A little bit of History.

Did you know that the first puzzles came about around 1760, to lighten the severities of victorian education!!

The first puzzles were beutifully engraved and hand coloured and embelished maps mounted on to mahogany and then cut using a fine marquetry saw along the boundaries of the countries and counties,and were then used in the teaching of geography.

Heare at Grovely we also make disected maps in wood, But now we call them jigsaw puzzles and we also make them in Cardboard.

We have many glorious Country and Map images, and are adding more weekly to the website.

Mapmakers such as Thomas Moule Circa 1830', The Blaue Family Circa 1640's, John Speed circa 1611, John Tallis circa 1850's and many world maps, town and city plans including European cities.

Dorsetshire by Thomas Moule

Europe by John Tallis

Although Grovely Puzzles produce these mainly as 1000 piece jigsaw puzzles in card, they make wonderful keepsakes or gifts when produced in wood, and we even have a historic map cut!

Why not give a lasting memory of a home town, place where you were born ar just teach youseld a little bit of history and geography. After all we are never to old to learn.