
Liverpool Historical Set of five maps in the Cassini Historical Series which reproduces old Ordnance Survey mapping of England & Wales. The set consists of four maps at 1:50, 000 with coverage corresponding to the present day OS Landranger Map No. 108, reproducing mapping from the OS published between 1805 & 1956. The fifth map presents the coverage of the city itself at 1:10, 000 in the OS County Series of 1850-1851. Titles in the Cassini Historical Series of old Ordnance Survey mapping of England & Wales at 1:50, 000 are presented a format designed to offer a convenient comparison with the present day coverage from the OS. Old historical maps have been combined so that the sheet lines correspond to the current Landranger series & reproduced with the scale changed from one inch to one mile to 1:50, 000. Most locations are covered by three separate maps, showing how the area has changed over the decades, with selected major cities also presented in a fourth edition. Old Series: the first detailed survey mapping dating for most areas from the first half of the 19th century, in black & white & with relief shown by hachuring. Revised New Series from 1880s/1900s, with some colouring & a mixture of hachuring & contour lines. Popular Edition from the inter-war years, with contour lines & colouring to indicate woodlands, parks, etc. New Popular Edition from the late 1940s, reproduced in the Cassini series for the major cities. Each map
Includes:: notes on the development of Ordnance Survey & the various series produced by them. For those interested in maps & cartography in general, the Cassini series also provides a fascinating insight into how Ordnance Survey cartographic style has developed over a period of over 100 years. Coverage on the four 1:50, 000 maps is this set
Includes:: present day Wallasey, Birkenhead, West Kirby, Bebington, Heswall, Runcorn, Hale, Widnes, Prescot, Newton-le-Willows, St Helens, Bootle, Kirkby, Crosby, Maghull, Rainford, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan, Skelmersdale, Lydiate, Formby, Ormskirk, Parbold, Standish, Mawdesley, Burscough, Rufford, Croston, Chorley & Southport, with the Mersey Estuary & Hilbre Islands. PLEASE NOTE: Stanfords can also print on request mapping from all four series centring the map on a location of your choice. For more information please click on the link below.