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Swineshead Maps

The following maps are only a selection of those held at Bedfordshire and Luton Archives and Records Service. To see a larger image please click on the relevant thumbnail

Part of the inclosure Map showing the village 1808
The Swineshead inclosure map of 1808 [MA97/2]shows the village as being remarkably similar to today - buildings are coloured in black. To see a larger image please click on the thumbnail

Swineshead in 1901
The second edition Ordnance Survey 25 inches to the mile map of 1901 again shows a similar village to today, again, click on the thumbnail to see a larger image 

Ordnance Survey map annotated with field names
6 inch Ordnance Survey 2nd edition 6 inches to the mile map of 1902 annotated by a former County Archivist to show field names