Showing posts with label National Library of Scotland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label National Library of Scotland. Show all posts

Thursday, July 31, 2025

Research tools - mapping and other useful wbsitese

I find the following mapping websites very useful in relation to researching Local History etc and thought you may find them useful. 

The first is from the National Library of Scotland - there are many types of maps available:

Side by Side mapping

The following is a DCC mapping portal with many options to show various features - from the top right stack. You will Need to enter a post code or street etc that you wish to view

DCC mapping Portal

Finally, OS maps are alos very useful - the following link enables a trial use but actually I have a subscription and find it a very useful addition to have on my phone, in addition to our wonderful hardcopy OS maps when out walking our wonderful countyside and for research purposes.

OS mapping portal

Another useful website is Find My Street - showing amonst other aspects - who is responsible for maintenance of roads and footpaths.

Find My Street

The following are some other interesting local history websites - New Mill Local History Society has, amonst others, an interesting collection of Sam Garside's Hayfield scrapbooks and Steve Lewis also has quite a lot of info related to Hayield. Frank Plezak and Byron Machin's are of wider interest.

Some other interesting websites