- Excerpt from the 1798 Yates map of Staffordshire, 2 inches to the mile (about 1:110,000 scale) – click for a large version.
I have new (old) maps. Scored by top local history operative [Howmuch?], they’re big and need scanning properly, which I’ll try for this week. Just look at the excerpt above – Brownhills at the turn of the nineteenth century. The draftsmanship and cartography are incredible, and the names. We can see the nomenclature of a whole area in evolution. You may need to save the image, it’s very large. Have fun…