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Maps and Gazetteers

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Gazetteer concentrating on places that prove to be problematic to researchers due to e.g. boundary changes.

http://www.scan.org.uk/knowledgebase/ search/gazetteer_indexnew.asp


Ordnance Survey maps (Landranger, Pathfinder & Gazetteer)

http://www.ordsvy.gov.uk

Images of first edition Ordnance Survey (6 inches to 1 mile) maps of Scotland, England and Wales. The database is searchable by place-name and by address, with a county gazetteer to assist in identifying a specific location.

http://www.old-maps.co.uk

National Library of Scotland digitised maps of Scotland 1560-1928, including county maps and town plans.

http://www.nls.uk/ digitallibrary/map/early/

Multimap - search by postcode and address anywhere in Britain

http://www.multimap.com

Detailed maps of urban areas

http://www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk

Scottish district map

http://www.trp.dundee.ac.uk/ data/councils/newregions.html

Gazetteer for Scotland

http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/

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