Maps

This is a fantastic website for being able to access maps from different times and to be able to see field names from the tithe maps: https://www.somersetheritage.org.uk

A number of old maps of the village exist and can be accessed below:

1731 Ribbon map showing route from London to Land’s End

1753 Ribbon map showing Milborne Port section

Information about the 1753 ribbon map

1781 and 1782 map
1781 & 1782 – title page
overview 1
overview 2
central part of the village
north of Kingsbury
east of Kingsbury
east Milborne Port
north east of Milborne Port
north west of Milborne Port

1808

1816?

1817

1839

1839 Tithe map – Lower Kingsbury area

Website address for late 19th century online map with modern equivalent ‘side-by-side’:

https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/?fbclid=IwAR2eJska5UolgY6XrRCLUlKyIZC5b46szyPSW7IASCUyUqCcWyr1MnM_R38#zoom=17.810000000000002&lat=50.97223&lon=-2.46336&layers=178&right=ESRIWorld