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Discover the Landscape of the past |
Welcome to Cassini MapsCassini Maps (formerly Timeline Maps) is a company specialising in sourcing, scanning, digitally enhancing and re-publishing historical maps in a variety of formats. Our aim is to produce maps of the highest quality which are also relevant to current-day research needs.
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Series currently available
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Old Series - Britain’s 19th-century landscape re-projected and enlarged to match the present-day Ordnance Survey Landrangers® |
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These maps are based on Britain's
first national mapping project, Ordnance Survey's One-Inch (‘Old
Series’) maps which were first published between 1805 and 1874. They
have all been carefully scanned, digitally re-projected and enlarged to
match the present-day Ordnance Survey Landranger® series. Each Cassini
Old Series map is directly comparable with the corresponding Ordnance
Survey Landranger® and uses the same sheet number and grid references,
so enabling the past and the present to be compared with ease and
accuracy. All the Old Series maps of England & Wales (123 in all)
have now been published
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Revised New Series - Britain’s late-Victorian landscape re-projected and enlarged to match the present-day Ordnance Survey Landrangers® |
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These maps are taken from Ordnance Survey's Revised New Series (in colour) maps which were first published between 1896 and 1904. They have all been carefully scanned, digitally re-projected and enlarged to match the present-day Ordnance Survey Landranger® series. Each Cassini Popular Edition map is directly comparable with the corresponding Ordnance Survey Landranger® and uses the same sheet number and grid references, so enabling the past and the present to be compared with ease and accuracy. All the Revised New Series maps of England & Wales (122 in all) have now been published.
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| Popular Edition - Britain’s inter-war landscape re-projected and enlarged to match the present-day Ordnance Survey Landrangers® | ||||||
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These maps are taken from Ordnance Survey's Popular Edition maps which were first published between 1919 and 1926. They have all been carefully scanned, digitally re-projected and enlarged to match the present-day Ordnance Survey Landranger® series. Each Cassini Popular Edition map is directly comparable with the corresponding Ordnance Survey Landranger® and uses the same sheet number and grid references, so enabling the past and the present to be compared with ease and accuracy.
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| Past & Present - Four maps in one – a unique way to discover the landscapes of the past | ||||||
Each Past &
Present map is centred on a city or town and covers an area of 15km x
15km using four Ordnance Survey mapping series to cover four different
periods: the mid 19th century, the late 19th century, the1920s and the
present-day. All four maps cover exactly the same area. To achieve this,
the three historical maps have been enlarged from their original
inch-to-the-mile to match the 1:50,000 scale of the present-day one. The
addition of the familiar National Grid on all four maps enables easy
comparison across the four time periods. Historical notes, details of the
original maps used and web-links for local history societies and other
sources of information are also provided. All in all, comparing the past
with the present has never been easier!
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| Cassini Historical Maps of London | ||||||
| The Cassini Historical
Maps of London provide a unique and fascinating overview of 150 years of
London’s rich history from 1805 to 1946.They reveal how the capital
engulfed surrounding villages to become, for much of this period, the
largest city in the world. Each map explores a crucial period in
London’s recent history: the late Georgian (1805-22), the late Victorian
railway era (1897-8), the dawn of the motoring age (1919-20) and the
period of reconstruction following the Second World War (1945-6).
Cartographical and historical notes provide background information to help
bring London’s past to life. Each of the four maps covers an identical area, extending from Bushey to Theydon Bois and from Esher to Halstead – roughly the area within today’s M25.
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