of this map today, it’s a great example of what you get – richly researched notes, high quality presentation, engaging writing and a beautifully reproduced map you can open up with your own hands and look over with your own eyes.
🧵 Link next-
Aberdeen 1900.
You’ll see that we’re sharing a few parts of this map today, it’s a great example of what you get – richly researched notes, high quality presentation, engaging writing and a beautifully reproduced map you can open up with your own hands and look over with your own eyes.
🧵 Link next-
You’ll see that we’re sharing a few parts of this map today, it’s a great example of what you get – richly researched notes, high quality presentation, engaging writing and a beautifully reproduced map you can open up with your own hands and look over with your own eyes.
🧵 Link next-
January 25, 2026 at 7:55 AM
Aberdeen 1900.
You’ll see that we’re sharing a few parts of this map today, it’s a great example of what you get – richly researched notes, high quality presentation, engaging writing and a beautifully reproduced map you can open up with your own hands and look over with your own eyes.
🧵 Link next-
You’ll see that we’re sharing a few parts of this map today, it’s a great example of what you get – richly researched notes, high quality presentation, engaging writing and a beautifully reproduced map you can open up with your own hands and look over with your own eyes.
🧵 Link next-
Spellchecker occasionally dislikes the place names on our maps, and this is one of them!
As with most places in the UK, here we find a village & it’s orbiting hamlets stuffed with history, story and interest. Mentions of royalty, Empire and more can be found in many of them, as with today’s example.
As with most places in the UK, here we find a village & it’s orbiting hamlets stuffed with history, story and interest. Mentions of royalty, Empire and more can be found in many of them, as with today’s example.
Great Ayton & the Langbaurgh Ridge, 1913.
Occasionally our map notes can get excitingly dynastic, as here… Obviously we have the famous Cook family but the Nevill, Holland, Foulis, Coulson, Constantine, Proctor, Richardson, Raikes names are discussed too.
www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/yorks02901.htm
Occasionally our map notes can get excitingly dynastic, as here… Obviously we have the famous Cook family but the Nevill, Holland, Foulis, Coulson, Constantine, Proctor, Richardson, Raikes names are discussed too.
www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/yorks02901.htm
January 24, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Spellchecker occasionally dislikes the place names on our maps, and this is one of them!
As with most places in the UK, here we find a village & it’s orbiting hamlets stuffed with history, story and interest. Mentions of royalty, Empire and more can be found in many of them, as with today’s example.
As with most places in the UK, here we find a village & it’s orbiting hamlets stuffed with history, story and interest. Mentions of royalty, Empire and more can be found in many of them, as with today’s example.
Great Ayton & the Langbaurgh Ridge, 1913.
Occasionally our map notes can get excitingly dynastic, as here… Obviously we have the famous Cook family but the Nevill, Holland, Foulis, Coulson, Constantine, Proctor, Richardson, Raikes names are discussed too.
www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/yorks02901.htm
Occasionally our map notes can get excitingly dynastic, as here… Obviously we have the famous Cook family but the Nevill, Holland, Foulis, Coulson, Constantine, Proctor, Richardson, Raikes names are discussed too.
www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/yorks02901.htm
January 24, 2026 at 11:42 AM
Great Ayton & the Langbaurgh Ridge, 1913.
Occasionally our map notes can get excitingly dynastic, as here… Obviously we have the famous Cook family but the Nevill, Holland, Foulis, Coulson, Constantine, Proctor, Richardson, Raikes names are discussed too.
www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/yorks02901.htm
Occasionally our map notes can get excitingly dynastic, as here… Obviously we have the famous Cook family but the Nevill, Holland, Foulis, Coulson, Constantine, Proctor, Richardson, Raikes names are discussed too.
www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/yorks02901.htm
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Health reformer Sir Edwin Chadwick (1800-90) was born on this day in Longsight, Manchester. His 'Report on the Sanitary Condition of the Labouring Population of Great Britain' (1842) led to the Public Health Act 1848, the first step on a long road to improving public health.
January 24, 2026 at 8:55 AM
Health reformer Sir Edwin Chadwick (1800-90) was born on this day in Longsight, Manchester. His 'Report on the Sanitary Condition of the Labouring Population of Great Britain' (1842) led to the Public Health Act 1848, the first step on a long road to improving public health.
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Dockside, Sunderland, 1962, painting by L.S. Lowry, 1887-1976 (Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens).
January 24, 2026 at 8:56 AM
Dockside, Sunderland, 1962, painting by L.S. Lowry, 1887-1976 (Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens).
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An updated #OnePlaceStudy blog post for your weekend reading! The link in Tony’s Bluesky post below is broken, so here it is in full: www.ancestralenquiries.co.uk/post/15-st-j...
