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Sample Maps

The Red Guides were well known and popular for their pull-out maps, which are fixed between pages in context.  Many other maps and illustrations are included as single or double page sized entries.  Some examples follow, and at left, with links to view the pages.

We have now separated out the Railway Maps, including London Undergound.

Map Description

 from guide date
English Lakes English Lakes 1895
Island of Jersey (note English map (also advertisements) in otherwise French language book) L'Ile de Jersey 1895
Paris and its Environs Paris 1903
 The Bristol Channel Clifton 1904
 Great Yarmouth Cromer 1919
  Swanage Swanage 1925
  Weymouth Swanage 1925
  Weston Super Mare Town Weston 1930s+
  Aberystwyth (map in colour) Barmouth 1936
  Lleyn peninsular (map in colour) Barmouth 1936
  North Wales (map in colour) Barmouth 1936
Central London London 1937
London at a glance London 1938
Orkney and Shetland Scotland TG c1952