Lancaster Historic Maps
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The following maps have been scanned from the Lancaster University Library Map Collection (unless otherwise stated). The jpeg images may be reduced to fit the screen and can usually be enlarged, depending on your browser. Please use the PDF version if you wish to obtain a printed copy.
Warning: File sizes for some maps may be large.
The Ordnance Survey maps are A3 sections scanned from a larger sheet. In some cases, full sheets are available via the Lancashire County Council website at http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/environment/oldmap/index.asp
You are welcome to use the Lancaster University Library maps for personal, educational or research purposes. They must not be used for commercial purposes without the permission of Lancaster University Library.
| Lancaster - detailed street plans & maps | |
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1610
John Speed. Plan of Lancaster. |
Speed Lancaster - jpg Speed Lancaster - A4 PDF Speed Lancaster - A3 PDF |
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1684
Kenneth Docton. Lancaster 1684. (Reconstruction of Lancaster in 1684 from Towneley map) Reproduced courtesy of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire |
Docton Lancaster - jpg Docton Lancaster - PDF |
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1778
Stephen Mackreth. Plan of the town of Lancaster. |
Mackreth Lancaster - jpg Mackreth Lancaster - PDF |
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1807
Christopher Clark. A plan of the town of Lancaster. Reproduced courtesy of Lancaster Museum, from a Lancaster Museum reprint. |
Clark Lancaster - jpg Clark Lancaster - PDF |
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1821
Jonathan Binns. Map of the town and castle of Lancaster. With inset: Speed’s map of Lancaster, 1610. |
Binns Lancaster - jpg |
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1824
Edward Baines. Plan of Lancaster. From: Baines’ history, directory and gazetteer of the county palatine of Lancaster. |
Baines Lancaster - jpg Baines Lancaster - A4 PDF Baines Lancaster - A3 PDF |
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1844/45 survey; published 1848
Ordnance Survey 6 inch map. 1st edition. (Sheet 30.) Central Lancaster section. (Reproduced from 1848 Ordnance Survey® map) Sheet via Lancashire County Council website http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/environment/oldmap/os1845/lancastr/lan1845.gif |
O.S. 6in Lancaster - jpg O.S. 6in Lancaster - A4 PDF O.S. 6in Lancaster - A3 PDF Centre only - jpg Centre only - A4 PDF Centre only - A3 PDF |
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1846
Ordnance Survey 5 foot plan of Lancaster. Central Lancaster section. (Reproduced from 1846 Ordnance Survey® map) |
O.S. 5 foot Lancaster - jpg Centre only - jpg Lancaster Castle - jpg |
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1852
Ordnance Survey 1 inch map. 1st edition. (Sheet 91) (Reproduced from 1852 Ordnance Survey® map) |
O.S. 1in Lancaster - jpg O.S. 1in Lancaster - PDF |
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1877
Harrison & Hall. Plan of the Town and Castle of Lancaster. Reproduced courtesy of Andrew White. From : White, Andrew. Lancaster : a history. Chichester : Phillimore, 2003. |
Harrison & Hall Lancaster - jpg Harrison & Hall Lancaster - PDF |
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1891 survey; published 1895 Ordnance Survey 6 inch map. 1st revision. (Sheet XXX.) Central Lancaster section. (Reproduced from 1895 Ordnance Survey® map) |
O.S. 6in Lancaster - jpg O.S. 6in Lancaster - A4 PDF O.S. 6in Lancaster - A3 PDF |
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1890 survey; published 1893
Ordnance Survey 25 inch plan. 1st edition. (Sheet XXX.11) Central Lancaster section. (Reproduced from 1893 Ordnance Survey® map) Sheet via Lancashire County Council website http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/environment/oldmap/towns/lancastr/lancastr.htm |
O.S. 25in Lancaster - jpg O.S. 25in Lancaster - PDF |
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1910 survey revised; published 1913
Ordnance Survey 25 inch plan. (Sheet XXX.11) Central Lancaster section. (Reproduced from 1913 Ordnance Survey® map) |
O.S. 25in Lancaster - jpg O.S. 25in Lancaster - PDF |
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1910 survey revised; published 1919
Ordnance Survey 6 inch map. (Sheet XXX SE) Central Lancaster section. (Reproduced from 1919 Ordnance Survey® map) |
O.S. 6in Lancaster - jpg O.S. 6in Lancaster - PDF |
