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OldTowns.co.uk - Old Towns Books & Maps
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Old Towns website was launched in 2003 by Chris Peen of Maidstone in Kent (UK). It began by offering free data about English Market Towns as they were between 1833 and 1848 (click here to Find A Town), collated from articles published by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (SDUK).
Old Towns has now become an important retailer of historical maps and books in the UK, used by family historians, professional genealogists, local historians, archaeologists, authors and metal detectorists. The majority of the maps are reproduced from Ordnance Survey originals scaled at 1:2500 (25 inches to the mile) and 1:10,560 (6 inches to the mile), but some of the specialist collections come from other sources.
Hidden within the Old Towns book department is a national treasure! Edward Hasted's famous "History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent", 1797, printed in 137 individual affordable paperback volumes. Read about Edward Hasted here.
Old Towns map department has maps from most English counties, but a few specialist collections are particularly valuable resources, for instance its collection of old Ordnance Survey maps of Kent towns and villages, and the John Speed county maps collection from 1610.
One of the most popular of its old map collections is London in 1888, a series of 68 A2 size connecting sheets showing the metropolis as it was in the year of Jack The Ripper - the Whitechapel area is particularly popular!
All maps on Old Towns are available as A2 flat-sheet prints, and those from the larger collections as A1 and/or A2 prints, instant downloads or CD-ROM collections.
The most recent project of the map department is the ongoing digitizing of a huge and important collection of old Ordnance Survey maps of the Bradford area, Yorkshire, dating from 1890 to 1933 . They were once owned by a local firm of Smith, Gotthardt & Co., Land Agents & Surveyors. The collection includes many first editions of both 25 inch to the mile (1:2500 scale) and 10 feet to the mile (1:500 scale). The most interesting and valuable aspect of this collection is the huge amount of hand written additions to most of the maps, detailing owners, tenants, auction dates, surveys of land use, building alterations & constructions, new road proposals, etc. For this reason, the maps are available as instant PDF downloads of the original scans, leaving these details intact.
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OldTowns.co.uk visibility summary
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| Title The title tag of a web page appears in search results as the link to the page. | Good |
| Meta Description A web page's meta description often appears in search results immediately below the title, which links to the web page. | Warning |
| H1 Headings The H1 heading is the most important heading on a web page, both for search engines and for people. | Problem |
OldTowns.co.uk in search results
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Old Towns Maps - Reproduction Maps and Books
Old Towns Books and Maps - high quality reproduction English Ordnance Survey large-scale maps as downloads or large-format prints. Old book reprints in paper...
oldtowns.co.uk/
Keyword Analysis
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Keywords found on OldTowns.co.uk
- maps twice in title, twice in meta description, and 9 times in emphasized text
- books once in title, once in meta description, and 4 times in emphasized text
- towns once in title, once in meta description, and 3 times in emphasized text
- reproduction once in title and once in meta description
- english once in meta description and twice in emphasized text
- book once in meta description and once in emphasized text
- survey once in meta description and twice in emphasized text
- ordnance survey once in meta description and once in emphasized text
- ordnance once in meta description and once in emphasized text
- kent 6 times in emphasized text
- towns books once in meta description
- reproduction maps once in title
- ordnance survey large once in meta description
- english ordnance survey once in meta description
- reproduction english ordnance once in meta description
- quality reproduction english once in meta description
- map 5 times in emphasized text
- high quality reproduction once in meta description
- collection 6 times in emphasized text
- book reprints once in meta description
- map collection 4 times in emphasized text
- prints once in meta description
- county 4 times in emphasized text
- reprints once in meta description
- large twice in meta description
- london twice in emphasized text
- history twice in emphasized text
- downloads once in meta description
- format twice in meta description
- towns maps once in title
- scale maps once in meta description
- ordnance survey maps once in emphasized text
- format prints once in meta description
- english county maps once in emphasized text
- english ordnance once in meta description
- paperback format once in meta description
- high quality once in meta description
- john speed maps once in emphasized text
- survey large once in meta description
- quality reproduction once in meta description
- english market towns once in emphasized text
- rom 4 times in emphasized text
- british military book once in emphasized text
- london map once in emphasized text
- military book collection once in emphasized text
- market towns twice in emphasized text
- reproduction english once in meta description
- london map sets once in emphasized text
- scale once in meta description
- high once in meta description
How did we find these keywords? Like search engines, we analyzed how often specific words occur on this page, where they are located and whether they are emphasized in some way. The words used most frequently and prominently are judged to be the keywords. If these detected keywords are the same words that accurately reflect the purpose of this page, they are well chosen.
Meta Keywords
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Title
“Old Towns Maps - Reproduction Maps and Books”
- Good : The title tag is an appropriate length.
- Good : This page has a title tag. The title tag is the most important text that search engines use to determine what a web page is about.
Why does the title matter?
The title appears as a clickable link in search results. A descriptive, compelling title with relevant keywords can significantly increase visits to a website.
Search engines consider the text of the title tag to be a strong indication of what the page is about. Accurate keywords in the title tag can help a page rank better.
H1 Headings
This site has 0 H1 headings.
- Problem : The home page for this website should have an H1 heading. Search engines look for this tag to determine what a page is about, and H1 headings are also useful for people.
Why do the H1 headings matter?
Why do the H1 headings matter?
The H1 heading is an important sentence or phrase on a web page that quickly, clearly and concisely outlines what people and search engines can expect to find there.
Just as a book has one title, search experts recommend a single H1 heading for each page, including the home page.
The H1 heading appears in the web page's content itself, unlike the page title, which people will see mostly in search results.
The H1 tag is usually listed first among the other heading tags for a page. However, none of the major search engines will penalize a site for listing H2 through H6 tags ahead of the H1 tag.
Writing an H1 heading that's different from the title can be useful. Each can target different keywords that are important to a web page.
First 250 Words
The keywords we detected appear 62 times in the home page's top 250 words.
Why do the first 250 words matter?
Why do the first 250 words matter?
The first 250 words of web page copy are the most important. They tell both people and search engines what the page is about.
The top two to three keywords should appear about five times each in the first 250 words of web page copy, and two to three times each for every additional 250 words on the page.
Web copy should be written for human visitors first, and search engines second. Synonyms, plurals and correct tenses for keywords should be used as appropriate. Contrary to popular myth, search engines will notice these slight variations as instances of keywords.
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