[Travel] Interesting maps

[Lady Whistledown]

Give me an Ordnance Survey map .....Heaven

Oh, same!

 

[Giraffe]

 

[Eeyore]

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Not sure what the one in South-East Kent is ?

 

[Anger]

I love a map that tells you something.

In this instance each red dot represents a football pitch.

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The pixels are too large.

This suggests that there is no room for housing in Germany because almost the whole country is covered in football pitches.

 

[Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo]

Not sure what the one in South-East Kent is ?

Best guess would be Crabble Stadium in Dover.

 

[MattBackHome]

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Queen's Park Cricket Ground. An obsession of mine. No pictures exist. Only a couple of references. How it was even level is something I can't work out, given the uneven terrain as it is now.

How is that possible

 

[Bodian]

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Queen's Park Cricket Ground. An obsession of mine. No pictures exist. Only a couple of references. How it was even level is something I can't work out, given the uneven terrain as it is now.

You've probably seen this https://www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk/topic/queens-park-cricket-ground-2​

Re: Queens Park Cricket Ground by Pete 21 April 2010​

The ground was dug out, flattened and turfed in 1874 for use as the cricket ground which was called ‘South side cricket ground’ This ground was owned by William Hallett (Jr). He purchased 25 acres from his friend, the marques of Bristol. This cricket ground was built to be overlooked by the park tavern which was also owned by William Hallett (Jr). The park tavern function room was the original pub which had joining buildings built to the east side of it. The Queens Park tavern as is now, wasn’t built until 1881. Hallet Senior was founder of the Kemp town brewery and both the Halletts were mayor, who represented the park ward. Before Mr Hallett Jr died, he stated that the ground would stay rural, with no building of houses until 7 years after his death.

 

[Giraffe]

Europe’s most popular surnames.

 

[Eeyore]

You've probably seen this https://www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk/topic/queens-park-cricket-ground-2​

Re: Queens Park Cricket Ground by Pete 21 April 2010​

The ground was dug out, flattened and turfed in 1874 for use as the cricket ground which was called ‘South side cricket ground’ This ground was owned by William Hallett (Jr). He purchased 25 acres from his friend, the marques of Bristol. This cricket ground was built to be overlooked by the park tavern which was also owned by William Hallett (Jr). The park tavern function room was the original pub which had joining buildings built to the east side of it. The Queens Park tavern as is now, wasn’t built until 1881. Hallet Senior was founder of the Kemp town brewery and both the Halletts were mayor, who represented the park ward. Before Mr Hallett Jr died, he stated that the ground would stay rural, with no building of houses until 7 years after his death.

Yes, that's one of the few. Apart from some newspaper references about a match and an all sports day.

The area is on a hill with a deep drop for St Luke's School and even deeper to the houses below. So the terrain would just have been a steep hill that sharpened towards the bottom of the ground area. That's some digging and obtuse boundary edges.

That said, some years before they had driven Kemptown Tunnel through it.

 

[Eric the meek]

Europe’s most popular surnames.

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Right down at the bottom of that map is the name Borg. That'll be Malta.

 

[Weststander]

Europe’s most popular surnames.

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Isn’t Iceland’s …. Patronymic Namesssssson?

 

[Giraffe]

If the Great Wall of China was in Europe this would be the area it could cover.

 

[Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo]

You've probably seen this https://www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk/topic/queens-park-cricket-ground-2​

Re: Queens Park Cricket Ground by Pete 21 April 2010​

The ground was dug out, flattened and turfed in 1874 for use as the cricket ground which was called ‘South side cricket ground’ This ground was owned by William Hallett (Jr). He purchased 25 acres from his friend, the marques of Bristol. This cricket ground was built to be overlooked by the park tavern which was also owned by William Hallett (Jr). The park tavern function room was the original pub which had joining buildings built to the east side of it. The Queens Park tavern as is now, wasn’t built until 1881. Hallet Senior was founder of the Kemp town brewery and both the Halletts were mayor, who represented the park ward. Before Mr Hallett Jr died, he stated that the ground would stay rural, with no building of houses until 7 years after his death.

Yes, that's one of the few. Apart from some newspaper references about a match and an all sports day.

The area is on a hill with a deep drop for St Luke's School and even deeper to the houses below. So the terrain would just have been a steep hill that sharpened towards the bottom of the ground area. That's some digging and obtuse boundary edges.

That said, some years before they had driven Kemptown Tunnel through it.

Is St Luke’s Church on part of what used to be the Cricket Ground? If so it doesn’t look like the ground lasted long considered it didn’t get dug out and laid until 1874 and they started building the church in 1882.

 

[Eeyore]

Is St Luke’s Church on part of what used to be the Cricket Ground? If so it doesn’t look like the ground lasted long considered it didn’t get dug out and laid until 1874 and they started building the church in 1882.

Yes it is. The ground wasn't there for long. About 7 years.

 

[North of Robertsbridge]

This may not be of interest unless you are into railways, but -

Every section of rail line in GB is identified by a three- to four-letter ELR or Engineer’s Line Reference, eg BTL - Brighton to Lewes

If you have an iPhone, iPad or Mac, you can download a small app I wrote and explore them interactively

https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/elrs/id6499340972

The app also shows live train departure boards from every station in Great Britain

 

[Worried Man Blues]

This amazed me...the Magnetic North is moving and always has! It used to be at the South Pole in the mammoth era, mucked up their migration I presume!!

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

If the Great Wall of China was in Europe this would be the area it could cover.

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That is boggling if correct.

 

[BrightonCottager]

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

Love a good map does I. Quite often go for a virtual walk with my mate google

I prefer a good old fashioned real one, with my mates Ordnance and Survey.

 

[Sid and the Sharknados]

This amazed me...the Magnetic North is moving and always has! It used to be at the South Pole in the mammoth era, mucked up their migration I presume!!

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I think the north pole being at the south pole that recently has more to do with it occasionally flipping over altogether, rather than it's gradual shift across the Arctic as illustrated by that map.

The flipping polarity leaves bands in the rocks in the Atlantic, which I was hoping to illustrate with a thread-appropriate map, but I couldn't find anything that looked remotely clear or helpful on the back of a quick Internet search.

Other fun north pole related fact, Polaris is gradually moving across the sky, so back in Ancient Greek/Roman times it wasn't exactly above the north pole, and in a few hundred years it'll have moved past it.