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1931 survey revised, with additions in 1938; published 1946
Ordnance Survey 6 inch map. (Sheet XXX SE) Central Lancaster section. (Reproduced from 1946 Ordnance Survey® map) |
O.S. 6in Lancaster - jpg O.S. 6in Lancaster - PDF |
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1931 survey revised; published 1933
Ordnance Survey 25 inch plan. (Sheet XXX.11) Central Lancaster section. (Reproduced from 1933 Ordnance Survey® map) |
O.S. 25in Lancaster - jpg O.S. 25in Lancaster - PDF |
| Lancaster - sections from county maps | |
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1786
William Yates. Map of Lancashire. Full sheet via Lancashire County Council website http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/environment/oldmap/yates/index.htm |
Yates Lancaster - jpg Yates Lancaster - PDF |
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1818
Christopher Greenwood. Map of the County Palatine of Lancaster. Full sheet via Lancashire County Council website http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/environment/oldmap/greenwood/greenwood.htm |
Greenwood Lancaster - jpg Greenwood Lancaster - PDF |
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1830
G. Hennet. Map of the County Palatine of Lancaster. From a survey made in 1828 & 1829 by G. Hennet. Published by Henry Teasdale. Full sheet via Lancashire County Council website http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/environment/oldmap/hennet/index.htm |
Hennet Lancaster - jpg Hennet Lancaster - PDF |
| Lancaster - sections from River Lune & Lancaster Canal, Tithe maps | |
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1791/92
John Rennie. Plan of the proposed Lancaster canal from Kirby Kendal in the county of Westmorland to West Houghton in the County Palatine of Lancaster, surveyed in the years 1791 and 1792 |
Rennie Canal - jpg Rennie Canal - PDF |
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1859
Richard J. Davids. Map of the River Lune between Lancaster and Borrow Bridge. |
Davids River Lune - jpg Davids River Lune - PDF |
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1845
A Plan of the Titheable Lands in the Township of Lancaster in the County of Lancaster 1845 |
Lancaster Tithe - jpg Lancaster Tithe - PDF |
| Lancaster - Ogilby road maps (1675) | |
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| From: Ogilby, John. An actual survey of the principal roads of England and Wales ... / corrected ... by John Senex. Printed for J. Senex, 1719. | |
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1675
John Ogilby. The Road from York to Lancaster (Sheet 68) |
Ogilby (York to Lancaster) - jpg Ogilby (York to Lancaster) - PDF |
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1675
John Ogilby. The Road from London to Carlisle in Cumberland : commencing at Darlaston Bridge in the Holy-head Road (Sheet 39) [Darlaston to Garstang] |
Ogilby (Darlaston to Garstang) - jpg Ogilby (Darlaston to Garstang) - PDF |
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1675
John Ogilby. The Road from London to Carlisle in Cumberland : commencing at Darlaston Bridge in the Holy-head Road (Sheet 38) [Garstang to Carlisle] |
Ogilby (Garstang to Carlisle) - jpg Ogilby (Garstang to Carlisle) - PDF |
| Morecambe - detailed maps | |
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1844/45 survey; published 1848
Ordnance Survey 6 inch map. 1st edition. (Sheet 30.) Morecambe section. (Reproduced from 1848 Ordnance Survey® map) |
O.S. 6in Morecambe - jpg O.S. 6in Morecambe - A4 PDF O.S. 6in Morecambe - A3 PDF |
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1891 survey; published 1895
Ordnance Survey 6 inch map. 1st revision. (Sheet XXX.) Morecambe section. (Reproduced from 1895 Ordnance Survey® map) |
O.S. 6in Morecambe - jpg O.S. 6in Morecambe - A4 PDF O.S. 6in Morecambe - A3 PDF |
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1911 survey revised; published 1919
Ordnance Survey 6 inch map. (Sheet XXX NW) Morecambe section. (Reproduced from 1919 Ordnance Survey® map) |
O.S. 6in Morecambe - jpg O.S. 6in Morecambe - A4 PDF O.S. 6in Morecambe - A3 PDF |
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1931 survey revised, with additions in 1937 & 1938; Provisional Edition.
Ordnance Survey 6 inch map. (Sheet XXX NW) Morecambe section. (Reproduced from 1938 Ordnance Survey® map) |
O.S. 6in Morecambe - jpg O.S. 6in Morecambe - A4 PDF O.S. 6in Morecambe - A3 PDF |
Lancashire County Council’s website provides scanned images of many historic maps of Lancashire at http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/environment/oldmap/index.asp