maps.sabre-roads.org.uk
The largest freely available online archive of twentieth century georeferenced OS maps of Great Britain and Ireland at "road map" scales from 1:25k to 1:633k including One Inch, Half Inch and Quarter Inch mapping. https://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/maps
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@sabremaps.bsky.social@sabremaps.bsky.social → @maps.sabre-roads.org.ukBack in the olden days you had to keep buying new maps to find out what your town was called this year.
Show PostWartime connection? There were quite a few of these around the place.
Show Post@maps.sabre-roads.org.uk Thanks so much, this is brilliant. I will add a note to my post with this extra info. Now about that burial mound…
Show PostThat tallies with what I found on a search of historic local newspapers which reported it was planned to be built 1955/56. There was an article from 1961 stating it had been built.
Show PostOld OS half-inch sheets are such a deep map rabbit hole. Ireland editions from the 50s sound great.
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