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Re: Where is "this" parish?

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On 26/03/2017 18:27, Ian Goddard wrote:
> On 26/03/17 16:55, Roger Mills wrote:
>
>> [Incidentally, churches don't now appear to be shown on online versions
>> of Ordnance Survey maps. How long has that been the case?]
>
> Where are you looking online?
>
> www.streetmap.co.uk, search for Holmfirth.
>
> It shows a church with tower (Holmfirth parish church) in the middle of
> Holmfirth, another to the west (St Johns, Upperthong), a church without
> tower at c 11 o' clock from the parish church (Holmfirth Methodist) and
> another further north (Wooldale Methodist). Scrolling up shows 2 more in
> Wooldale including the Friends' Meeting house & the parish church in
> Netherthong. Scrolling right shows another adjacent to the main road to
> New Mill (Lydgate Presbyterian) and New Mill parish church with tower.
>
> All present and correct.
>
> Zooming in they do disappear at the intermediate scale but at the
> largest scale they're marked PW.
>

You are absolutely correct - I was getting confused - sorry!

I was looking at the maps on the Walkhighlands site and hadn't noticed 
that their 1:50k maps are now provided by OpenStreetMap rather than OS. 
Their 1:25k maps are genuine OS, and *do* show churches, as expected.
-- 
Cheers,
Roger
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Where is "this" parish? Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2017-03-26 06:38 +0200
  Re: Where is "this" parish? Graeme Wall <rail@greywall.demon.co.uk> - 2017-03-26 08:46 +0100
  Re: Where is "this" parish? Ian Goddard <goddai01@hotmail.co.uk> - 2017-03-26 09:06 +0100
    Re: Where is "this" parish? Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2017-03-26 12:36 +0200
      Re: Where is "this" parish? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2017-03-26 17:50 +0200
      Re: Where is "this" parish? Roger Mills <watt.tyler@gmail.com> - 2017-03-26 16:55 +0100
        Re: Where is "this" parish? Ian Goddard <goddai01@hotmail.co.uk> - 2017-03-26 18:27 +0100
          Re: Where is "this" parish? Roger Mills <watt.tyler@gmail.com> - 2017-03-26 20:22 +0100
            Re: Where is "this" parish? Ian Goddard <goddai01@hotmail.co.uk> - 2017-03-27 09:42 +0100
              Re: Where is "this" parish? Terry Wells <terrywells@csi.com> - 2017-03-28 18:06 +0100
                Re: Where is "this" parish? Ian Goddard <goddai01@hotmail.co.uk> - 2017-03-28 20:41 +0100
                Re: Where is "this" parish? Terry Wells <terrywells@csi.com> - 2017-03-29 00:46 +0100
        Re: Where is "this" parish? Richard Smith <richard@ex-parrot.com> - 2017-03-28 15:58 +0100
          Re: Where is "this" parish? Charles Ellson <ce11son@yahoo.ca> - 2017-04-03 00:57 +0100

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