Ordnance Survey Great Britain County Series Explained

The Ordnance Survey Great Britain County Series maps were produced from the 1840s to the 1890s by the Ordnance Survey, with revisions published until the 1940s. The series mapped the counties of Great Britain at both a six inch and twenty-five inch scale with accompanying acreage and land use information. Following the introduction of the Ordnance Survey National Grid in the 1930s the County Series maps were replaced by a new series of maps at each scale.

History

The Ordnance Survey began producing six inch to the mile (1:10,560) maps of Great Britain in the 1840s, modelled on its first large-scale maps of Ireland from the mid-1830s. This was partly in response to the Tithe Commutation Act 1836 which led to calls for a large-scale survey of England and Wales.

From 1854, to meet requirements for greater detail, including land-parcel numbers in rural areas and accompanying information, cultivated and inhabited areas were mapped at 1:2500 (25.344 inches to the mile), at first parish by parish, with blank space beyond the parish boundary, and later continuously.[1] Early copies of 1:2500 maps were available hand-coloured. Up to 1879 the 1:2500 maps were accompanied by Books of Reference or "area books" that gave acreages and land-use information for land-parcel numbers. After 1879, land-use information was dropped from these area books; after the mid-1880s, the books themselves were dropped and acreages were printed instead on the maps.[2] After 1854, the six-inch maps and their revisions were based on the twenty-five inch maps.

The six-inch sheets covered an area of six by four miles on the ground; the twenty-five inch sheets an area of one by one and a half. One square inch on the twenty-five inch maps was roughly equal to an acre on the ground. In later editions the six-inch sheets were published in "quarters" (NW, NE, SW, SE), each covering an area of three by two miles on the ground.

The first edition of the two scales was completed by the 1890s. A second edition (or "first revision") was begun in 1891 and completed just before the First World War. From 1907 till the early 1940s, a third edition (or "second revision") was begun but never completed: only areas with significant changes on the ground were revised, many two or three times.[3]

From the late 19th century to the early 1940s, the OS produced many "restricted" versions of the County Series maps and other War Department sheets for War Office purposes, in a variety of large scales that included details of military significance such as dockyards, naval installations, fortifications and military camps. Apart from a brief period during the disarmament talks of the 1930s, these areas were left blank or incomplete on standard maps. The de-classified sheets have now been deposited in some of the Copyright Libraries, helping to complete the map-picture of pre-Second World War Britain.

Coverage

Both the 6 inch and 25 inch scale Ordnance Survey maps of Great Britain showed the boundaries of:[4] [5] [6]

The maps included the area of most civil parishes and their detached parts, as well as extra-parochial areas and townships. Originally the area of these places was given in acres, roods and perches.[7] After about 1879 this was changed to solely acres, with area given to three decimal places. As boundary changes occurred throughout the late 19th century, reprints of map sheets would be updated with annotations detailing these changes.

6 inches to the mile (1:10,560)

