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| Year | Name | Image | Attribution |
| 1684 | Kenneth Docton. Reconstruction of Lancaster in 1684 from Towneley map. |  |
Reproduced courtesy of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire |
| 1778 | Stephen Mackreth. Plan of the town of Lancaster. |  |
CC BY-SA 4.0 |
| 1800 | McIntyre. Plan of Lancaster. |  |
CC BY-SA 4.0 |
| 1807 | Christopher Clark. A plan of the town of Lancaster. From An Historical and Descriptive Account of the Town of Lancaster Collected from the Best Authorities by C. Clark. |  |
CC BY-SA 4.0 |
| 1807 |
Christopher Clark: Plan of Lancaster Castle. From An Historical and Descriptive Account of the Town of Lancaster Collected from the Best Authorities by C. Clark. |
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| 1821 | Jonathan Binns. Map of the town and castle of Lancaster. With inset: Speed’s map of Lancaster, 1610. |
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CC BY-SA 4.0 |
| 1824 |
Plan of Lancaster from Baines’ history, directory and gazetteer of the county palatine of Lancaster. |
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| 1832 | Robert K. Dawson. Lancaster borough/town plan for the Reform Act. |  |
CC BY-SA 4.0 |
| 1837 | Robert K. Dawson. Lancaster borough/town/city plan for the Boundary Commission. |  |
CC BY-SA 4.0 |
| 1844/45 survey |
Ordnance Survey 6 inch map. 1st edition. (Sheet 30.) Published 1848. |
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Reproduced from 1848 Ordnance Survey® map Available via DigiMaps (University Staff and Students) or National Library of Scotland (Public) |
| 1846 | Ordnance Survey 5 foot plan of Lancaster. Central Lancaster section. |
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Reproduced from 1846 Ordnance Survey® map Available via DigiMaps (University Staff and Students) or National Library of Scotland (Public) |
| 1852 | Ordnance Survey 1 inch map. 1st edition. (Sheet 91) |  |
Reproduced from 1852 Ordnance Survey® map Available via DigiMaps (University Staff and Students) or National Library of Scotland (Public) |
| 1877 | Harrison & Hall. Plan of the Town and Castle of Lancaster. |  |
Reproduced courtesy of Andrew White. From : White, Andrew. Lancaster : a history. Chichester : Phillimore, 2003 |
| 1890 survey |
Ordnance Survey 25 inch plan. 1st edition. (Sheet XXX.11) Published 1893. |
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Reproduced from 1893 Ordnance Survey® map Available via DigiMaps (University Staff and Students) or National Library of Scotland (Public) |
| 1891 |
Ordnance Survey 6 inch map. 1st revision. (Sheet XXX.) Published 1895. |
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Reproduced from 1895 Ordnance Survey® map Available via DigiMaps (University Staff and Students) or National Library of Scotland (Public) |
| 1894 | Map of Lancaster showing streets & ward boundaries. Published with Lancaster Standard, Xmas 1894. |  |
CC BY-SA 4.0 |
| 1910 survey revised |
Ordnance Survey 25 inch plan. (Sheet XXX.11) Published 1913. |
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Reproduced from 1913 Ordnance Survey® map Available via DigiMaps (University Staff and Students) or National Library of Scotland (Public) |
| 1910 survey revised |
Ordnance Survey 6 inch map. (Sheet XXX SE) Central Lancaster section. Published 1919. |
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Reproduced from 1919 Ordnance Survey® map Available via DigiMaps (University Staff and Students) or National Library of Scotland (Public) |
| 1921 | Harrison & Moore. Bailrigg Estate Scotforth. |  |
CC BY-SA 4.0 |
| 1931 survey revised |
Ordnance Survey 25 inch plan. (Sheet XXX.11) Published 1933. |
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Reproduced from 1933 Ordnance Survey® map Available via DigiMaps (University Staff and Students) or National Library of Scotland (Public) |
| 1931 survey revised, with additions in 1938 |
Ordnance Survey 6 inch map. (Sheet XXX SE) Published 1946. |
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Reproduced from 1946 Ordnance Survey® map Available via DigiMaps (University Staff and Students) or National Library of Scotland (Public) |