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=Sample GIS maps=
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'''Maps'''
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'''Editorial history'''
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15/08/11, CSG: Created page
  
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The following sample map links are provided to enable an exploration of data of different types - geographical location of Oxenden subscribers, and separately geographical location of Dallison family members and friendship circle; occupational data extracted from PRC will for 1640-99 period; and visual data from paintings and engravings for areas relevant to the Oxenden family.  The maps are best viewed in a separately opened window or windows.
 
 
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== Geographical location==
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'''Overview'''
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This page lists
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(1) Sample maps displaying data contained within this wiki
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(2) Links to online and physically published maps of relevance to the subjects and content of this wiki
 +
 
 +
(3) Links to GIS mapping initiatives and standards of relevance to this wiki
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__TOC__
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==Full listing of GIS wiki maps==
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See [[MRP: Maps: Occupational|Maps: Occupational]]
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- England, 1640-1699 + specified occupational description
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- Specified county, 1640-1699 + specified occupational description
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See [[MRP: Maps: Woodhead (1666)|Maps: Woodhead (1666)]]
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- London Common councilmen and aldermen, 1660-1689, J.R. Woodhead (1966)<ref>Primary source data: J.R. Woodhead, ''The Rulers of London 1660-1689: A biographical record of the Aldermen and Common Councilment of the City of London'' (London, 1966).  Data have been analysed, modified, enriched and mapped by Colin Greenstreet (2011)</ref>
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- Specified county + place of birth
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See [[MRP: Maps: Clark & Hosking (1993)|Maps: Clark & Hosking (1993)]]
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- English small town population estimates, Clark & Hosking (1993)<ref>Primary source data: P Clark and J Hosking, ''Population Estimates of English Small Towns 1550-1851'', (rev. ed. 1993).  Data have been analysed, modified, enriched and mapped by Colin Greenstreet (2011)</ref>
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- Specified county + measures of occupational and status intensity by urban location
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See [[MRP: Maps: Oxenden related|Maps: Oxenden related]]
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See [[MRP: Maps: Thematic overlays|Maps: Thematic overlays]]
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See [[MRP: Maps: C17th images|Maps: C17th images]]
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See [[MRP: Material London|Material London]]
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==Sample GIS mapping==
 +
 
 +
'''To access the GIS maps below please ask the Wiki administrator for a separate authorisation URL'''
 +
 
 +
The following sample map links are provided to enable an exploration of data of different types
 +
 
 +
- the geographical location of ''SVJS'' subscribers; the geographical location of Dallison family members and the family's friendship network
 +
 
 +
- occupational data extracted from Prerogative Court of Canterbury wills for the 1640-99 period
 +
 
 +
- visual data from paintings and engravings for areas relevant to the Oxenden family.
 +
 
 +
The maps are best viewed in a separately opened window or windows
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===Geographical location===
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[http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF&msa=0&msid=207879955198622961243.0004856b6a49020d48e04 MAP 4: Geographic location of investors in 1650s & 60s]
 
[http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF&msa=0&msid=207879955198622961243.0004856b6a49020d48e04 MAP 4: Geographic location of investors in 1650s & 60s]
  
 
[http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?authuser=0&vps=2&hl=en&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF8&msa=0&msid=207879955198622961243.0004aa72c7a9d9d408cca MAP_North_Weald_Kent_C17th_Houses]
 
[http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?authuser=0&vps=2&hl=en&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF8&msa=0&msid=207879955198622961243.0004aa72c7a9d9d408cca MAP_North_Weald_Kent_C17th_Houses]
 
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==Occupation==
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===Occupation===
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[http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF&msa=0&msid=207879955198622961243.00049a07f98fa3a49b420 Barges_PRC_Wills_1640-99]
 
