Alan Godfrey Maps
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Travel in time, witness the changes technology wrought upon Britain & beyond using our maps as a window into history, brought alive by our researchers & authors.
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Special *2-4-1* sale!
One place in two different eras (2 maps), including historical notes & other period details!
25 locations, including: #Bristol, #Edinburgh, #Wakefield, #Glasgow, #London, #GreatYarmouth, #Peterborough, #Birmingham!
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One place in two different eras (2 maps), including historical notes & other period details!
25 locations, including: #Bristol, #Edinburgh, #Wakefield, #Glasgow, #London, #GreatYarmouth, #Peterborough, #Birmingham!
£3.50 + postage - www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/acatalog/Bar...
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November 23, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Special *2-4-1* sale!
One place in two different eras (2 maps), including historical notes & other period details!
25 locations, including: #Bristol, #Edinburgh, #Wakefield, #Glasgow, #London, #GreatYarmouth, #Peterborough, #Birmingham!
£3.50 + postage - www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/acatalog/Bar...
One place in two different eras (2 maps), including historical notes & other period details!
25 locations, including: #Bristol, #Edinburgh, #Wakefield, #Glasgow, #London, #GreatYarmouth, #Peterborough, #Birmingham!
£3.50 + postage - www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/acatalog/Bar...
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“Glasgow seemed to make everything & the products went everywhere, our map shows part of the industrial heartland of Glasgow when the city might still lay some claim to be “the workshop of the world”.” Gilbert T Bell notes.
Welcome to Glasgow (St Rollox) 1933 - www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/lk0607.htm
Welcome to Glasgow (St Rollox) 1933 - www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/lk0607.htm
November 24, 2025 at 6:18 PM
“Glasgow seemed to make everything & the products went everywhere, our map shows part of the industrial heartland of Glasgow when the city might still lay some claim to be “the workshop of the world”.” Gilbert T Bell notes.
Welcome to Glasgow (St Rollox) 1933 - www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/lk0607.htm
Welcome to Glasgow (St Rollox) 1933 - www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/lk0607.htm
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#Glasgow Green 1910 might be one of the most beautiful maps I’ve been given (Andrew).
The Clyde meanders from top left to bottom right, curving languidly around handsome looking spaces like Richmond Park & Glasgow Green. Names that beg a visit in the modern day.
#Glasgow Green 1910 might be one of the most beautiful maps I’ve been given (Andrew).
The Clyde meanders from top left to bottom right, curving languidly around handsome looking spaces like Richmond Park & Glasgow Green. Names that beg a visit in the modern day.
November 25, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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#Glasgow Green 1910 might be one of the most beautiful maps I’ve been given (Andrew).
The Clyde meanders from top left to bottom right, curving languidly around handsome looking spaces like Richmond Park & Glasgow Green. Names that beg a visit in the modern day.
#Glasgow Green 1910 might be one of the most beautiful maps I’ve been given (Andrew).
The Clyde meanders from top left to bottom right, curving languidly around handsome looking spaces like Richmond Park & Glasgow Green. Names that beg a visit in the modern day.
www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/lk0615.htm
#Glasgow Green 1910 might be one of the most beautiful maps I’ve been given (Andrew).
The Clyde meanders from top left to bottom right, curving languidly around handsome looking spaces like Richmond Park & Glasgow Green. Names that beg a visit in the modern day.
#Glasgow Green 1910 might be one of the most beautiful maps I’ve been given (Andrew).
The Clyde meanders from top left to bottom right, curving languidly around handsome looking spaces like Richmond Park & Glasgow Green. Names that beg a visit in the modern day.
November 25, 2025 at 10:26 AM
www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/lk0615.htm
#Glasgow Green 1910 might be one of the most beautiful maps I’ve been given (Andrew).
The Clyde meanders from top left to bottom right, curving languidly around handsome looking spaces like Richmond Park & Glasgow Green. Names that beg a visit in the modern day.
#Glasgow Green 1910 might be one of the most beautiful maps I’ve been given (Andrew).
