A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain between 1801 and 2001.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain between 1801 and 2001.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
This web site was originally created and subsequently developed by the Great Britain Historical GIS Project ('GIS' stands for 'Geographical Information System'). The original construction of the web site involved a consortium, with teams based at:
For more details of the project, visit our web site at:
Since 1989, the following staff have worked on the Great Britain Historical GIS and its predecessor, the Labour Markets Database:
| Barnes Adesulure Anthony Anderson Paula Aucott John Barber Decio Battaglia Andy Bendall Chris Bennett Nick Burton Rita Campos Paul Ell Pat Furniss | Eilidh Garrett David Gilbert Vicki Gilham Rachel Granville Ian Gregory Jinny Gunston David Hardy Ben Jakobek Eileen Longland Alexander von Lünen James Macgill | Alexandra Nicholls Matt O'Keeffe Neil Pearson Gudrun Richardson Neil Straw Ian Turton Alistair Walder Maureen Watters John Westwood Ben White Elaine Yeates |
A major contribution has also been made by IT trainees working with the project's team based with the Centre for Data Digitisation in Belfast between 1998 and 2003.
The picture shows the final teams on the lottery-funded project in 2004, from Portsmouth and Leeds. Standing, left to right: Paula Aucott, John Barber, Rachel Granville, Alistair Walder, Ian Turton, Neil Pearson. Sitting, left to right: Matt O'Keeffe, Nick Burton, Jinny Gunston, John Westwood. Humphrey Southall took the picture.
Humphrey Southall has asserted his right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.