Godalming has changed dramatically over the last century or so - and a new online resource from the National Library of Scotland demonstrates just how much.

The site allows you to compare how the UK is mapped today with dozens of older maps dating back to the 1880s.

Click here to see an image of Godalming in an 1885-1900 map, showing our town long before the Ockford Ridge estate was built, and at a time when the housing developments in the hamlet of Binscombe were still in the distant future.

It's interesting to note how the main residential and commercial development followed the course of the larger roads, in contrast to the large areas of housing that have grown up in and around the town over the past 50 years.

Note also the paper mill and the Langham Factory, both now long gone. The map also marks the 'old' and 'new' stations.

[L]https://maps.nls.uk/index.html[L+]Visit the site to see more maps covering the whole of the UK - creating a fascinating record of the growth of our towns and cities over the years.

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