Jane's Walk 23 - How to read a house - Notes and Resources

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Websites

National Library of Scotland Old OS Maps  

Kelly's Directories (Bit tricky to use)

Colchester CC Planning Map

Colchester Local List interactive map (Click on the magnifying glass to activate it)

Rightmove (Use to look inside house for sale or rent and to get floorplans)

Rightmove Sold Prices (Look at details for houses sold in the last few decades)

Essex Records Office (Indexes are on line. You will need to visit to see actual records)

History House (Old maps of Essex)

Search "old maps of Colchester" for a variety of sites containing them

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Books

Tracing the History of Houses - Trevor Yorke

How to date buildings - Trevor Yorke

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Other

House owners/Occupants

Local Knowledge

Local History

The house itself!

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Roman Colchester

I have created two maps overlaying the Roman Street plan on the modern one.

Roman Street Plan overlaid on aerial photographs (PDF)

Roman Street Plan overlaid on street map (PDF)

Thanks to Google Maps and HeritageDaily.com