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Aerial photos can reveal hidden archaeology and sites that are difficult or even impossible to see from the ground. You can explore over 400,000 digitised photos taken from our aerial photo collections of over 6 million photographs preserved in the Historic England Archive.
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- 100 Years of Aerofilms
Over 1.2 million glass and film negatives, albums and flight...
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Welcome to OldAerialPhotos.com, the home of historical UK aerial photography. Over a million aerial photos from the 40s to the 90s are available to search at the click of a button. Search for your area of interest by Postcode, Street name, City or Grid Reference.
Explore England's changing landscapes through historic aerial photography, showcasing the growth and transformations of urban and rural areas. Over 9 million historical photos. Details of our photography collections held in the public Historic England Archive.
Looking at historical photos is certainly interesting, but what if you want a snapshot of an area unencumbered by watermarks? You can purchase imagery in the form of digital images (jpeg, png, or GeoTiff).
Aerial photographs of Britain from the 1940s to 2009 – dubbed the ‘historical Google Earth’ by Cambridge academics – have been made freely available to everyone on Cambridge University Library’s ground-breaking Digital Library.
Ordnance Survey Maps - Six-inch England and Wales, 1842-1952. The most comprehensive, topographic mapping covering all of England and Wales from the 1840s to the 1950s. Two editions for all areas, and then regular updates in the 20th century for urban or rapidly changing areas. Browse the maps:
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a comprehensive list (the only one of its kind) describing sites that have free images of early maps, arranged by theme and place, with a note on their resolution quality.