[http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF&msa=0&msid=207879955198622961243.00049a07f98fa3a49b420 Barges_PRC_Wills_1640-99]
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[http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF&msa=0&msid=207879955198622961243.00049d7beaa2d9c1a136b Wag(g)oner_Lorry_Man_Inventories_1640-99]
 
[http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF&msa=0&msid=207879955198622961243.00049d7beaa2d9c1a136b Wag(g)oner_Lorry_Man_Inventories_1640-99]
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For the full range of occupational maps available see [[MRP: Maps: Occupational|Maps: Occupational]]
 
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==Visual==
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===Visual===
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[http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF&msa=0&msid=207879955198622961243.0004a99a9df10255fa744 English_&_Dutch_C17th-C19th_River_Paintings]
 
[http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF&msa=0&msid=207879955198622961243.0004a99a9df10255fa744 English_&_Dutch_C17th-C19th_River_Paintings]
 
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==David Rumsey Map Collection Database, Viewers, and blog==
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See [http://www.davidrumsey.com/ David Rumsey Map Collection overview]
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The David Rumsey collection database uses [http://www.lunaimaging.com/support/6_0/LUNA/en/LUNA.htm Luna] as a dynamic web-based front end to Insight and non-Insight collections
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The [http://www.lunaimaging.com/support/6_0/LUNA/en/LUNA_Workspace.htm Luna Workspace] allows a user to work with multiple visual objects (e.g. photos, maps) at the same time on the same screen
 +
 +
Content can be placed in [http://www.lunaimaging.com/support/6_0/LUNA/en/LUNA.htm Luna Commons] and thus made availble for academic and educational purposes.  Objects viewed in Luna Commons are assured to have authoritative descriptive data.  Collections can be built for public, private, or shared access.  Collections made available through Luna Commons can be made available without licence or through your institutional licence.
 +
 +
"In addition to the LUNA Commons, there are other collections in LUNA available to the public:
 +
 +
- NASA Images
 +
- Oklahoma State University
 +
- Tulane School of Architecture: New Orleans Virtual Archive
 +
- National Library of Medicine: Images from the History of Medicine
 +
- Cornell University
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- [http://enriqueta.man.ac.uk:8180/luna/servlet/allCollections John Rylands University Library Image Collections, University of Manchester]
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==JISC sponsored Old Maps Online (finding and viewing tool)==
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See [http:www.oldmapsonline.org Old Maps Online]
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- "The site incorporates access to collections at the British Library, the National Library of Scotland, the Moravian Library in the Czech Republic and the ... David Rumsey Collection in California"
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- "Other collections to be added later this year include those from Harvard University, the New York Public Library, the National Library of Wales, the Bodleian Library at Oxford and several major European libraries"
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==Ordinance Survey==
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===Ordinance Survey Open Data initiative===
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[http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/products/os-opendata.html OS OpenData]
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===Ordinance Survey Open Space initiative===
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[http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/web-services/os-openspace/index.html OS OpenSpace]
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- OS OpenSpace APi enables OS maps to be displayed on non-commercial websites without charge
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- Uses Javascript
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==Tufts digital library: County maps==
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Maps are displayed in a zoomable viewer enabling inspection of detail
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===Essex===
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'''To be added'''
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===Kent===
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'''To be added'''
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===Middlesex===
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See [http://dl.tufts.edu//ssi/img_viewer/adv_image_viewer.jsp?urn=tufts:central:dca:MS004:MS004.002.032.DO01.00050 Middlesex]
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===Surrey===
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'''To be added'''
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==Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure: Mapping Hundreds==
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See [http://www.geog.cam.ac.uk/research/projects/occupations/hundredmapping/ Overview of Hundred mapping project for England and Wales]
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==Wikimedia Commons Mapping==
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===County location maps===
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[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Nilfanion/Maps/Location_maps User:Nilfanion/Maps/Location maps]
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==Wikipedia Media Commons: Hundreds by county==
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===Essex===
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See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Essex_Hundreds_1830.png Essex hundreds, 1830]
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===Kent===
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'''To be added'''
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===Middlesex===
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'''To be added'''
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===Surrey===
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'''To be added'''
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==Roehampton: County hearth tax maps==
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===Kent===
