John Ackerley

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City of York by Francis Drake 1736

Location and Date of next Antiques Fair that yorkshiremaps.co.uk  will be present at:

to be announced

This month's Special: John Mostyn Armstrong conducted a survey of what most of us know as the A1 between London and  Edinburgh which allowed him to publish the first volume in 1777 of his 'An Actual survey of the Great Post-Roads...'  Unfortunately the Great North Road survey was the only one completed, this detailed, clear and accurate survey consisting of 44 maps each covering about ten miles at half an inch to one mile. Eleven of the maps cover routes in Yorkshire and all the maps provide useful information on cross-routes, inns, local features, etc. Huge advances were to take place in coaching between the publication of Armstrong's work and the arrival of the railway 50 years later but his handy pocket booklet remained one of the neatest publications from this period. These maps make excellent easily posted presents.

More news: yorkshiremaps.co.uk carries many of the original 1 inch, 6 inch and 25 inch to 1 mile Ordnance Survey maps dating from the middle of the nineteenth century to the second WW. These are flat unfolded sheets on very good quality paper, which is the reason they have survived despite considerable handling, any loss of condition  usually being restricted to the edges. Also available are many immediate post WWII 2.5 inch OS maps, in the rare state of never having been folded and in mint unused condition. All these maps provide insights into the past with the never-equalled accuracy of the Ordnance Survey.