We have published more than 1,900 maps in our series of Old Ordnance Survey Map reprints, including a group in Wiltshire. The maps are highly detailed. They are taken from the OS 1:2,500 (or 25 inch) maps and reduced to about 15 inches to the mile. Each covers an area of a mile and a half by a mile. They show streets with individual houses, tram tracks, railway tracks and even signals, factories, wharves and such details as fountains and water troughs. They will provide hours of fascination for historians and genealogists. The maps are neatly folded and each includes a specially written introduction to the area. Maps can be purchased on our On-line Mapshop where further information about titles is given. Or visit The Index Page for a full list to the series and details of Prices.
This detailed map covers the ancient town of Malmesbury, described by Barrie Trinder as a "hill-top town of a kind more commonplace in Italy". It was a place of importance in King Alfred's time, a centre of trade in the 15th and 16th centuries, and the birthplace of Thomas Hobbes in 1588. However it declined in importance in the 19th century and had a population of just 2,407 by the time of this map. We show it in detail, with features including the town centre, Horsefair, station, Cross Hayes, High Street, Abbey church, Holloway Bridge, Winyard Mill, silk mill, Mill Brewery, malthouses. Coverage extends south to Burton Hill and Burtonhill House. Eastward is a stretch of the GWR Malmesbury branch, and Cowbridge House. We also include a commercial directory of the town in 1907 and a timetable for the railway branch in 1929.
Follow this link for a complete list of our Wiltshire Series maps.
You can order maps direct from our On-line Mapshop. For other information and prices, and other areas, go to The Index Page.
Most maps in the Godfrey Edition are taken from the 25 inch to the mile map and reduced to about 15 inches to the mile. For a full list of maps for England, return to the England page.
The Godfrey Edition / godfreyedition@btinternet.com / 12 Oct 2006