This thread is designed to help you locate and find information on the places where your ancestors lived.

Maps

There is a huge selection of historical maps available from our sponsors, Parish Chest

Modern maps can be found at http://maps.google.co.uk/maps, http://www.streetmap.co.uk/ or http://www.multimap.com/

The following free sites are also well worth a look:

http://www.mappalondon.com/ Historical Maps of London

http://www.failteromhat.com/index.php Historical Maps of Ireland, including Dublin 1829

http://www.british-history.ac.uk/map.aspx British History Online ~ Ordnance Survey Maps Epoch 1

http://archivemaps.com/mapco/betts/betts.htm Bett's New Map of Scotland 1847 (other historical maps avilable on this site)

Gazetteers

Cassell's Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland, available from Parish Chest, would make a wonderful Christmas or birthday present when your loved ones ask you what you want

Don't forget GENUKI, which has detailed descriptions of towns and parishes. GENUKI also has its own pages of useful map links.

Parish Locators

Each county on GENUKI gives a list of parishes within that county and information on where to find records.

The following links are also extremely useful.

Parish Locator

Alphabetical List of Places in Yorkshire

London Parishes and Boroughs