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time_detective
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Geography from the 1800's
« on: Thursday 10 April 08 18:36 BST (UK) »
Geography never was my strongest point, but take me back 200 years and I'm totally lost.  I'm trying to identify the exact locations of three places in Caithness 1 - Bilbster 2 - Bower and 3 - Killimster.  Anyone who can shed some light on my ingnorance will be blessed by my ancestors I'm sure! Huh
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Re: Geography from the 1800's
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 10 April 08 21:17 BST (UK) »
May I suggest that you try streetmap or multimap - modern mapping, I know, but since all three places still exist, they can be found quite easily on both sites.  Smiley

http://www.streetmap.co.uk/

http://www.multimap.com/

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« Reply #2 on: Thursday 10 April 08 21:50 BST (UK) »
And once you've identified them,  get yourself along to www.nls.uk and delve into its lovely historical maps section.

or try www.old-maps.co.uk

Good luck  :O)
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« Reply #3 on: Thursday 10 April 08 22:44 BST (UK) »
Many thanks to you both for the guidance.  I'll be dipping into those sites first thing in the morning.   Grin
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Re: Geography from the 1800's
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 15 April 08 09:44 BST (UK) »
You could also try these on GoogleEarth.

http://maps.google.co.uk/?q=Bilbster

http://maps.google.co.uk/?q=Bower

http://maps.google.co.uk/?q=killimster
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