Alan Godfrey Maps, 1976 - 2011
Scope and Contents
This collection contains copies of Alan Godfrey sales catalogues listing both second-hand maps and map reprints from 1976 onwards.
Dates
- Creation: 1976 - 2011
Conditions Governing Access
The Charles Close Society Archives is available for consultation by researchers in the Map Room at Cambridge University Library. Appointments for access should be made in advance by contacting the Head of the Map Department, Anne Taylor (maps@lib.cam.ac.uk). Further contact details and Map Room opening hours can be found at https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/departments/maps/map-department-contact-details. Anyone wishing to use the collection must first acquire a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket, see https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/using-library/your-library-membership Members of the Charles Close Society wishing to consult the Charles Close Society Archives will not be charged for a ticket on production of their current CCS membership card and providing that they have first contacted Anne Taylor who will support their application.
Biographical / Historical
A business established in Shrewsbury in 1976 by Alan Godfrey (a founder member of the Charles Close Society), trading primarily in second-hand Ordnance Survey maps and plans. It moved to Dunston, Gateshead in 1980. Second-hand map trading was gradually superseded after 1981 when Alan Godfrey began publishing reduced size reprints of Ordnance Survey County Series plans, mostly those at the 1:2500 scale, also some town plans at larger scales. Reprints of engraved one-inch maps of England and Wales and Ireland followed. By 2011 he had published 2500 such reprints. Alan Godfrey Maps moved to offices in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1988 (becoming the publication address in 1991), and to Leadgate, Consett in 2000. The business now operates principally via its website www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk
Extent
1 collection : Paper
Language of Materials
English
Originator(s)
Godfrey, Alan
Finding aid date
2011-03-18 15:38:07+00:00
Repository Details
Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository
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