Historical Data

Landmark's Historical data is currently being used in over 350 local authorities throughout Great Britain in Environmental Health, eGovernment, Planning, Technical Services, Highways and Education departments. The data is also an invaluable resource of schools, local studies groups, museums and libraries and has been used for large-scale projects by HMLR, Registers of Scotland, CCW, English Heritage and DEFRA.

What Historical Data does Landmark hold?

Historical Map Data
Digital layers of Ordnance Survey mapping for the whole of Great Britain, from c. 1840 to c. 1995.

Historical Land Use Data
Detailed data plotting historical potentially contaminative land uses from c. 1840 to c. 1995.

Historical Tank and Energy Facility Data
Detailed data containing some of the most dangerous sources of possible contamination.

These datasets are used for:

• Recording and identifying contaminated land under the Environment Act 1995.
• Helping planners to identify changes in land use and developemnt.
• Plotting geographical changes, e.g. coastal erosion.
• Accurately plotting rights of way, paths and field boundaries.
• As part of government initiatives on education and information technology.
• Making historical information more readily available to the general public.
• Historical research and genealogy.