This section tries to consider the various changes to part of the village layout over the years. As has been mentioned elsewhere, the village sits on various joins of the Ordnance Survey grid mapping, so it is slightly more difficult than it might be to consider the villages as a whole.
One of the aims of an archive is to preserve local knowledge. Although Ordnance Survey Maps are well preserved, so there is no need to store the bare map, it is the recollections of villagers that might be inspired by these maps and with be valuable to store.
Sequences of six maps from the 1880s through to the 1960s have been prepared for a nominated area, based on the way the OS Maps are split. Those compiled so far can be accessed from the links below
Church Lawford East / Kings Newnham South East (Avon Loop)
All of the maps are reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland. These maps and more can be found via this link. There are different ways of navigating the maps there – the “Marker Pin” option is ideal for finding maps that cover a particular area, and the “Side By Side” viewer is excellent for comparing an old map with a current day view.
A similar set of maps focussed on village cottages over the years can be found here.
A set of Old Maps can be found via this link
The main locator maps can be found via this link