You may be able to find out more about the town or village where your ancestors lived with the many scarce and out of print books available through this superb search site

Try this valuable resource to help you use the mapping link that follows. Simply use the Postcode finder below to find the Postcode for the Street/Town you are interested in then return to this page and type the Postcode into the box  in the link below.

Royal Mail postcode finder   http://pol.royalmail.com/PF.asp