The Clyde meanders from top left to bottom right, curving languidly around handsome looking spaces like Richmond Park & Glasgow Green. Names that beg a visit in the modern day.
“Glasgow seemed to make everything & the products went everywhere, our map shows part of the industrial heartland of Glasgow when the city might still lay some claim to be “the workshop of the world”.” Gilbert T Bell notes.
Welcome to Glasgow (St Rollox) 1933 - www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/lk0607.htm
Welcome to Glasgow (St Rollox) 1933 - www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/lk0607.htm
November 24, 2025 at 6:18 PM
“Glasgow seemed to make everything & the products went everywhere, our map shows part of the industrial heartland of Glasgow when the city might still lay some claim to be “the workshop of the world”.” Gilbert T Bell notes.
Welcome to Glasgow (St Rollox) 1933 - www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/lk0607.htm
Welcome to Glasgow (St Rollox) 1933 - www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/lk0607.htm
We're off to #Glasgow again today, if we said 'Rock' and 'rolling stock', could you guess what we might be looking at?!
#MapMonday #Travel #History
#MapMonday #Travel #History
November 24, 2025 at 10:11 AM
We're off to #Glasgow again today, if we said 'Rock' and 'rolling stock', could you guess what we might be looking at?!
#MapMonday #Travel #History
#MapMonday #Travel #History
Special *2-4-1* sale!
One place in two different eras (2 maps), including historical notes & other period details!
25 locations, including: #Bristol, #Edinburgh, #Wakefield, #Glasgow, #London, #GreatYarmouth, #Peterborough, #Birmingham!
£3.50 + postage - www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/acatalog/Bar...
One place in two different eras (2 maps), including historical notes & other period details!
25 locations, including: #Bristol, #Edinburgh, #Wakefield, #Glasgow, #London, #GreatYarmouth, #Peterborough, #Birmingham!
£3.50 + postage - www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/acatalog/Bar...
2 for 1 Bargains
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November 23, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Special *2-4-1* sale!
One place in two different eras (2 maps), including historical notes & other period details!
25 locations, including: #Bristol, #Edinburgh, #Wakefield, #Glasgow, #London, #GreatYarmouth, #Peterborough, #Birmingham!
£3.50 + postage - www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/acatalog/Bar...
One place in two different eras (2 maps), including historical notes & other period details!
25 locations, including: #Bristol, #Edinburgh, #Wakefield, #Glasgow, #London, #GreatYarmouth, #Peterborough, #Birmingham!
£3.50 + postage - www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/acatalog/Bar...
Liverpool (London Road) 1848-64.
The city planners that laid out parts of #Liverpool liked triangles, and many large ones can be seen on this map. It's foolish to suggest anything mystical, but many of the early city big-wigs were apparently Masons, & several city streets carry masonic names.
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The city planners that laid out parts of #Liverpool liked triangles, and many large ones can be seen on this map. It's foolish to suggest anything mystical, but many of the early city big-wigs were apparently Masons, & several city streets carry masonic names.
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November 23, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Liverpool (London Road) 1848-64.
The city planners that laid out parts of #Liverpool liked triangles, and many large ones can be seen on this map. It's foolish to suggest anything mystical, but many of the early city big-wigs were apparently Masons, & several city streets carry masonic names.
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The city planners that laid out parts of #Liverpool liked triangles, and many large ones can be seen on this map. It's foolish to suggest anything mystical, but many of the early city big-wigs were apparently Masons, & several city streets carry masonic names.
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Kelvinside 1893
“Maps show places in transition. Living places are changing places. Here one can almost sense the energy of a great city undergoing dramatic change. Fields await development. Roads are laid out in the full expectation that buildings will most assuredly soon line them.”
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“Maps show places in transition. Living places are changing places. Here one can almost sense the energy of a great city undergoing dramatic change. Fields await development. Roads are laid out in the full expectation that buildings will most assuredly soon line them.”
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November 23, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Kelvinside 1893
“Maps show places in transition. Living places are changing places. Here one can almost sense the energy of a great city undergoing dramatic change. Fields await development. Roads are laid out in the full expectation that buildings will most assuredly soon line them.”