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[http://www.hearthtax.org.uk/communities/kent/kent_1664L_transcript.pdf - Kent Hearth Tax Assessment Lady Day 1664: CKS: Q/RTh Transcribed and computerised by Duncan Harrington]
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===Surrey===
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See [http://www.hearthtax.org.uk/maps/surrey/surrey_topography.jpg Surrey topographical map]
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See [http://www.hearthtax.org.uk/maps/surrey/terrain_surrey.jpg Surrey terrain type map]
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[http://www.hearthtax.org.uk/communities/surrey/surrey_1664L_transcript.pdf Surrey hearth Tax transcript, Lady Day, 1664]
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==Family Search Maps==
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===Parishes within a named county===
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Uses 1851 county boundaries mapped as layers onto Google Map, displayed within a FamilySearch frame
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Available functionality includes:
 +
 +
(1) Listing all parishes within a county and displaying on Google Map
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(2) Listing and displaying all parishes within a user defined radius
 +
(3) Searching Family History Library Catalog, Family History Historical Records, & Family Search Research Wiki for sources and wiki articles on defined parish
 +
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Information displayed per parish includes:
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(1) Probate court
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(2) Diocese
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(3) Hundred
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See [http://maps.familysearch.org/#lists List of parishes, and maps of parish boundaries]
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==External online maps==
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The following links provides maps of geographical relevance to the Oxenden and Dallison families:
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===Kent===
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====Kent Archaeology Society: Parish Maps====
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[http://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/Research/Libr/MIs/Location/01.htm - Kent Archaeological Society map of West Kent parish boundaries]
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[http://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/Research/Libr/MIs/Location/02.htm - Kent Archaeological Society map of East Kent parish boundaries]
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====London to Rochester, Bowen after Ogilby, 1764====
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[[File:MAP_Route_Map_London_To_Rochester_Bowen_E_After_Ogilby_Britannia_Deoicta_1764.png|thumbnail|400px|none]][[FootNote(Route map with London, Deptford, Shooters Hill, Dartford, Chatham & Rainham] by Emanuel Bowen after the earlier survey by John Ogilby, and published by John Owen in Britannia Depicta ..., 1764. On the verso is part of a description of London. Copper engraved map. Size 12 x 18 cms plus margins. Ref E9984. Digital image by courtesy of antiqueprints.com]]
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===London===
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====Crace Collection of Maps of London, British Library====
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[http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/crace/index.html Overview]
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====Locating London (Sheffield/Humanities Research)====
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[http://www.locatinglondon.org/ Locating London: Digital sources mapped to Rocque map of London (1748)]
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- [http://www.locatinglondon.org/static/MappingMethodology.html Mapping methodologies used]
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- [http://www.locatinglondon.org/static/Copyright.html#toc1 Terms of use & copyright]
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- Population data download
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- [http://www.locatinglondon.org/static/Geocoder.html Geocoder (not currently downloadable)]
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- Map export function is under development
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- [http://www.locatinglondon.org/static/Rocque.html Background: John Rocque’s Survey of London, Westminster & Southwark, 1746]
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- [http://www.locatinglondon.org/static/OS.html Background: Ordnance Survey, 1st Edition Map of London 1863-80]
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See also J.L. Howgego, ''Printed Maps of London circa 1553-1850'', 2nd edn. (Folkestone, 1978)
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====Mapping London: Georeferenced version of William Morgan's Map of London, 1681/82====
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[http://www.locatinglondon.org/static/AboutThisProject.html#toc3 Background: Mapping London Project, CMH, 2012]
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[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/source.aspx?pubid=59 Survey of the City of London and the surrounding built-up area (including Westminster and part of Southwark), on a scale of 300 feet to the inch, completed in 1682 by William Morgan]
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- From a facsimile published by Harry Margary in association with the Guildhall Library in 1977.
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====John Strype====
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[http://www.hrionline.ac.uk/strype/images/figures/810049-001.jpg Map of the Tower Liberty]
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[http://www.hrionline.ac.uk/strype/images/figures/810042-001.jpg Tower Street Ward]
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[http://www.hrionline.ac.uk/strype/images/figures/810032-001.jpg Aldgate Ward]
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[http://www.hrionline.ac.uk/strype/images/figures/810040-001.jpg Portsoken Ward]
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[http://www.hrionline.ac.uk/strype/images/figures/810033-001.jpg Billingsgate Ward and Bridge Within Ward]
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[http://www.hrionline.ac.uk/strype/images/figures/810039-001.jpg Lime Street Ward]
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[http://www.hrionline.ac.uk/strype/images/figures/810034-001.jpg Bishopsgate Ward]
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[http://www.hrionline.ac.uk/strype/images/figures/810036-001.jpg Broad Street Ward]
