Dear John & Dave,
Many thanks for these map sites. I had not seen them before.
It seems from the maps that the town Llandsilio is in Shropshire just
south of Oswestry, yet the parish records that I have found are from
Montgomeryshire in 1808. I believe that the town is the same, so
thought that boundaries changed sometime after 1808.
Carolyn
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Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 09:54:48 -0600
From: Carolyn Kelly <pontypool(a)telus.net>
Subject: [POWYS] Welsh boundaries
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Hello,
Is there a resource that outlines the changes over time in the
boundaries of Montgomeryshire, Shropshire, and Denbighshire?
I am finding it rather confusing to identify record locations, because
I am not sure which county included what border towns in the 1800s.
Thanks for any help.
Carolyn
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Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 20:09:00 +0100
From: "John Ball" <john(a)jlb2005.plus.com>
Subject: Re: [POWYS] Welsh boundaries
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Carolyn Kelly <pontypool(a)telus.net> wrote:
Is there a resource that outlines the changes over time in the
boundaries of Montgomeryshire, Shropshire, and Denbighshire?
I am finding it rather confusing to identify record locations, because
I am not sure which county included what border towns in the 1800s.
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Dear Carolyn,
The county maps included in Tallis's Topographical Dictionary
(published
1860) include all the counties you've mentioned and clearly show the
county
boundaries.
The maps are online on my website at:
http://www.jlb2005.plus.com/wales/tallis/maps.htm
Kind regards,
John
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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 07:56:34 +1000
From: "Dave Matthews" <matt42(a)westnet.com.au>
Subject: Re: [POWYS] Welsh boundaries
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Carolyn,
A slightly earlier iteration of the county boundaries can be found
on the
Vision of Britain Historical Maps site at:
http://visionofbritain.org.uk/maps/index.jsp
You have to work a lot harder to get the information from the early
one inch
to the mile maps than you do with John's link I'm afraid. The detail
is
terrific when you get there, though, and well worth it.
The VoB historical maps pages don't give the most user friendly of
presentations. This is way I eventually figured to navigate the site:
On the link above, select the 'Boundary Maps' tab.
On that page select the 'Ordnance Survey Unions' link at the top left.
Zoom in on the large map of Britain until you are just showing the
county
you are interested in. The list of available maps below the top map
will
re-populate as you zoom to show just those on the area you are
displaying on
the top map.
Select the map sheet covering your area of interest and then zoom
and pan
that very close. You will then see the county boundaries as dotted
black
lines. Parish boundaries are shown as narrow yellow lines and Poor
Law Union
boundaries as broad multi-coloured lines. The name of each parish is
underlined in red. The date of each map is shown at the bottom right.
Good luck with finding the rest of the changes over time.
Regards
Dave in Oz
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