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“Maps show places in transition. Living places are changing places. Here one can almost sense the energy of a great city undergoing dramatic change. Fields await development. Roads are laid out in the full expectation that buildings will most assuredly soon line them.”
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Hello!
Keep an eye on the account tomorrow, we're sharing TWO maps, continuing our look around a pair of the UK's greatest cities - #Glasgow and #Liverpool!
(We love you too, Edinburgh and Manchester x)
We'll also tell you a bit more about our brilliant 2-4-1 map offer!
Keep an eye on the account tomorrow, we're sharing TWO maps, continuing our look around a pair of the UK's greatest cities - #Glasgow and #Liverpool!
(We love you too, Edinburgh and Manchester x)
We'll also tell you a bit more about our brilliant 2-4-1 map offer!
November 22, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Hello!
Keep an eye on the account tomorrow, we're sharing TWO maps, continuing our look around a pair of the UK's greatest cities - #Glasgow and #Liverpool!
(We love you too, Edinburgh and Manchester x)
We'll also tell you a bit more about our brilliant 2-4-1 map offer!
Keep an eye on the account tomorrow, we're sharing TWO maps, continuing our look around a pair of the UK's greatest cities - #Glasgow and #Liverpool!
(We love you too, Edinburgh and Manchester x)
We'll also tell you a bit more about our brilliant 2-4-1 map offer!
Hillhead 1909 is a beautiful, swirling, mesmerising map.
Part of it marks the sites of the International Exhibitions of 1888 & 1901, the legacy of which are a great sweeping park & some stunning buildings, including the Kelvingrove Museum & Art Gallery, one of the finest Glaswegian institutions.
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Part of it marks the sites of the International Exhibitions of 1888 & 1901, the legacy of which are a great sweeping park & some stunning buildings, including the Kelvingrove Museum & Art Gallery, one of the finest Glaswegian institutions.
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November 21, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Hillhead 1909 is a beautiful, swirling, mesmerising map.
Part of it marks the sites of the International Exhibitions of 1888 & 1901, the legacy of which are a great sweeping park & some stunning buildings, including the Kelvingrove Museum & Art Gallery, one of the finest Glaswegian institutions.
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Part of it marks the sites of the International Exhibitions of 1888 & 1901, the legacy of which are a great sweeping park & some stunning buildings, including the Kelvingrove Museum & Art Gallery, one of the finest Glaswegian institutions.
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“Location, location, location. Of few towns could those words be more appropriate than of #Stirling ... described as ‘the brooch which clasps the Highlands & the Lowlands together’ and situated at what, until recent times, was the first crossing of the Forth.” Stirling 1860 notes by Alan Godfrey.
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November 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM
“Location, location, location. Of few towns could those words be more appropriate than of #Stirling ... described as ‘the brooch which clasps the Highlands & the Lowlands together’ and situated at what, until recent times, was the first crossing of the Forth.” Stirling 1860 notes by Alan Godfrey.
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Festive Bargains!
2 – 4 – 1 Sale!
25 UK places, decades apart, £3.50 +post!
Subscriptions!
LIVE - #Exeter (starting Jan) & #Cambridge (starting Dec) - £33!
SOON - A new batch of #London Large Scale maps!
Check out our web-shop - www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/acatalog/hom...
Please *Like* & *Retweet*
2 – 4 – 1 Sale!
25 UK places, decades apart, £3.50 +post!
Subscriptions!
LIVE - #Exeter (starting Jan) & #Cambridge (starting Dec) - £33!
SOON - A new batch of #London Large Scale maps!
Check out our web-shop - www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/acatalog/hom...
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November 18, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Festive Bargains!
2 – 4 – 1 Sale!
25 UK places, decades apart, £3.50 +post!
Subscriptions!
LIVE - #Exeter (starting Jan) & #Cambridge (starting Dec) - £33!
SOON - A new batch of #London Large Scale maps!
Check out our web-shop - www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/acatalog/hom...
