Cheers Anthony and Blue,
Appears I seek the quest of the holy grail.
A single map from the docks back maybe 20 odd streets back from St Nicholas and St Peter churches. It is where most of our clan lived in the 17, 18 and 19th century. The older part and more established parts of Liverpool.
In an ideal world c.1850 or slightly earlier being representative of up to when in particular our branch that finished up as colonist left to come to Australia.
Ideally if I can find a map that can provide that part of Liverpool I have described that fits on to A3 that would be great so it can be folded and included in a A4 booklet I am currently writing. If it is a larger digital format ie A2 I can get it converted to A3 and there are no copyright issues then that would be fine.
Equally if the drawing exists in a larger format in hard copy form and can be reduced by a copy shop to A3 again without copyright issues that is OK too. Living in Australia the cost of shipping is quite high which is why I prefer a detailed digital image which can be scaled by a good copy shop.
Having a map that has the majority of the streets and or churches mentioned in their bap., m. or bur. just would add so much to the journey.
Antony the Alan Godfrey maps are quite a bit later c.1900, they might do the job unfortunately they do have a preview albeit in lower resolution to see what they are offering. They also mention multiple sheets which I prefer not to have to cut and paste together.
A larger digitised map with a good amount of detail that lends itself to be scaled back electronically would be ideal. Not sure what the copyright laws are with regard to maps that are circa 150 years old? But that is important as I would like to print off 20 or so as it looks like I have about that many living relatives here that will be interested in a copy. Copies I would be providing free of charge. Happy to pay a fair copyright fee per copy if that is what is required.
If the eventual copy of the map can be scanned down or electronically scaled down to A3 then that can be folded to fit nicely within an A4 publication.
Cheers,
Ian