diff --git a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/hash/replication/ReplicationChannel.java b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/hash/replication/ReplicationChannel.java
index aa7e23b4d..7e0e48d44 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/hash/replication/ReplicationChannel.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/hash/replication/ReplicationChannel.java
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ package net.openhft.chronicle.hash.replication;
 
 
 import net.openhft.chronicle.hash.ChronicleHash;
-import net.openhft.chronicle.hash.ChronicleHashBuilder;
 import net.openhft.chronicle.hash.ChronicleHashInstanceConfig;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/AbstractChronicleMapBuilder.java b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/AbstractChronicleMapBuilder.java
index 1e26a0720..f86fab3dc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/AbstractChronicleMapBuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/AbstractChronicleMapBuilder.java
@@ -57,17 +57,17 @@ import static net.openhft.chronicle.map.Objects.builderEquals;
 
 /**
  * {@code AbstractChronicleMapBuilder} manages most of {@link ChronicleMap} configurations; has two concrete
- * subclasses: {@link OnHeapUpdatableChronicleMapBuilder} should be used to create maps with ordinary values, {@link
- * ChronicleMapBuilder} -- maps with {@link Byteable} values, which point directly to off-heap
- * memory; could be used as a classic builder and/or factory. This means
+ * subclasses: {@link OnHeapUpdatableChronicleMapBuilder} should be used to create maps with ordinary values,
+ * {@link ChronicleMapBuilder} -- maps with {@link Byteable} values, which point directly to off-heap memory;
+ * could be used as a classic builder and/or factory. This means
  * that in addition to the standard builder usage pattern: <pre>{@code
  * ChronicleMap<Key, Value> map = ChronicleMapOnHeapUpdatableBuilder
  *     .of(Key.class, Value.class)
  *     .entries(100500)
  *     // ... other configurations
  *     .create();}</pre>
- * one of concrete {@code AbstractChronicleMapBuilder} subclasses, {@link OnHeapUpdatableChronicleMapBuilder} or {@link
- * ChronicleMapBuilder}, could be prepared and used to create many similar
+ * one of concrete {@code AbstractChronicleMapBuilder} subclasses, {@link OnHeapUpdatableChronicleMapBuilder}
+ * or {@link ChronicleMapBuilder}, could be prepared and used to create many similar
  * maps: <pre>{@code
  * ChronicleMapBuilder<Key, Value> builder = ChronicleMapBuilder
  *     .of(Key.class, Value.class)
@@ -94,9 +94,9 @@ import static net.openhft.chronicle.map.Objects.builderEquals;
  * @see ChronicleMap
  * @see ChronicleSetBuilder
  */
-public abstract class AbstractChronicleMapBuilder<K, V,
+abstract class AbstractChronicleMapBuilder<K, V,
         B extends AbstractChronicleMapBuilder<K, V, B>>
-        implements Cloneable, ChronicleHashBuilder<K, ChronicleMap<K, V>, B> {
+        implements Cloneable, ChronicleHashBuilder<K, ChronicleMap<K, V>, B>, ChronicleMapBuilderI<K, V> {
 
     static final short UDP_REPLICATION_MODIFICATION_ITERATOR_ID = 128;
     private static final Bytes EMPTY_BYTES = new ByteBufferBytes(ByteBuffer.allocate(0));
@@ -110,6 +110,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractChronicleMapBuilder<K, V,
     SerializationBuilder<K> keyBuilder;
     SerializationBuilder<V> valueBuilder;
 
+    private String name;
+
     // used when configuring the number of segments.
     private int minSegments = -1;
     private int actualSegments = -1;
@@ -243,14 +245,14 @@ public abstract class AbstractChronicleMapBuilder<K, V,
         return keyOrValueSize(keySize, keyBuilder);
     }
 
-    B valueSize(int valueSize) {
+    public B valueSize(int valueSize) {
         if (valueSize <= 0)
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("Value size must be positive");
         this.valueSize = valueSize;
         return self();
     }
 
-    B constantValueSizeBySample(V sampleValue) {
+    public B constantValueSizeBySample(V sampleValue) {
         this.sampleValue = sampleValue;
         return self();
     }
@@ -316,7 +318,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractChronicleMapBuilder<K, V,
         return entryAndValueAlignment().alignSize(size);
     }
 
-    B entryAndValueAlignment(Alignment alignment) {
+    public B entryAndValueAlignment(Alignment alignment) {
         this.alignment = alignment;
         return self();
     }
@@ -716,7 +718,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractChronicleMapBuilder<K, V,
         return self();
     }
 
