Victorian Britain - Address Geocoding

A geographical database of place names with latitude/longitude coordinate information.

Provides latitude/longitude and National Grid Reference Number for over 50,000 locations in Great Britain.

Google Maps is a good tool for exploratory searching. It can be used for finding the latitude/longitude coordinates for places and addresses. It can also function as a reverse geocoder.

Nominatum is the search engine for OpenStreetMap. It can be used for searching for buildings, addresses and places. It provides detailed locational information including the latitude/longitude coordinates. It can also function as a reverse geocoder.

See the corresponding location on a map for a specific latitude/longitude. A good way to verify the coordinates.

Simple single address look up for free

Site providing locational information for historic plaques which detail the links between people and places. This web version will give the street address.