January 24, 2026 at 10:14 AM
An updated #OnePlaceStudy blog post for your weekend reading! The link in Tony’s Bluesky post below is broken, so here it is in full: www.ancestralenquiries.co.uk/post/15-st-j...
Families and familial connections knit our nations together. It’s fascinating to read a set of maps and see how local families influence different towns & villages, how everything is interconnected, starting at street-level and building up to empires, on the backs of local families & personalities.
January 24, 2026 at 7:26 AM
Families and familial connections knit our nations together. It’s fascinating to read a set of maps and see how local families influence different towns & villages, how everything is interconnected, starting at street-level and building up to empires, on the backs of local families & personalities.
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Ahoy mateys! This is, thankfully, the last of Andrew's "arrrs" this morning!
Rrrreposting rrrrecent rrrrreleases!
If you'll need me later on, I may have been cast ashore 🤣🦜
Ahoy mateys! This is, thankfully, the last of Andrew's "arrrs" this morning!
Rrrreposting rrrrecent rrrrreleases!
If you'll need me later on, I may have been cast ashore 🤣🦜
“This wonderfully detailed map covers Doncaster at a fascinating moment in time, enjoying its final flourish as a major coaching town, while clearing the decks for its oncoming role as one of our great railway centres”.
Doncaster Town Centre appears to be cautiously advancing towards the dominant new railway in 1850; the large station, five lines & Goods Shed are all the more impressive when we remember that the first passenger service ran only 25 years before publication.
www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/doncaster03....
www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/doncaster03....
January 23, 2026 at 7:46 AM
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Ahoy mateys! This is, thankfully, the last of Andrew's "arrrs" this morning!
Rrrreposting rrrrecent rrrrreleases!
If you'll need me later on, I may have been cast ashore 🤣🦜
Ahoy mateys! This is, thankfully, the last of Andrew's "arrrs" this morning!
Rrrreposting rrrrecent rrrrreleases!
If you'll need me later on, I may have been cast ashore 🤣🦜
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One more new map from Davey Jones' Locker as Andrew talks a bit like a private- Arrr!
Rrrreposting rrrrecent rrrrreleases!
Polly wants a cracker of a map?
One more new map from Davey Jones' Locker as Andrew talks a bit like a private- Arrr!
Rrrreposting rrrrecent rrrrreleases!
Polly wants a cracker of a map?
Doncaster Town Centre appears to be cautiously advancing towards the dominant new railway in 1850; the large station, five lines & Goods Shed are all the more impressive when we remember that the first passenger service ran only 25 years before publication.
www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/doncaster03....
www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/doncaster03....
January 23, 2026 at 7:44 AM
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One more new map from Davey Jones' Locker as Andrew talks a bit like a private- Arrr!
Rrrreposting rrrrecent rrrrreleases!
Polly wants a cracker of a map?
One more new map from Davey Jones' Locker as Andrew talks a bit like a private- Arrr!
Rrrreposting rrrrecent rrrrreleases!
Polly wants a cracker of a map?
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Shivver me tibers mateys! Lots of "arrrs" this morning!
Rrrreposting rrrrecent rrrrreleases!
If you've already seen these posts, please don't make me walk the plank!
Shivver me tibers mateys! Lots of "arrrs" this morning!
Rrrreposting rrrrecent rrrrreleases!
If you've already seen these posts, please don't make me walk the plank!
Desborough 1924
A centre of the English silk trade in the mid 1800s & hub for the Co-Operative movement – the local society provided allotments, housing, retail & factory jobs etc. As the silk trade declined, lace rose, later to be replaced by corset production.
www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/nn2403.htm
A centre of the English silk trade in the mid 1800s & hub for the Co-Operative movement – the local society provided allotments, housing, retail & factory jobs etc. As the silk trade declined, lace rose, later to be replaced by corset production.
www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/nn2403.htm
January 23, 2026 at 7:43 AM
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Shivver me tibers mateys! Lots of "arrrs" this morning!
Rrrreposting rrrrecent rrrrreleases!
If you've already seen these posts, please don't make me walk the plank!
Shivver me tibers mateys! Lots of "arrrs" this morning!
Rrrreposting rrrrecent rrrrreleases!
If you've already seen these posts, please don't make me walk the plank!
🦜🏴☠️
Ahoy mateys! Lots of "arrrs" this morning!
Rrrreposting rrrrecent rrrrreleases!
If you've already seen these posts, I hope you're not too (p)irate!
Ahoy mateys! Lots of "arrrs" this morning!
Rrrreposting rrrrecent rrrrreleases!
If you've already seen these posts, I hope you're not too (p)irate!
