I've just come across a website (from the National Library of Scotland) which allows you to look at historic maps overlaid on the current satellite view. Click on http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/index.cfm
Search for a place, choose a Category and Map Group, and then adjust the transparency to see the old overlaid on the modern. Maps are available from end of 19th Century to 1960s. As well as OS maps, there are some other maps such as 'local accessibilty' in 1942 or the railway system in 1946.
The Library has now also added First World War trench maps for Belgium and France.
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