These links were used during a presentation to a U3A event at the Royal Geographical Society on family history and maps in February 2010. If you know of others which should be included please let me know.
The National Archives
Links to the catalogue and other databases including Access to Archives, ARCHON and the National Register of Archives
Gateway sites
• http://www.maphistory.info/index.html
• http://oddens.geog.uu.nl/index.php
• www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/index.html
Peter Christian
Old Ordnance Survey maps
• www.visionofbritain.org.uk/maps
• www.british-history.ac.uk/map.aspx
County maps
• www.lancashire.gov.uk/environment/oldmap
• www.geog.port.ac.uk/webmap/hantsmap/hantsmap/hantsmap.htm
• www.historic-maps.norfolk.gov.uk/Emap/EmapExplorer.asp
• www.envf.port.ac.uk/geo/research/historical/webmap/sussexmap/sussex.htm
• http://maps.cheshire.gov.uk/tithemap
Town maps
• www.guy-singer.com/blackwall/maps.html
• www.freshford.com/1841_bradford_map.htm
Old maps
• www.hipkiss.org/data/maps.html
Chart the Nation (Scotland)
For advanced users
• www.ponies.me.uk/maps/osmap.html
• www.maphistory.info/gateways.html
For family historians
Fun sites
• http://strangemaps.wordpress.com