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25 UK places, decades apart, £3.50 +post!
Subscriptions!
LIVE - #Exeter (starting Jan) & #Cambridge (starting Dec) - £33!
SOON - A new batch of #London Large Scale maps!
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Correction - Andrew has been informed the correct term is "#Orkney" or "The Orkney Islands".
Sorry for the error, but thanks for the lesson!
Sorry for the error, but thanks for the lesson!
#Denmark held the #Orkneys until 1468, when it was essentially given to the Scottish crown as part of a dowry. As an apparent ‘southerner’, your Middlesbrough-born poster found continual surprise & interest in this map, brilliantly annotated by W.S. Hewison.
www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/ork10803.htm
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www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/ork10803.htm
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November 20, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Correction - Andrew has been informed the correct term is "#Orkney" or "The Orkney Islands".
Sorry for the error, but thanks for the lesson!
Sorry for the error, but thanks for the lesson!
#Denmark held the #Orkneys until 1468, when it was essentially given to the Scottish crown as part of a dowry. As an apparent ‘southerner’, your Middlesbrough-born poster found continual surprise & interest in this map, brilliantly annotated by W.S. Hewison.
www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/ork10803.htm
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www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/ork10803.htm
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November 20, 2025 at 10:40 AM
#Denmark held the #Orkneys until 1468, when it was essentially given to the Scottish crown as part of a dowry. As an apparent ‘southerner’, your Middlesbrough-born poster found continual surprise & interest in this map, brilliantly annotated by W.S. Hewison.
www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/ork10803.htm
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www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/ork10803.htm
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If you're wondering how our week is going, one of our team just looked at this section of an OS map and went "Wow, that's a weird shaped lake!"
It's the letter 'I' in 'Buckinghamshire'.
It's the letter 'I' in 'Buckinghamshire'.
November 18, 2025 at 1:03 PM
If you're wondering how our week is going, one of our team just looked at this section of an OS map and went "Wow, that's a weird shaped lake!"
It's the letter 'I' in 'Buckinghamshire'.
It's the letter 'I' in 'Buckinghamshire'.
Part of our map is almost unrecognisable today; it's the site of one of the great city landmarks.
The biggest religious building in Britain & the world’s 8th biggest church, #Liverpool Cathedral appears to hover above the city.
Liverpool (St James’ Mount) 1849- www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/liv35.htm
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The biggest religious building in Britain & the world’s 8th biggest church, #Liverpool Cathedral appears to hover above the city.
Liverpool (St James’ Mount) 1849- www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/liv35.htm
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November 19, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Part of our map is almost unrecognisable today; it's the site of one of the great city landmarks.
The biggest religious building in Britain & the world’s 8th biggest church, #Liverpool Cathedral appears to hover above the city.
Liverpool (St James’ Mount) 1849- www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/liv35.htm
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The biggest religious building in Britain & the world’s 8th biggest church, #Liverpool Cathedral appears to hover above the city.
Liverpool (St James’ Mount) 1849- www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/liv35.htm
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very pleasingly the 1900 map shows Rubislaw quarry still being dug out with cranes (it’s been abandoned and filled with water as long as I’ve been alive)
The #Aberdeen 1900 map marks the high-point of the industry that even today is synonymous with the city. We even mentioned it in our introduction. Ninety quarries employing 2,500 men supporting many more in the wider city area, but as time rolled on familiar issues arose…
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November 19, 2025 at 8:35 AM
very pleasingly the 1900 map shows Rubislaw quarry still being dug out with cranes (it’s been abandoned and filled with water as long as I’ve been alive)
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It’s #OnePlaceWednesday, and there may or may not be snow falling in my local #OnePlaceStudy today! Whatever the weather where you or your study place are located, use the hashtag to share your OPS news, links, questions, ideas, pictures and general chat, at any time during the day.
November 19, 2025 at 7:30 AM
It’s #OnePlaceWednesday, and there may or may not be snow falling in my local #OnePlaceStudy today! Whatever the weather where you or your study place are located, use the hashtag to share your OPS news, links, questions, ideas, pictures and general chat, at any time during the day.