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[http://www.hrionline.ac.uk/strype/images/figures/810012-001.jpg Langborne Ward]
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[http://www.hrionline.ac.uk/strype/images/figures/810043-001.jpg Walbrook Ward and Dowgate Ward]
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[http://www.hrionline.ac.uk/strype/images/figures/810041-001.jpg Queenhithe Ward and Vintry Ward]
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[http://www.hrionline.ac.uk/strype/images/figures/810035-001.jpg Bread Street Ward and Cordwainer Street Ward]
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[http://www.hrionline.ac.uk/strype/images/figures/SS1_0356.jpg Coleman Street Ward and Bassishaw Ward]
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[http://www.hrionline.ac.uk/strype/images/figures/810038-001.jpg Cripplegate Ward]
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[http://www.hrionline.ac.uk/strype/images/figures/810031-001.jpg Aldersgate Ward and the liberty of St Martin le Grand]
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[http://www.hrionline.ac.uk/strype/images/figures/810044-001. Farringdon Without Ward and Castle Baynard Ward]
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[http://www.hrionline.ac.uk/strype/images/figures/810014-001.jpg Farringdon Without Ward]
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[http://www.hrionline.ac.uk/strype/images/figures/810017-001.jpg The parish of St Andrew Holborn]
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[http://www.hrionline.ac.uk/strype/images/figures/810030-001.jpg The parishes of St Olave, Southwark and St Mary Magdalen, Southwark]
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The parishes of St Saviour, Southwark and St George, Southwark
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The parish of St Katherine by the Tower
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The parish of St Dunstan, Stepney (Stebenheath), divided into Hamlets
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The parishes of St John, Wapping and St Paul, Shadwell
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Spitalfields and places adjacent (Mile End and Bethnal Green)
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Shoreditch, Norton Folgate and the Ward of Cripplegate Without
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The parish of St Giles Cripplegate
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Cow Cross, being St Sepulchre Without and the Charterhouse
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[http://www.hrionline.ac.uk/strype/images/figures/810021-001.jpg The parish of St James Clerkenwell]
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The parish of St Giles in the Fields
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[http://www.hrionline.ac.uk/strype/images/figures/810019-001.jpg The parishes of St Clement Danes/St Mary Savoy]
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[http://www.hrionline.ac.uk/strype/images/figures/810027-001.jpg Parish of St Margaret, Westminster]
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[http://www.hrionline.ac.uk/strype/images/figures/810023-001.jpg Parish of St Martin in the Fields]
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[http://www.hrionline.ac.uk/strype/images/figures/810022-001.jpg Parish of St James's Westminster]
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[http://www.hrionline.ac.uk/strype/images/figures/810018-001.jpg Parish of St Anne Soho]
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[http://www.hrionline.ac.uk/strype/images/figures/810024-001.jpg Parish of St Paul Covent Garden]
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[http://www.hrionline.ac.uk/strype/images/figures/810015-001.jpg Lambeth and Christ Church]
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[http://www.hrionline.ac.uk/strype/images/figures/810026-001.jpg Parish of St Mary Rotherhithe]
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==BHOL London Maps==
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===James de la Feuilles's map of London, c. 1690===
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[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/lmap.aspx?compid=16598&pubid=60 Londini angliae regni metropolis novissima & accuratissima - Autore Iacobo de la Feuille]
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===Leake's survey of the city after the Great Fire of 1666===
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[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/lmap.aspx?compid=16597&pubid=58 A map of the City of London prepared by John Leake, William Leybourne and four others, to show the extent of the area devastated by the Great Fire of 1666]
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- Based on Hollar's 'Exact Surveigh' of the City of London, 1667
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===Morgan's map of the whole of London in 1682===
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[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/source.aspx?pubid=59 Survey of the City of London and the surrounding built-up area (including Westminster and part of Southwark), on a scale of 300 feet to the inch, completed in 1682 by William Morgan]
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- From a facsimile published by Harry Margary in association with the Guildhall Library in 1977.
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===Ogilby and Morgan's large scale map of the city as rebuilt by 1676===
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[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/source.aspx?pubid=61 Survey of the City of London by John Ogilby and William Morgan, on a scale of 100 feet to the inch, completed in 1676]
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===Woodcut map of London , c. 1550-1570===
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[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/source.aspx?pubid=57 Woodcut map of London , c. 1550-1570]
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- Produced in c. 1633, depicting the City of London in the 1560s. It probably derives from the 'Copperplate' map of. c.1560 of which three sheets are extant.
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==Map Blogs==
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===Mapping London===
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[http://mappinglondon.co.uk/ Mapping London Blog (Not the CMH project)]
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==Map service companies==
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Bottin Cartographes (French mapping company)

