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Old Maps

Our community wasn't built in a day!

The late Frank Barker kindly provided us a copy of a detailed coloured map from 1863, which can be viewed below.

Click on file below to view/dowload PDF

Calderbridge Ponsonby 1863 Map File Uploaded: 13 February 2026 505.3 KB

OS Maps – Available from maps.nls.uk.

1860 https://maps.nls.uk/view/102340917
1895 https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/index.cfm#zoom=14.1&lat=54.44526&lon=-3.49315&layers=161&b=1
1898 http://maps.nls.uk/view/101093137
1950 http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/index.cfm#zoom=16&lat=54.4434&lon=-3.4871&layers=10&b=1