These maps are highly detailed. They are taken from the OS 1:2,500 (or 25 inch) maps and reduced to about 15 inches to the mile. Each covers an area of a mile and a half by a mile. They show streets with individual houses, tram tracks, railway tracks and even signals, factories, wharves and such details as fountains and water troughs. They will provide hours of fascination for historians and genealogists. The maps are neatly folded and each includes a specially written introduction to the area.

This detailed map covers the town of Gillingham, which stands at the north of the Blackmore Vale. The map is double-sided to provide maximum coverage. The main map covers the area from St Mary's church and the town centre southward to Madjeston Bridge and eastward to Ham Common, Higher Ham Farm and the site of King's Court Palace. Features include the station, River Lodden, cattle market, bacon and cheese factories, High Street, Wyke Street, Town Mills. On the reverse is a large section of sheet 3.04 extending coverage northward to Bay Lane, Lodbourn Farm, Peacemarsh and along the Shreen Water to Colesbrook. Purns Mills, about a mile north of the town centre, are at the top of the map.