Genealogy Chat

Has anyone any ideas where is the best place to find streets and areas that are no longer there? Are the ordnance survey maps worth a look? Not looked for the streets before. Looking for the areas of Bedford, Pennington and Westleigh all amalgamated into the Leigh area now. That is Leigh Lancashire. Regards CAROLE

Thanks Pat have done that now. Carole

Carole in our library they have old street maps (that is Newort )If you are able to go to your area library they may have the same xxx

Thank you Howie. I have been to our local Library which I have found invaluable but not where maps are concerned they have a map but it's not very good that's why I wondering about ordanance survey maps. Regards CAROLE

Some of the old maps for my village are at the local reference library, but some are at the record office - so we had to contact both to find out what was available.! There are companies which produce replicas of old maps - I'm sure someone will be able to give you the website. Good luck, Jay

Thank you Janet.

Have you tried oldmaps.co.uk I have found some for Wigan very close to Leigh for around 1850's. May be worth a look. Lou

Hi Carole If your looking for old maps try ALANGODFREYMAPS(.)CO(.)UK They have just about the whole of the U.K. covered and are very reasonably priced.

Hi Les - you beat me to it LOL, just what I would suggest - can't get by without them!! the addy is www(.)alangodfreymaps(.)co(.)uk (remove brackets) depends what area you're looking at as to what they have. Looby

Thank you for the e-mail address I will try that and to Lou I was thinking of the History Shop in Wigan to see if they had anything to cover the area. Regards CAROLE

try 'curiousfox'