Parish maps available on Ancestry

[Anne in Carlisle]

I think this is new (got an email today). They now have county maps of parishes on ancestry and I'm impressed with the quality. I realise parish boundaries are available in lots of places but its handy to have them here with good sharp images.
Anne

[Chrissie Smiff]

Oh they sound handy Anne, must have a look. Thank you for pointing it out

[Anne in Carlisle]

Oh this is good. If you look up a civil registration (BMD) you can see a list of the parishes which registered in that district.

Like this

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=PhillimoreMaps&h=13198

Anne

[Chrissie Smiff]

Oh that's even better

[GallowayLass]

These are good, many thanks

[PhotoFamily]

This one from familysearch has been available for a while. It's strange, but useful

http://maps.familysearch.org/

[grumpy]

Both those maps are useful and makes one realize just how many parishes there were in the bad old days of horse and buggy. Also of course, one who is

not familiar with the area can get rather lost when researching forebears.

[Anne in Carlisle]

Just to make it clear, Grumpy, in England the parish map may have changed in detail of boundaries but most of those you see on the maps are still there. Even more confusing for people from elsewhere ..... there are church parishes (overseen by the local Parochial Church Council) and civil parishes, often with quite similar boundaries, which are the smallest local government areas and overseen by the Parish Council (not the same as the PCC.
Confused now?? Most of us are too!
Anne