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old map of alloa
« on: Saturday 29 May 10 14:19 BST (UK) »
hi everyone

my relatives stayed on church road, alloa in the early 1900s.

i am looking for an old street map detailing streets.

does anyone know where i could find one?

cheers

paul
REID
BROWN
KERR
COPELAND

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KERR - ANDERSTON(GLASGOW) & ARGYLL
REID/BROWN - GOVAN
COPELAND - GLASGOW

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Re: old map of alloa
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 29 May 10 22:22 BST (UK) »
Not the right date for you, but have a look here:

http://www.nls.uk/maps/townplans/alloa.html

The road names may have changed slightly, but it may help.

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Re: old map of alloa
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 01 June 10 17:53 BST (UK) »
hiya

thanks for replying.

this map does not show church road, when you cllick on the map it doesnt really detail a lot

is there anything else that you can suggest.

kind regards

paul
REID
BROWN
KERR
COPELAND

GLASGOW AND ARGYLL
KERR - ANDERSTON(GLASGOW) & ARGYLL
REID/BROWN - GOVAN
COPELAND - GLASGOW

IRELAND
LEITCH
DUFFY

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Re: old map of alloa
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 01 June 10 19:19 BST (UK) »
this map does not show church road, when you cllick on the map it doesnt really detail a lot

After you click on the map section you want did you use the zoom bar on the left side of the page? I didn't zoom in all the way when I tried it but the details shows all the buildings, etc.
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Re: old map of alloa
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 01 June 10 22:30 BST (UK) »
Perhaps it should be Street rather than Road? Church Street can be seen on Google maps.
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Re: old map of alloa
« Reply #5 on: Tuesday 01 June 10 22:56 BST (UK) »
Church Road would now appear to be Church Street - this is from looking at the census for Church Road and seeing what streets it appears between.

Try this one:

http://www.old-maps.co.uk

Use the gazetteer section to navigate to Alloa and then choose a 1:10,560 scale map from around 1900 so that you can zoom in to see it.  If you use it in conjunction with a modern map (any good online atlas will do), you should be able to find the street.  It's near the church  ;)

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Re: old map of alloa
« Reply #6 on: Thursday 27 November 14 15:08 GMT (UK) »
Church Street is what you want. I doubt is has changed much since the 1900. It runs from the old Post Office up to the Town Hall. Put Church Street Alloa into Google and you can get an up to date picture. Put 'Alloa' into site 'Britain from the Air' and there is a picture there which I believe dates from about 1925.

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