Hi Duncan
Have you tried going to Surrey History Centre in Woking and taking digital
photographs of their very large maps, which you can then view on your
computer? I have done this in the past and found it very successful. And
you'll be surprised at the number of maps they have.
Good luck
Angie
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Subject: [LOCAL-HISTORY] Charting the growth of a village from 1850?
Hi
I'm new to local history and am trying to determine the growth of Oatlands
Park, a village between Walton on Thames and Weybridge in Surrey that,
basically, didn't exist before the former Duke of York's estate was sold by
auction in 1849, being broken up into building plots.
Was building 'controlled' by local councils at this time? i.e. is it
possible to see
the order of building from council records if they still exist?
Does anybody know where I can obtain full-sheets of the OS-maps? The
sheets being Surrey S.X1.12 for the 1:2500 published in 1883 and 1890.
Ideally I'd like to get these and any later ones in sorme sort of digital
form so
that I can 'overlay' them. They exist in the local library but the A4 copies
of
parts are very awkward and messy to tape together and they seem to be
distorted so that I cannot 'scan and join' them.
Being new (though I've been doing genealogy/family history for about 30
years) and advice would be very welcomed.
Thanks
Duncan Amos
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