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With access to 121 years of data and 650,000 maps, we're the #1 historical map site. Discover your heritage or craft the perfect gift with a historical map! myhistoricmap.co.uk England, United Kingdom Joined June 2014

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7 years ago

#OnThisDay in 1809 #WilliamGladstone was born in #Liverpool! The Grand Old Man is the only PM to have served 4 terms & is remembered for overseeing positive democratic reforms, but also has a deserved reputation for repressive colonial policies... @Groundsure

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7 years ago

Merry Christmas everyone! Every year the @SerpsSwimClub do an xmas swim on the #Serpentine in #HydePark, beginning in 1864...so let's take a look at Hyde Park when the race was new! @Groundsure

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#OnThisDay in 1922 the words first radio entertainment broadcast was transmitted by the #BBC from the Alexandra Palace! Here's a look at it in 1894 @Yourallypally @Groundsure

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#OnThisDay in 1804 Prime Minister #BenjaminDisraeli was born! 2-time #conservative PM & novelist, Disraeli has one of the most complicated legacies of any UK PM...and that's a competitive field!Check our FB for details, here's where he was born...#London @Groundsure

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#OnThisDay in 1830 English poet and national treasure Christine Rosetti was born. Best known for poems such as 'Goblin Market' and 'In The Bleak Midwinter', she passed away in 1894 in a house at Torrington Square, London, which looked like this... @Groundsure

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#OnThisDay in 1936 #TheCrystalPalace burnt down. It was built in 1851 to house #TheGreatExhibiton in #HydePark before it was moved to Sydenham. Here's a peek at Hyde Park in 1894!

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#OnThisDay in 1919, Nancy Astor became the first female MP to take her seat in the @HouseofCommons , as the #Conservative MP for Plymouth Sutton. She served until 1945 and was known for her wittiness and American quirkiness. Let's take a look at Plymouth in 1919...@Groundsure

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7 years ago

#OnThisDay in 1910 Dr. Hawley Crippen was hanged at #PentonvillePrison, #London, for the crime of murdering his wife. But did he do it?! Jury's still out on that one. Check our FB for the full story... Here's what #TheVille looked like in 1911. @Groundsure

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7 years ago

Getting a historical map has never been easier. Go type your postcode into the search bar to see what you can unearth! myhistoricmap.co.uk/index.php

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7 years ago

#OnThisDay in 1940 the Luftwaffe dropped 503 tonnes of bombs + 881 incendiaries onto #Coventry. The Cathedral was destroyed in a blitz that cost approximately 568 lives. Here's a peak of the city centre in 1955, the height of the rebuilding efforts...@Groundsure @CovCathedral

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7 years ago

#OnThisDay in 1918 guns around the world fell silent as #ArmisticeDay was announced. Approx. 17 million people died as a direct result of #WW1, and the London Cenotaph was built in 1920 as a monument to the fallen. Here's a glimpse of that area in 1914... @Groundsure

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7 years ago

Noswaith dda and a very happy #CardiffHour to you all! We sell historical OS maps dating from 1839 to 1960. Take a peak, for example, at maps comparing Cardiff city centre between 1881 and 1922! (Click to expand) @Groundsure

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7 years ago

You don't need a reason to treat yourself to beautiful, bespoke historical maps. But here's a good one... myhistoricmap.co.uk/index.php

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7 years ago

#OnThisDay in 1936 the world's first regular TV service began broadcast by the @BBC .Back then the BBC used to broadcast from Alexandra Palace, but here's a look at where Broadcasting House is now...X years ago! In 1936 a TV cost 60 Guineas - £11K in todays money 😱 @Groundsure

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7 years ago

#OnThisDay in 1858, colonial rule of India passed from the East India Company to English government, making Victoria Queen of India, and, in 1876, Empress. Here's a map from 1882 showing #BuckinghamPalace...@Groundsure @RoyalFamily #London #UKHistory

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7 years ago

Happy #CornwallHour to our Cornish friends! Cornwall has a rich and vibrant history and culture that we here at MyHistoricMaps love to revisit. Here's a peak at @TruroCathedral in 1879! @CornwallCouncil #Cornwall @Groundsure