Alan Godfrey Maps

This looks great!
-Andrew

Someone keeps sending me backwards maps via email.

Just realised it's just spam.

-Andrew.

Those in that café arguing and agreeing in 1925 did so in that spirit of making things better, a sentiment we should all acknowledge and emulate.
So today, we can celebrate that at least. Happy Birthday!

This beautiful #map is £3.50 plus postage, one of almost 4,000 #historical moments on sale.
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Our lovely blue-covered Pwllheli 1914 map, with a period photograph on the cover.

While some may not support #PlaidCymru and some may be lifelong supporters, the fact that they could form & flourish should be important to all of us in a democratic nation.
The worlds of 1914 and 1925 were very different to that of 2025, changing mostly for the better but there's always more to do.

Sample of the Pwllheli 1914 map, showing part of the town and coastline. Please note, printed map is clearer than sample.

*Celebration Map*
#Pwllheli 1914.
www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/caern4008.htm
Happy 100th #birthday to #PlaidCymru, formed in a café on this square in 1925.
Little seems to have changed in this part of the town, although the wider area & #Wales itself have seen seismic changes over the last century.
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Our Maps aren't very good a poker.

They always fold.

-Andrew (with apologies)

If you’re interested in #royal #history and their connections to our countryside & cities, we have a huge range of OS #map reprints available on our online store covering the UK & beyond. Prices from a royal bargain price of £3.50 pp.

Map print is clearer than sample images.
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‘Plot 42’ is a drained pond near the centre of a complex that is hugely popular with tourists today.
Should #CharlesIII get his way perhaps this pond will make a comeback, in a literal tide of #history.

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Recently #Sandringham & #KingCharlesIII have been in the news as he looks to make the estate more ecologically sustainable by ‘re-marshing’ some areas, harking back to the original natural landscape. Our sample today relates to that watery nature and the gentle changes to the estate over the years.

**Featured Map!**

Sandringham & West Newton 1904.

alangodfreymaps.co.uk/nf02305.htm

The birthplace of Princess Diana hasn’t changed much since the 1720s. For 300 years buildings developed and were added or taken away, but the carefully curated landscape remained largely the same.

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I've not been that way before, nearest I've gotten is Llandudno. I'll have to change that in the near future, it does look nice!

-Andrew

This week I learned to spell Pwllheli correctly, and now I want to visit it too!

-Andrew

- Alan Godfrey's notes on our #Pwllheli map. Nothing will top those wonderfully evocative lines, so this author will leave you with the reminder that this fabulous #map and almost 4,000 others are available from just £3.50 plus postage.

"...And worst of all, a town carrying on with its business without any regard to the fact that you have been #travelling , oh! so many hours! to get there.
But take stock for a while and the journey does become worthwhile, for these places so often do have a character of their own.”

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Sample image from our Pwllheli 1914 map. Map image is clearer in the printed map.

"...Seldom do we know quite what to expect, and the immediate effect on arrival is normally a disappointment; a small, bleak #station; a few weary passengers disembarking with their bags to be whisked away into the night...

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A lovely bright blue map cover and image of Pwllheli from around 1914, this map is laid upon other examples of our wonderful bright maps.

*Featured Map*
#Pwllheli 1914
www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/caern4008.htm

“For the rail traveller, there is always something slightly romantic about the station at the end of the line. These are for most people places on a transport #map, remote destinations that maybe, one day, you will travel...
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Can I suggest buying some lovely maps to cheer yourself up? 😉

I hope you're having a relaxing time, in all seriousness. Sometimes doing nothing much for a while is what you need x
-Andrew

Hot dog spill shuts down highway in Pennsylvania commuters' wurst nightmare By Associated Press UPDATED: August 1, 2025 at 5:16 PM ET SHREWSBURY, Pa. (AP) - A truckload of hot dogs spilled across a Pennsylvania interstate Friday after a crash that briefly clogged the heavily traveled artery in both directions.

A writer waits a lifetime for a moment like this.

What a happy wee dog!
-Andrew

Hello #SundayMorning!

Looking out of my window, it seems to be the perfect day for sitting inside with maps and a big mug of coffee!

Have you any plans today?

-Andrew

I've been having a lot of fun this week writing about Anglo-Saxon treasure, unofficial land-speed records, trailblazing Victorian women and Plaid Cymru!

Look out for all those and much more in forthcoming posts 👍

-Andrew

She also grew up in Red Barnes, #Redcar, an upper-class residence owned by her wealthy family, which you can see on our map sample today. More fascinating lives can be encountered on this and many other #maps covering the UK and beyond on our website, from only £3.50 plus postage.

#WomensHistory

Sample of our map, showing Red Barns, a large and well set house near a Cricket Ground. Map printing is clearer than sample.

A huge advocate for women’s rights in countries like Iraq, she was also a highly accomplished mountain climber (an #Alpine peak was named after her), linguist, writer, #archaeologist and rider. While her health and private life were troublesome to her, she was indomitable and impressive to many.

Our Coatham & Warrenby 1927 map, a happy and bright purple colour, sat on a group of other bright maps.

*New Map!*
Coatham & Warrenby 1927
www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/yorks00702.htm

Gertrude Bell (1868-1926) was a remarkable #woman for her, or any, time. The 1st lady to graduate with a First in #history at #Oxford, she travelled the world & knew the Middle East so well the UK employed her in #WWI.
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Thirteen decades separate us from the first publication of this #map, and the #history of the area stretch back more than thirteen millennia, as evidenced by the vivid notes on the reverse.
Dive into the exciting bustle by buying this map or almost 4,000 others from just £3.50pp from our website.

People don’t change much as a general rule. A #Fringe of 1894 would have seen the visitor mobbed by handbills & hawkers on the Royal Mile, performers would hope to be ‘discovered’ by big promoters, or at the very least make useful connections with mysterious people purporting to run ‘big gigs’.
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Small sample of our Central Edinburgh 1894 map, the Grassmarket and pat of the Cowgate can be seen. You could easily navigate the whole city with this map! Please note, printed map is clearer than the sample.

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Central #Edinburgh 1894.
www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/ed0307.htm

Fifty years before the first #Fringe, one of its heartlands – the Grassmarket – is as recognisable as it is today. Some of the pubs are still there and some of the regulars might look like they predate our #map.

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Sending best wishes to all the performers and visitors at the #EdFringe this year!
And also sending our love to the lovely residents of #Edinburgh too.

#Fringe #EdinburghFringe #Fringe25.

www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/edn38A.htm

Apologies, I had an issue with the link, this is the correct one - Andrew

www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/edn38A.htm

There we go, sorry!