At the heart of England, Weedon Bec was a key hub in transport from #London to #Birmingham & #Dublin, seeing significant development in road, canal & rail over the centuries.
Add the military base & you’ve got a place that almost everyone is connected to!
www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/nn4312.htm
Add the military base & you’ve got a place that almost everyone is connected to!
www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/nn4312.htm
January 23, 2026 at 7:42 AM
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Ahoy mateys! Lots of "arrrs" this morning!
Rrrreposting rrrrecent rrrrreleases!
If you've already seen these posts, I hope you're not too (p)irate!
Ahoy mateys! Lots of "arrrs" this morning!
Rrrreposting rrrrecent rrrrreleases!
If you've already seen these posts, I hope you're not too (p)irate!
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Alan Godfrey’s introduction to our Bawtry 1901 map can’t be bettered, so we’ve sampled it alongside a map sample from the town.
Please note, the printed version is clearer.
Bawtry has an interested history, ably told in the notes accompanied by 2 lovely maps.
www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/yorks29112.htm
Please note, the printed version is clearer.
Bawtry has an interested history, ably told in the notes accompanied by 2 lovely maps.
www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/yorks29112.htm
January 22, 2026 at 9:03 AM
Alan Godfrey’s introduction to our Bawtry 1901 map can’t be bettered, so we’ve sampled it alongside a map sample from the town.
Please note, the printed version is clearer.
Bawtry has an interested history, ably told in the notes accompanied by 2 lovely maps.
www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/yorks29112.htm
Please note, the printed version is clearer.
Bawtry has an interested history, ably told in the notes accompanied by 2 lovely maps.
www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/yorks29112.htm
Alan Godfrey’s introduction to our Bawtry 1901 map can’t be bettered, so we’ve sampled it alongside a map sample from the town.
Please note, the printed version is clearer.
Bawtry has an interested history, ably told in the notes accompanied by 2 lovely maps.
www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/yorks29112.htm
Please note, the printed version is clearer.
Bawtry has an interested history, ably told in the notes accompanied by 2 lovely maps.
www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/yorks29112.htm
January 22, 2026 at 9:03 AM
Alan Godfrey’s introduction to our Bawtry 1901 map can’t be bettered, so we’ve sampled it alongside a map sample from the town.
Please note, the printed version is clearer.
Bawtry has an interested history, ably told in the notes accompanied by 2 lovely maps.
www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/yorks29112.htm
Please note, the printed version is clearer.
Bawtry has an interested history, ably told in the notes accompanied by 2 lovely maps.
www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/yorks29112.htm
“This wonderfully detailed map covers Doncaster at a fascinating moment in time, enjoying its final flourish as a major coaching town, while clearing the decks for its oncoming role as one of our great railway centres”.
Doncaster Town Centre appears to be cautiously advancing towards the dominant new railway in 1850; the large station, five lines & Goods Shed are all the more impressive when we remember that the first passenger service ran only 25 years before publication.
www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/doncaster03....
www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/doncaster03....
January 21, 2026 at 5:30 PM
“This wonderfully detailed map covers Doncaster at a fascinating moment in time, enjoying its final flourish as a major coaching town, while clearing the decks for its oncoming role as one of our great railway centres”.
Doncaster Town Centre appears to be cautiously advancing towards the dominant new railway in 1850; the large station, five lines & Goods Shed are all the more impressive when we remember that the first passenger service ran only 25 years before publication.
www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/doncaster03....
www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/doncaster03....
January 21, 2026 at 7:44 AM
Doncaster Town Centre appears to be cautiously advancing towards the dominant new railway in 1850; the large station, five lines & Goods Shed are all the more impressive when we remember that the first passenger service ran only 25 years before publication.
www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/doncaster03....
www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/doncaster03....
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Current £1 sale - #Surrey Bargains!
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*DON'T FORGET OUR SUBSCRIPTIONS!*
Currently running some great value #London subscriptions, with free post and map discounts 👍🗺️
January 21, 2026 at 7:04 AM
Here for all your beautifully reprinted OS map needs 😄
#Genealogy #History #Transport #NHS
Current £1 sale - #Surrey Bargains!
www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/acatalog/Sur...
*DON'T FORGET OUR SUBSCRIPTIONS!*
Currently running some great value #London subscriptions, with free post and map discounts 👍🗺️
#Genealogy #History #Transport #NHS
Current £1 sale - #Surrey Bargains!
www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/acatalog/Sur...
*DON'T FORGET OUR SUBSCRIPTIONS!*
Currently running some great value #London subscriptions, with free post and map discounts 👍🗺️
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More books! 🤭 Trying to carve out some reading time.
January 20, 2026 at 10:36 PM
More books! 🤭 Trying to carve out some reading time.