Digi map of high wycombe (westside)

This is where the project really stared to shape, looking at maps from the 1880's, I noticed locations that I know really well that revealed what used to be present there just over one hundred years ago. Using the maps I could see how the town has been designed, during the industrial era, with tones of furniture making factories and terrace housing to accommodate the factory workers, the housing which is still prevalent in the town. The maps also reveal way, way older histories and topographies that used to be present on the land, for example, the Rye park shows a roman villa and settlement that used to be there, dating back 2000 years, the new topographic that replaces this ancient location is a leisure facility, a swimming pool covering an intricate mosaic a piece of art. These simple facts of how the landscape has changed, been covered over and re-imagined fascinates me,  how to read this change using maps and to evidence it using photographs seems like what i'm doing. Documenting... re-imagining in a way the history, the physical landscape and the social engagement with the land.