Latest revision as of 12:35, March 19, 2012

Maps

Editorial history

15/08/11, CSG: Created page


Overview

This page lists

(1) Sample maps displaying data contained within this wiki

(2) Links to online and physically published maps of relevance to the subjects and content of this wiki

(3) Links to GIS mapping initiatives and standards of relevance to this wiki




Full listing of GIS wiki maps


See Maps: Occupational

- England, 1640-1699 + specified occupational description
- Specified county, 1640-1699 + specified occupational description

See Maps: Woodhead (1666)

- London Common councilmen and aldermen, 1660-1689, J.R. Woodhead (1966)[1]
- Specified county + place of birth

See Maps: Clark & Hosking (1993)

- English small town population estimates, Clark & Hosking (1993)[2]
- Specified county + measures of occupational and status intensity by urban location

See Maps: Oxenden related

See Maps: Thematic overlays

See Maps: C17th images

See Material London


Sample GIS mapping


To access the GIS maps below please ask the Wiki administrator for a separate authorisation URL

The following sample map links are provided to enable an exploration of data of different types

- the geographical location of SVJS subscribers; the geographical location of Dallison family members and the family's friendship network

- occupational data extracted from Prerogative Court of Canterbury wills for the 1640-99 period

- visual data from paintings and engravings for areas relevant to the Oxenden family.

The maps are best viewed in a separately opened window or windows


Geographical location


MAP 4: Geographic location of investors in 1650s & 60s

MAP_North_Weald_Kent_C17th_Houses


Occupation


Barges_PRC_Wills_1640-99

Wag(g)oner_Lorry_Man_Inventories_1640-99

For the full range of occupational maps available see Maps: Occupational


Visual


English_&_Dutch_C17th-C19th_River_Paintings


David Rumsey Map Collection Database, Viewers, and blog


See David Rumsey Map Collection overview

The David Rumsey collection database uses Luna as a dynamic web-based front end to Insight and non-Insight collections

The Luna Workspace allows a user to work with multiple visual objects (e.g. photos, maps) at the same time on the same screen

Content can be placed in Luna Commons and thus made availble for academic and educational purposes. Objects viewed in Luna Commons are assured to have authoritative descriptive data. Collections can be built for public, private, or shared access. Collections made available through Luna Commons can be made available without licence or through your institutional licence.

