Re: English Popular Edition OS One Inch Maps On Line

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from "Paul Saunders" <pvs1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> contains these words:

> Dominic Sexton wrote:

> > http://www.old-maps.co.uk/

> Thanks for reminding me about this, I'd forgotten the address.

Is it that or oldmaps.co.uk that you remember? I started looking for
oldmaps recently and found it defunct.

> Out of curiosity I checked Langland Bay, which I walked to yesterday,
> and to
> my surprise it's marked on the map as Longland Bay (search for co-ordinates
> 260974,187247). The name also appears in two other locations,
> Longland Farm
> and Langland itself, which may or may not be spelt Longland (I can't quite
> make out whether it's an "o" or an "a").

> So, is Longland the correct orginal name and it's become corrupted to
> Langland, or did they get the name wrong when they first surveyed it?

I have been looking at the first surveys both of my current locality and
where I grew up and several name changes are evident. Thwaites Bank to
Thwaites Brow Road. Franks Lane to Fronks Road.

AIUI early naming relied on OS surveyors understanding correctly what
some local yokel claimed was the name. Bad enough in England, worse in
Wales. Dolgelley (Dolgellau), Cader (Cadair) Idris and Cwm Cowarch
(Cywarch) come to mind. And as for Scotland ... :-)

--
Roger Chapman so far this year nothing
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