Alan Godfrey Maps

Ayton Castle is a ruined medieval fortified manor house located near the village of West Ayton, just west of Scarborough in North Yorkshire, England, situated on a plateau edge, accessible via public footpaths from Castle Rise, and is a notable historic ruin in the North York Moors area.

A winter view of Ayton Castle, which was a Pele/Peel Tower, a fortified dwelling. It was constructed in the 15th century by Sir Ralph Eure, a wealthy landowner who had married into the de Aton family from where West

The internet says the average cost of a pint is around £6 in #London or #York!

Our maps are only £3.50 with £2.50 postage (FREE if your order is £25+!) and they will last longer; York (NW) 1907 for eg, which showcases Rowntrees Cocoa Works!

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Snow in the North, painting by Emmanuel Levy, 1900-86 (Danum Gallery, Doncaster).

Memories can be joyful, a gift we carry for life.
Maps too! They spark memories of loved places, holidays & people.
Take #Greenwich Park 1867-93; many will have a happy memory of The Royal Observatory or places like it, & a related map would be a joyful gift.
Search our site for your happy memories!

Memories can be joyful, a gift we carry for life.
Maps too! They spark memories of loved places, holidays & people.
Take #Greenwich Park 1867-93; many will have a happy memory of The Royal Observatory or places like it, & a related map would be a joyful gift.
Search our site for your happy memories!

We’re back at #Lords & St John’s Wood Road 1866-1921 for a festive reminder that our maps are great for sport fans!
We’ve visited more #football grounds than a scout, been bowled for six over all the #cricket pitches, & we love a #tennis court too!

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We’re back at #Lords & St John’s Wood Road 1866-1921 for a festive reminder that our maps are great for sport fans!
We’ve visited more #football grounds than a scout, been bowled for six over all the #cricket pitches, & we love a #tennis court too!

#London
www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/cgi-bin/sh00...

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Happy #MapMonday!

A reminder of how busy & bustling the history of the UK has been- in a tiny square of ground on the outskirts of #York, thousands of years of habitation have been carefully noted by OS map makers, & further discussed in our map notes. Isn't it amazing how long footprints can last?

Happy #MapMonday!

A reminder of how busy & bustling the history of the UK has been- in a tiny square of ground on the outskirts of #York, thousands of years of habitation have been carefully noted by OS map makers, & further discussed in our map notes. Isn't it amazing how long footprints can last?

Highbury & Islington 1914 is one of three versions (1871 and 1894 too) of this great #London map, for sale here - www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/london039.htm, & you can get all three for just £9 +post!

Why not look over the changes in this area and across London, guided by our authors and researchers?

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Highbury & Islington 1914 is one of three versions (1871 and 1894 too) of this great #London map, for sale here - www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/london039.htm, & you can get all three for just £9 +post!

Why not look over the changes in this area and across London, guided by our authors and researchers?

Also - How great a name is 'Dringhouses'?

That name must be worth £3.50 plus postage on it's own?!

NEW MAP!
York – Maplethorpe & Dringhouses 1907.
www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/yorks17414.htm
A great map, the main feature being #York Racecourse, but the local history (detailed by Alan Godfrey) is amazing; from one of the oldest homes in the UK to the death of Dick Turpin & the first registered nurse!

NEW MAP!
St John’s Wood (E) 1866-93.
www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/london630.htm
From Templar Knights to Napoleonic War soldiers & an early Victorian artists’ colony, Pamela Taylor’s map notes bring this map to life, fleshing out the handsome lines with a deep and varied history right to the modern day.

Bishopthorpe 1906.
www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/yorks19102.htm
“The principal feature on the East Riding section of our map is the #YORK CITY ASYLUM”, and in time it became “a designer outlet retail park”!
The site holds genealogical links to many, via the inmates & injured WWII soldiers, among others.

Subscription News!🗺️

Next 10/20 #London Large Scale. £30/£55, (until 19/12, £33/£60 after) From Feb.

Next 10 maps of #Exeter & District. £33, From Jan.

Next 10 maps of #Cambridge & District. £33, From Dec.

UK addresses only, postage included!

Subscriptions are great gifts - weeks of deliveries!

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That's Close to an Alley, isn't it?!

🤣 Andrew

We're visiting #York and #London this week!

Do you have a favourite place in those cities?

NEW MAP!
St John’s Wood (W) 1868-93
www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/london629.htm
This beautifully full map is awash with handsome homes. The busy streets must have seen hundreds of thousands of residents & visitors over the last 150 years. Endless anecdotes occurred on these streets & in those buildings.

It was a gigantic port during its peak, I suppose 'the oldest profession' may have had a significant footprint, and connections to almost every part of the city in some way?

- Andrew

I often found the Oxford down the wee street past the war memorial near the station fairly quiet, if you'd like a tip from a very rare city visitor!

- Andrew

*Stocksfield & Bywell 1920*
From Mesolithic settlement to Cold War contingencies & much in between (including witches!), we find a world of interest in a few pretty villages; an AGM speciality & a serious inducement to buy random maps & lose oneself in history!
www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/nbl10104.htm

*Stocksfield & Bywell 1920*
From Mesolithic settlement to Cold War contingencies & much in between (including witches!), we find a world of interest in a few pretty villages; an AGM speciality & a serious inducement to buy random maps & lose oneself in history!
www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/nbl10104.htm

**NEW MAP!**
#Doncaster East (1928)
“The St Leger meeting sets a scene in Agatha Christie’s ABC Murders where ‘D’ is for Doncaster, although having a character catch a train here from Euston suggests the author never actually visited the town.”– Alan Godfrey.
www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/yorks28502.htm

#Conisbrough 1928.
“Conisbrough Castle looking out across a great industrial panorama, with a huge colliery and part of another, streets of housing (...) & a large glass works, & (...) railway companies, striding across the landscape as if it owns the place…”
www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/yorks28410.htm

NEW MAP!
Edenfield 1927.
Some incredible stories arise from this map…
“The depression at the beginning of 1826 threw huge numbers of weavers out of work. On 26 April 1826, a mob estimated to have been over 3,000 made its way along the Bury road intent on destroying the new machinery.” Nigel Jephson.

Ponteland 1913
The area N of #Newcastle Airport may seem sleepy but this belies an interesting history, detailed in Alan Godfrey’s notes. A 1244 peace treaty between England & Scotland, mediated by the Archbishop of York is only the start of a fascinating story. www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/nbl8505.htm

Gretna Green 1898.
“one of the most well-known places in #Scotland, quite remarkable for such a small settlement. It is most famous around the world as the location for runaway marriages.” Sarah Lee.
& this makes our map the perfect memento of a happy day!
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