"In addition to the LUNA Commons, there are other collections in LUNA available to the public:

- NASA Images
- Oklahoma State University
- Tulane School of Architecture: New Orleans Virtual Archive
- National Library of Medicine: Images from the History of Medicine
- Cornell University
- John Rylands University Library Image Collections, University of Manchester


JISC sponsored Old Maps Online (finding and viewing tool)


See [http:www.oldmapsonline.org Old Maps Online]

- "The site incorporates access to collections at the British Library, the National Library of Scotland, the Moravian Library in the Czech Republic and the ... David Rumsey Collection in California"

- "Other collections to be added later this year include those from Harvard University, the New York Public Library, the National Library of Wales, the Bodleian Library at Oxford and several major European libraries"


Ordinance Survey

Ordinance Survey Open Data initiative


OS OpenData


Ordinance Survey Open Space initiative


OS OpenSpace

- OS OpenSpace APi enables OS maps to be displayed on non-commercial websites without charge
- Uses Javascript


Tufts digital library: County maps


Maps are displayed in a zoomable viewer enabling inspection of detail

Essex


To be added


Kent


To be added


Middlesex

See Middlesex


Surrey


To be added


Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure: Mapping Hundreds


See Overview of Hundred mapping project for England and Wales


Wikimedia Commons Mapping

County location maps


User:Nilfanion/Maps/Location maps


Wikipedia Media Commons: Hundreds by county

Essex


See Essex hundreds, 1830


Kent


To be added


Middlesex


To be added


Surrey


To be added


Roehampton: County hearth tax maps

Kent


- Kent Hearth Tax Assessment Lady Day 1664: CKS: Q/RTh Transcribed and computerised by Duncan Harrington


Surrey


See Surrey topographical map
See Surrey terrain type map

Surrey hearth Tax transcript, Lady Day, 1664


Family Search Maps

Parishes within a named county


Uses 1851 county boundaries mapped as layers onto Google Map, displayed within a FamilySearch frame

Available functionality includes:

(1) Listing all parishes within a county and displaying on Google Map
(2) Listing and displaying all parishes within a user defined radius
(3) Searching Family History Library Catalog, Family History Historical Records, & Family Search Research Wiki for sources and wiki articles on defined parish

Information displayed per parish includes:

(1) Probate court
(2) Diocese
(3) Hundred

See List of parishes, and maps of parish boundaries


External online maps


The following links provides maps of geographical relevance to the Oxenden and Dallison families:

Kent

Kent Archaeology Society: Parish Maps


- Kent Archaeological Society map of West Kent parish boundaries

- Kent Archaeological Society map of East Kent parish boundaries


London to Rochester, Bowen after Ogilby, 1764


MAP Route Map London To Rochester Bowen E After Ogilby Britannia Deoicta 1764.png
[[FootNote(Route map with London, Deptford, Shooters Hill, Dartford, Chatham & Rainham] by Emanuel Bowen after the earlier survey by John Ogilby, and published by John Owen in Britannia Depicta ..., 1764. On the verso is part of a description of London. Copper engraved map. Size 12 x 18 cms plus margins. Ref E9984. Digital image by courtesy of antiqueprints.com]]

London

Crace Collection of Maps of London, British Library


Overview


Locating London (Sheffield/Humanities Research)


Locating London: Digital sources mapped to Rocque map of London (1748)

- Mapping methodologies used
- Terms of use & copyright
- Population data download
- Geocoder (not currently downloadable)

- Map export function is under development
- Background: John Rocque’s Survey of London, Westminster & Southwark, 1746
- Background: Ordnance Survey, 1st Edition Map of London 1863-80

See also J.L. Howgego, Printed Maps of London circa 1553-1850, 2nd edn. (Folkestone, 1978)


Mapping London: Georeferenced version of William Morgan's Map of London, 1681/82


Background: Mapping London Project, CMH, 2012

Survey of the City of London and the surrounding built-up area (including Westminster and part of Southwark), on a scale of 300 feet to the inch, completed in 1682 by William Morgan
- From a facsimile published by Harry Margary in association with the Guildhall Library in 1977.