-    B prepareValueBytesOnAcquire(@NotNull PrepareValueBytes<K, V> prepareValueBytes) {
+    public B prepareValueBytesOnAcquire(@NotNull PrepareValueBytes<K, V> prepareValueBytes) {
         this.prepareValueBytes = prepareValueBytes;
         this.defaultValue = null;
         this.defaultValueProvider = null;
@@ -842,7 +844,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractChronicleMapBuilder<K, V,
      * @param identifier id
      * @return map
      */
-    public  ChronicleMap<K, V> createReplicated(byte identifier) throws IOException {
+    public ChronicleMap<K, V> createReplicated(byte identifier) throws IOException {
         preMapConstruction(true);
         VanillaChronicleMap<K, ?, ?, V, ?, ?> map =
                 new ReplicatedChronicleMap<K, Object, MetaBytesInterop<K, Object>,
@@ -952,5 +954,16 @@ public abstract class AbstractChronicleMapBuilder<K, V,
         return (int) Math.min(Math.max(2L, entries() >> 10),
                 VanillaChronicleMap.MAX_ENTRY_OVERSIZE_FACTOR);
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public ChronicleMapBuilderI<K, V> name(String name) {
+        this.name = name;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+
+    public String name() {
+        return this.name;
+    }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/ChronicleMapBuilder.java b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/ChronicleMapBuilder.java
index 736fab825..0f68572fa 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/ChronicleMapBuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/ChronicleMapBuilder.java
@@ -330,6 +330,23 @@ public final class ChronicleMapBuilder<K, V> implements ChronicleMapBuilderI<K,
         return this;
     }
 
+
+    /**
+     * each map can be identified by a name
+     * @param name the name of the map
+     * @return self
+     */
+    @Override
+    public ChronicleMapBuilder<K, V> name(String name) {
+        delegate.name(name);
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String name() {
+        return delegate.name()  ;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public ChronicleMapBuilder<K, V> replication(SingleChronicleHashReplication withId) {
         delegate.replication(withId);
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/ChronicleMapBuilderI.java b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/ChronicleMapBuilderI.java
index 7a1f4e948..9e89e8b89 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/ChronicleMapBuilderI.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/ChronicleMapBuilderI.java
@@ -17,13 +17,14 @@ import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
 /**
  * @author Rob Austin.
  */
-interface ChronicleMapBuilderI<K, V> {
+interface ChronicleMapBuilderI<K, V> extends Serializable {
 
 
     /**
@@ -296,4 +297,9 @@ interface ChronicleMapBuilderI<K, V> {
     ChronicleMapBuilderI<K, V> removeReturnsNull(boolean b);
 
 
+    ChronicleMapBuilderI<K, V>  name(String name);
+
+    String name();
+
+
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/FindMapByName.java b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/FindMapByName.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..74778866a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/FindMapByName.java
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2014 Higher Frequency Trading http://www.higherfrequencytrading.com
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package net.openhft.chronicle.map;
+
+import net.openhft.chronicle.hash.replication.ReplicationHub;
+import net.openhft.chronicle.hash.replication.TcpTransportAndNetworkConfig;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
+/**
+ * @author Rob Austin.
+ */
+class FindMapByName {
+
+    int maxEntrySize = 10*1024;
+
+
+    private final ReplicationHub replicationHub;
+    private Map<String,ChronicleMapBuilder> map;
+
+    public FindMapByName(byte identifier) throws IOException {
+
+
+        final TcpTransportAndNetworkConfig tcpConfig =
+                TcpTransportAndNetworkConfig.of(8076)
+                        .heartBeatInterval(1, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+
+        replicationHub = ReplicationHub.builder()
+                .maxEntrySize(maxEntrySize)
+                .tcpTransportAndNetwork(tcpConfig)
+                .createWithId(identifier);
+
+        map = (Map)ChronicleMapBuilder.of(CharSequence.class, ChronicleMapBuilder.class)
+                .entrySize(300)
+                .instance()
+                .replicatedViaChannel(replicationHub.createChannel((short) 1)).create();
+    }
+
+    public ChronicleMapBuilder get(String name) throws IOException {
+        return map.get(name);
+    }
+
+
+    public void add(ChronicleMapBuilder builder) throws IOException {
+        builder.name();
+        this.map.put(builder.name(), builder);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/SerializationBuilder.java b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/SerializationBuilder.java
index 7c69e0718..f1e41bbc5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/SerializationBuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/SerializationBuilder.java
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ import static net.openhft.chronicle.map.Objects.hash;
 import static net.openhft.chronicle.hash.serialization.SizeMarshallers.stopBit;
 import static net.openhft.chronicle.map.SerializationBuilder.Role.KEY;
 
-final class SerializationBuilder<E> implements Cloneable {
+final class SerializationBuilder<E> implements Cloneable, Serializable{
 
     private static boolean concreteClass(Class c) {
         return !c.isInterface() && !Modifier.isAbstract(c.getModifiers());
diff --git a/src/test/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/MapByNameTest.java b/src/test/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/MapByNameTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d19360bd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/MapByNameTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2014 Higher Frequency Trading http://www.higherfrequencytrading.com
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package net.openhft.chronicle.map;
+
+import junit.framework.Assert;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+/**
+ * @author Rob Austin.
+ */
+public class MapByNameTest {
+
+
+    private FindMapByName findMapByName;
+
+    @Before
+    public void setUp() throws IOException {
+        findMapByName = new FindMapByName((byte) 2);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+
+    public void test() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
+
+        ChronicleMapBuilder<CharSequence, CharSequence> builder = ChronicleMapBuilder.of(CharSequence.class, CharSequence.class)
+                .minSegments(2)
+                .name("map1")
+                .removeReturnsNull(true);
+
+        final ChronicleMap<CharSequence, CharSequence> map =
+                builder.create();
+
+
+        findMapByName.add(builder);
+        ChronicleMapBuilder map1 = findMapByName.get("map1");
+
+        ChronicleMap chronicleMap = map1.create();
+        chronicleMap.put("hello","world");
+
+        Assert.assertEquals(chronicleMap.get("hello"), "world");
+    }
+
+
+}