| These maps are extracts from the out of copyright
Ordnance Survey six inch to one mile county series from 1886 to 1938. The 1930s
edition was a provisional or emergency edition produced before the war, so the drawing of
the inter-war estates was sketchy: however this makes them easier to
identify. We have not been able to find a full set of maps for north Yardley,
but the 1920s state can be deduced by subtracting the sketched in areas from
the 1938 edition. After Yardley was absorbed into Birmingham in 1911, some
of the boundaries were no longer visible on maps. Some
of these files are large, and may take some time to load. If they still
appear to be small, wait a few seconds, then click on the icon that appears
at the bottom right of the images. The maps are low
resolution, and are not designed for printing
but for viewing on screen.
Alan Godfrey Maps sells
excellent scaled down reproductions of 25 inches to one mile maps from the
early years of the twentieth century. These also have useful historical
information on the back. Old Maps
sells copies of the first edition six inch maps.
Birmingham Libraries
are able to supply quality reproductions of some historical maps in their
collection. It is possible to study the changes over the half
century covered by the maps by overlaying them on screen. Each one opens in a
new window, and the area of interest can be lined up on the maps by using
the title bars and scroll bars of the windows until the area is at the same position on
screen on each map. Using the taskbar to switch between maps then gives the
opportunity of seeing at a glance the sequence of development. |
