Alan Godfrey Maps

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Whitechapel & Mile End 1873-94.
You might notice that the dates on our map coincide with the infamous Ripper murders. The streets you’re seeing are those known to ‘Jacks’ tragic victims.

www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/london758.htm
(Our London range is now bigger than that noted on the back page!)

For those who saw my tease this morning -

Captain Cook, famous navigator and circumnavigator, lived at 88 Mile End Road - a very short walk from the hospital in our sample.

Whitechapel is also home to some of the finest bagels on the planet (so says Andrew anyway!)

Always an immigrant area, many have passes through on their way to wider integration with London & the UK generally. Regardless of the accent on the street however, it's always been abuzz with industry, hard work and friendly faces, never more so than today.
www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/london758.htm

Whitechapel & Mile End 1873-94
Maybe the most notorious part of #London due to the Krays & Jack the Ripper, Whitechapel & Mile End deserves to be known for charity too, such as the London Hospital - in 1900 the UK's largest charity-funded general hospital, & the beautiful Trinity Alms-houses nearby.

Big stuff landing next week!

**STAY TUNED!**

Its 4am, Andrew is awake and slightly excited.

He's awake because he works nights, he's excited due to - you guessed it - maps!

Today's map is a classic!
Hint: there are connections to Captain Cook and breaded goods with our map today - any guesses?

Villa Park has been home to #AstonVilla FC since 1897, and is the first stadium in the country to hold international fixtures in three different centuries. Also holding fixtures at the 1966 world cup and the 1996 Euros, Villa Park’s place in the hearts of (some) #Birmingham residents is long held!

Oh deer.

Oh yes, there's subtle differences!

Why is that, a change of fashion? Budgeting?

*MATCHDAY SPECIAL!*
Aston Manor 1938.
There’s something magical about an old ground; decades of emotion worn into the landscape – a whiff of Bovril in the air, a old cheer blowing in the wind – even on the page you can sense the anticipation!
#AstonVilla #AVFC
www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/warks0813.htm

Poottery?

Clifton Down 1902
#Bristol

A map introduction as majestic an overview of the history, transport & architecture of the area as the real view from the observatory. We also include a period street directory, a rail timetable & selected advertising from the era.
www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/gloucs7115.htm

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Tomorrow we're posting about a big bridge associated with a man in a big hat. Any guesses?!

AHOY CREW!
#MAPMONDAY?
TIME FOR AN ARR POST (A Recent Release Reminder)!🏴‍☠️

New maps with historical introductions + extras (eg. street directories & extra maps) in areas including #London, #Cambridge, #Exeter, #Merseyside, #York & more!🦜

Walk ye plank to www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/acatalog/hom... ☠️

Good morning cartography crew!

How is you week shaping up?

Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus/Happy St David's Day to all our Welsh friends!

We hope you had a lovely time today 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿❤️ (and we hope we got the Welsh language bit right too!)

Ruined stone structures along a narrow stream in a grassy valley of the Yorkshire Dales National Park.

Tickets for our Dales Archaeology Day are now on sale!

The Dales Archaeology Day 2026 will take place in Middleham Key Centre (Park Lane, Middleham, Leyburn, DL8 4RA) on the 21st March 2026, with a variety of talks, stalls and displays. More 👇

https://ow.ly/aHcx50YlN2f

Bath is a city whose history is a see-saw of popularity & decline, status, beauty & occasionally of mere survival.

Our maps’ introduction sparkles with Alan Godfrey’s usual magic & wit, and is accompanied by a street directory filled with names & local colour.
www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/som1405.htm

Bath is a city whose history is a see-saw of popularity & decline, status, beauty & occasionally of mere survival.

Our maps’ introduction sparkles with Alan Godfrey’s usual magic & wit, and is accompanied by a street directory filled with names & local colour.
www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/som1405.htm

Anyone read Lucy Worsley's 'Jane Austen at Home'?

It's a grand read, and a wonderful overview of England around the turn of the 19th century. It helped me consider today's map from a century later (Bath 1902) in more depth & with more historical context!

This isn't just a post about a football stadium.

One of the things I love about our maps is they remind us of our connections to the past.
Millions of our ancestors would have gone to a stadium like this, or a church, theatre, dockside, train station etc for work & fun - just like we do today.

#Coventry 1905
Our sample today shows the very earliest years of the storied Coventry City FC ground - Highfield Road - used 1899-2005! It had one of the biggest playing surfaces in England, and was the English league’s first all-seater stadium.
#CoventryCityFC
www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/coventry.htm

A quick reminder of all our offers at the moment, including our half-price sale!

www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/acatalog/Hal...

Richard Oliver again takes us on an informative tour of the area in his introduction for our new ‘#Exeter (South) 1904’ map.
Our sample is of Topsham Barracks, set up during the Napoleonic wars & still in use today (presumably with fresher recruits). #Devon
www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/devon08010.htm

Very good question! 🤣

A few years after publication, legendary Knotty Ash resident and tickling stick owner Ken Dodd was born.

If you’re not from #Liverpool it’s likely that if you’ve heard of this area, that’s why, but there’s far more to the place; a great addition to our Liverpool range!
#Lancashire #Merseyside

They were a bit short-sighted then?