John Strype


Map of the Tower Liberty
Tower Street Ward
Aldgate Ward
Portsoken Ward
Billingsgate Ward and Bridge Within Ward

Lime Street Ward
Bishopsgate Ward
Broad Street Ward
Langborne Ward
Walbrook Ward and Dowgate Ward
Queenhithe Ward and Vintry Ward
Bread Street Ward and Cordwainer Street Ward
Coleman Street Ward and Bassishaw Ward
Cripplegate Ward
Aldersgate Ward and the liberty of St Martin le Grand
Farringdon Without Ward and Castle Baynard Ward
Farringdon Without Ward
The parish of St Andrew Holborn

The parishes of St Olave, Southwark and St Mary Magdalen, Southwark
The parishes of St Saviour, Southwark and St George, Southwark

The parish of St Katherine by the Tower
The parish of St Dunstan, Stepney (Stebenheath), divided into Hamlets
The parishes of St John, Wapping and St Paul, Shadwell
Spitalfields and places adjacent (Mile End and Bethnal Green)
Shoreditch, Norton Folgate and the Ward of Cripplegate Without
The parish of St Giles Cripplegate
Cow Cross, being St Sepulchre Without and the Charterhouse
The parish of St James Clerkenwell
The parish of St Giles in the Fields
The parishes of St Clement Danes/St Mary Savoy

Parish of St Margaret, Westminster
Parish of St Martin in the Fields
Parish of St James's Westminster
Parish of St Anne Soho
Parish of St Paul Covent Garden
Lambeth and Christ Church
Parish of St Mary Rotherhithe


BHOL London Maps

James de la Feuilles's map of London, c. 1690


Londini angliae regni metropolis novissima & accuratissima - Autore Iacobo de la Feuille


Leake's survey of the city after the Great Fire of 1666


A map of the City of London prepared by John Leake, William Leybourne and four others, to show the extent of the area devastated by the Great Fire of 1666
- Based on Hollar's 'Exact Surveigh' of the City of London, 1667


Morgan's map of the whole of London in 1682


Survey of the City of London and the surrounding built-up area (including Westminster and part of Southwark), on a scale of 300 feet to the inch, completed in 1682 by William Morgan
- From a facsimile published by Harry Margary in association with the Guildhall Library in 1977.


Ogilby and Morgan's large scale map of the city as rebuilt by 1676


Survey of the City of London by John Ogilby and William Morgan, on a scale of 100 feet to the inch, completed in 1676


Woodcut map of London , c. 1550-1570


Woodcut map of London , c. 1550-1570
- Produced in c. 1633, depicting the City of London in the 1560s. It probably derives from the 'Copperplate' map of. c.1560 of which three sheets are extant.

Map Blogs

Mapping London


Mapping London Blog (Not the CMH project)


Map service companies


Bottin Cartographes (French mapping company)
  1. ↑ Primary source data: J.R. Woodhead, The Rulers of London 1660-1689: A biographical record of the Aldermen and Common Councilment of the City of London (London, 1966). Data have been analysed, modified, enriched and mapped by Colin Greenstreet (2011)
  2. ↑ Primary source data: P Clark and J Hosking, Population Estimates of English Small Towns 1550-1851, (rev. ed. 1993). Data have been analysed, modified, enriched and mapped by Colin Greenstreet (2011)

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