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A cartographic history
In my recent post ‘Other people’s maps’, I featured an excerpt from a secondhand 1951 issue 1:25,000 scale map I’d acquired from a map dealer. The map – with Brownhills at its heart – carried some rather unusual hand written … Continue reading
Posted in Bad Science, Brownhills stuff, Chasewater, Clayhanger stuff, cycling, Environment, Followups, Fun stuff to see and do, Local History, Local media, News, planning, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories
Tagged Aldridge, Andy Dennis, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Canal, Chasewater, Clayhanger, Coal measures, cycling, first edition, Geology, Local History, map, Mark T, Old maps, Ordnance Survey, OS, pathfinder, Rushall, second edition, Shelfield, Shire Oak, SK00, sk0010, SK43/00, Staffordshire, Stonnall, Walsall Wood
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The second coming
After the last post in which I made available the 1969 Ordnance Survey first series SK00 map of Brownhills, I can now present the map that replaced it. The first edition of the second edition (confused? You should be…) was … Continue reading
Posted in Brownhills stuff, cycling, Environment, Followups, Local History, Local media, News, planning, Shared media, Shared memories
Tagged Aldridge, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Canal, Chasewater, cycling, first edition, Local History, map, Old maps, Ordnance Survey, OS, pathfinder, Rushall, second edition, Shelfield, SK00, sk0010, Staffordshire
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Time passages
Now, here’s a thing. This is a teaser – I’ve got more maps. I have managed to get hold of Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 sheets covering Brownhills, just seven years apart in issue date, but there’s light years between them in … Continue reading
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Chasewater, Churches, Clayhanger stuff, Environment, Followups, Fun stuff to see and do, Local History, Local media, News, Shared media, Shared memories, Walsall Wood stuff
Tagged 1:25000, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Canal, cartography, Chasewater, first edition, footpaths, Local History, maps, Old maps, Ordnance Survey, pathfinder, Politics, Redevelopment, second edition, SK00, SK10, Staffordshire, Walsall Wood
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