Drone first-person video photography has given new meaning to the phrase ‘bird’s-eye view’. These fly overs were taken in 2016 and 2020.

The clips can be matched to maps, plans, and views from the ground, unfolding a three-dimensional experience of the local geography.

From Ordnance Survey map Six-inch England and Wales, 1842-1952
Staffordshire Sheet XVII.SW Surveyed: 1876 to 1879, Published: 1889
Viewed through National Library of Scotland
Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 Outline Series of Great Britain, 1945-1973
33/84 – A Surveyed / Revised: No dates on map, Published: 1947
Viewed through National Library of Scotland

DJI Phantom 3 drone, Whitmore Hall by Simon Chafe filmed 9 May 2016
Whitmore hall – Ariel footage / DJI MAVIC MINI filmed by Liam the Pilot VLOGS 20 June 2020