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England - Now

England

Scotland - Now

Scotland

Wales - Now

Wales

1. Find the battlefield recorded on the modern map, but not on the 1890s map, a less well known battle than another in that year. When did the battle of Stamford Bridge take place? 2. ‘Doing porridge’ at Full Sutton. What is located on the site of Hatkill Field, just south of Full Sutton on the modern map? 3. In 1890 it was a railway line, but not anymore. The spot I have in mind near Warthill Common is now used to train horses. What am I looking at? 4. What is the modern day structure found towards the bottom of your modern map, at Primrose Hill that did not exist in 1890? 5. Not there on the 1890s map in Square 6758, this large building is tucked away from the road between coniferous woodland. What is it? 6. The railway may have gone, but what solid structure associated with it still exists over the River Derwent and is shown on both the 1890s and present day maps? 7. What new vegetation, planted since 1890 is to be found in square 7558? 8. This type of ‘line’ (there are two) did not exist on the 1890 map. ‘Light up your day’ and work out what I am talking about? 9. Full Sutton Airfield and the industrial estate have taken over Gowthorne Common. What ‘visible archaeological earthwork’ has disappeared in the process? 10. Do you think farm names never change? What has Parsonage Farm in square 6657 become in the present day? England - Then and Now Questions

HM Prison 3. Gallops 4. Mast 5. Laboratory 6. Viaduct. 7. Non - coniferous wood. 8. Electricity transmission line. 9. Tumuli 10. Grange Farm England – Then and Now Answers

1. This won’t be found on the 1890s map, but ‘petrol heads’ now go around and around this place. What is it? 2. Not found on the 1890s map at 1,189 feet, there are modern day necessities near the modern equivalent height of 364 metres. What are they? 3. What has appeared by Saline Hill since the 1890s? 4. In the valley of Balmule, what public amenity not found on the 1890s mapping is there today? 5. In the woodland just west of Cowstrandburn, evidence of an industrial past can be found on the 1890s map. What two items are no longer there on the modern map? 6. What industrial site no longer exists at ? 7. What is found on the 1890s map at , which does not appear to exist anymore? 8. What place, not existing in the 1890s near Saline has a ‘metallic finish’? 9. In the 1890s it was called ‘compensation reservoir’. What three outdoor activities and facilities now exist close by? 10. Industry comes and goes and as a consequence there is social change. What settlement has disappeared from the modern map at ? Scotland – Then and Now Questions

1. Motor racing circuit Masts Coniferous wood Museum Colliery and railway line Saline Valley Collieries 7. Wattie’s Ford Cottage 8. Steelend Walks/trails (059908), nature reserve (062902) and Adventure Activity Centre (068908). 10. Bickram Village Scotland – Then and Now Answers

1. What was present at in the 1890s, but no longer exists? 2. On the modern map two small lakes exist at What were they part of on the 1890s map? 3. Existing on the 1890s map at this narrow gauge railway no longer exists. What was its name (ignore the river name)? 4. Standing alone they are a familiar feature on high hills and recorded on OS maps. This one however, is to be found on the 1890s map at in the valley, but it is not shown on the modern map. What is it? 5. Railway stations come and go. What was the name of the station on the 1890s map at ? 6. This was not designated on the 1890s map and can be found at What is it? Also what is its national network number? 7. Methods of accessing and crossing rivers safely change over time. How were you able to cross the river in 1890 in Square 0290 – a method you can no longer use? 8. Between Wig Bridge and the house called Wig, which is on the 1890s map, something in 1890 no longer exists. What is it? Where could it have gone? 9. On the outskirts of Caersws, its description was a statement of how to look after the poor in the 19 th century. The site use may have changed, but is still a public service function. What was there in 1890 and what has it been replaced with? 10. In Llanwnog in Square 0293 this business provided an important service to a rural community. It’s missing from the modern map, but what was it? Wales – Then and Now Questions

1. Railway line 2. The river 3. Van Railway 4. Ordnance Survey Trig Point 5. Scafell Station 6. On-road cycle route and national cycle number By using the ford. 8. A stream. 9. Workhouse and hospital 10. Smithy Wales – Then and Now Answers