With a granite heart & saltwater in the blood, #Aberdeen is a classic Scottish city.
With the boldness of a man hacking granite from the quarries around the city, Victorian Aberdonians reshaped the landscape, moving the course of the very river and reshaping the coastline to create a great port.
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With the boldness of a man hacking granite from the quarries around the city, Victorian Aberdonians reshaped the landscape, moving the course of the very river and reshaping the coastline to create a great port.
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November 19, 2025 at 7:59 AM
With a granite heart & saltwater in the blood, #Aberdeen is a classic Scottish city.
With the boldness of a man hacking granite from the quarries around the city, Victorian Aberdonians reshaped the landscape, moving the course of the very river and reshaping the coastline to create a great port.
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With the boldness of a man hacking granite from the quarries around the city, Victorian Aberdonians reshaped the landscape, moving the course of the very river and reshaping the coastline to create a great port.
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What with all the technical problems the Internet apparently had today, we'll do double maps tomorrow!
Woo!
Woo!
November 18, 2025 at 7:44 PM
What with all the technical problems the Internet apparently had today, we'll do double maps tomorrow!
Woo!
Woo!
Festive Bargains!
2 – 4 – 1 Sale!
25 UK places, decades apart, £3.50 +post!
Subscriptions!
LIVE - #Exeter (starting Jan) & #Cambridge (starting Dec) - £33!
SOON - A new batch of #London Large Scale maps!
Check out our web-shop - www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/acatalog/hom...
Please *Like* & *Retweet*
2 – 4 – 1 Sale!
25 UK places, decades apart, £3.50 +post!
Subscriptions!
LIVE - #Exeter (starting Jan) & #Cambridge (starting Dec) - £33!
SOON - A new batch of #London Large Scale maps!
Check out our web-shop - www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/acatalog/hom...
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November 18, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Festive Bargains!
2 – 4 – 1 Sale!
25 UK places, decades apart, £3.50 +post!
Subscriptions!
LIVE - #Exeter (starting Jan) & #Cambridge (starting Dec) - £33!
SOON - A new batch of #London Large Scale maps!
Check out our web-shop - www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/acatalog/hom...
Please *Like* & *Retweet*
2 – 4 – 1 Sale!
25 UK places, decades apart, £3.50 +post!
Subscriptions!
LIVE - #Exeter (starting Jan) & #Cambridge (starting Dec) - £33!
SOON - A new batch of #London Large Scale maps!
Check out our web-shop - www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/acatalog/hom...
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Like many places in the NW of England, the shadow of Ireland looms large over Holyhead, as discussed at interesting length by Alan Godfrey on our Holyhead 1923 map. Unlike ‘the largest Irish city’ – Liverpool, few Irish seemed to have settled in Holyhead, passing on to other places, like London.
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November 17, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Like many places in the NW of England, the shadow of Ireland looms large over Holyhead, as discussed at interesting length by Alan Godfrey on our Holyhead 1923 map. Unlike ‘the largest Irish city’ – Liverpool, few Irish seemed to have settled in Holyhead, passing on to other places, like London.
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Few maps have changed as much as #Swansea (North) 1897, from one set of uses to another.
Unlike housing estates marching across fields, farms & forests, today’s map has radically altered from heavy industry into light shopping and entertainment. The beautiful #Cymric names are still there though.
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Unlike housing estates marching across fields, farms & forests, today’s map has radically altered from heavy industry into light shopping and entertainment. The beautiful #Cymric names are still there though.
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November 16, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Few maps have changed as much as #Swansea (North) 1897, from one set of uses to another.
Unlike housing estates marching across fields, farms & forests, today’s map has radically altered from heavy industry into light shopping and entertainment. The beautiful #Cymric names are still there though.
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Unlike housing estates marching across fields, farms & forests, today’s map has radically altered from heavy industry into light shopping and entertainment. The beautiful #Cymric names are still there though.
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November 16, 2025 at 10:24 AM