England

Countydata-sort-type="number" scope="col" No. of SheetsSurveyed inIndex map
Bedfordshire351878-82http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/maps/sheet/surveys_1870s_1880s_boundaries_c1899/Bedfordshire_1870_1880_1899
Berkshire501867-78http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/maps/sheet/surveys_1870s_1880s_boundaries_c1899/Berkshire_1870_1880_1899
Buckinghamshire581868-81http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/maps/sheet/surveys_1870s_1880s_boundaries_c1899/Buckinghamshire_1870_1880_1899
Cambridgeshire631877-86http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/maps/sheet/surveys_1870s_1880s_boundaries_c1899/Cambridgeshire_1870_1880_1899
Cheshire671871-75http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/maps/sheet/surveys_1870s_1880s_boundaries_c1899/Cheshire_1870_1880_1899
Cornwall & Isles of Scilly901857-84http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/maps/sheet/surveys_1870s_1880s_boundaries_c1899/Cornwall_1870_1880_1899
Cumberland901863-65http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/maps/sheet/surveys_1870s_1880s_boundaries_c1899/Cumberland_1870_1880_1899
Derbyshire631874-82http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/maps/sheet/surveys_1870s_1880s_boundaries_c1899/Derbyshire_1870_1880_1899
Devonshire1391855-88http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/maps/sheet/surveys_1870s_1880s_boundaries_c1899/Devonshire_1870_1880_1899
Dorsetshire601862-89http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/maps/sheet/surveys_1870s_1880s_boundaries_c1899/Dorset_1870_1880_1899
Durham581856-75http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/maps/sheet/surveys_1870s_1880s_boundaries_c1899/Durham_1870_1880_1899
Essex891862-76http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/maps/sheet/surveys_1870s_1880s_boundaries_c1899/Essex_1870_1880_1899
Gloucestershire781873-83http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/maps/sheet/surveys_1870s_1880s_boundaries_c1899/Gloucestershire_1870_1880_1899
Hampshire & Isle of Wight1001856-75http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/maps/sheet/surveys_1870s_1880s_boundaries_c1899/Hampshire_1870_1880_1899
Herefordshire541883-87http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/maps/sheet/surveys_1870s_1880s_boundaries_c1899/Herefordshire_1870_1880_1899
Hertfordshire471865-79http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/maps/sheet/surveys_1870s_1880s_boundaries_c1899/Hertfordshire_1870_1880_1899
Huntingdonshire281885-87http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/maps/sheet/surveys_1870s_1880s_boundaries_c1899/Huntingdonshire_1870_1880_1899
Isle of Man191867-69
Kent861858-72http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/maps/sheet/surveys_1870s_1880s_boundaries_c1899/Kent_1870_1880_1899
Lancashire1181842-49
1888-93 (Revised & Re-Surveyed)
http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/maps/sheet/surveys_1870s_1880s_boundaries_c1899/Lancashire_1870_1880_1899
Leicestershire541881-86http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/maps/sheet/surveys_1870s_1880s_boundaries_c1899/Leicestershire_1870_1880_1899
Lincolnshire1541883-87http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/maps/sheet/surveys_1870s_1880s_boundaries_c1899/Lincolnshire_1870_1880_1899
Middlesex251862-71http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/maps/sheet/surveys_1870s_1880s_boundaries_c1899/Middlesex_1870_1880_1899
Norfolk1111879-85http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/maps/sheet/surveys_1870s_1880s_boundaries_c1899/Norfolk_1870_1880_1899
Northamptonshire671882-86http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/maps/sheet/surveys_1870s_1880s_boundaries_c1899/Northamptonshire_1870_1880_1899
Northumberland1111857-66http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/maps/sheet/surveys_1870s_1880s_boundaries_c1899/Northumberland_1870_1880_1899
Nottinghamshire541876-84http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/maps/sheet/surveys_1870s_1880s_boundaries_c1899/Nottinghamshire_1870_1880_1899
Oxfordshire581872-80http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/maps/sheet/surveys_1870s_1880s_boundaries_c1899/Oxfordshire_1870_1880_1899
Rutland151883-84http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/maps/sheet/surveys_1870s_1880s_boundaries_c1899/Rutland_1870_1880_1899
Shropshire841873-83http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/maps/sheet/surveys_1870s_1880s_boundaries_c1899/Shropshire_1870_1880_1899
Somersetshire951882-88http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/maps/sheet/surveys_1870s_1880s_boundaries_c1899/Somerset_1870_1880_1899
Staffordshire751875-86http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/maps/sheet/surveys_1870s_1880s_boundaries_c1899/Staffordshire_1870_1880_1899
Suffolk901882-86http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/maps/sheet/surveys_1870s_1880s_boundaries_c1899/Suffolk_1870_1880_1899
Surrey471861-71http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/maps/sheet/surveys_1870s_1880s_boundaries_c1899/Surrey_1870_1880_1899
Sussex831869-75http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/maps/sheet/surveys_1870s_1880s_boundaries_c1899/Sussex_1870_1880_1899
Warwickshire591882-86http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/maps/sheet/surveys_1870s_1880s_boundaries_c1899/Warwickshire_1870_1880_1899
Westmorland511858-59http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/maps/sheet/surveys_1870s_1880s_boundaries_c1899/Westmorland_1870_1880_1899
Wiltshire781873-84http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/maps/sheet/surveys_1870s_1880s_boundaries_c1899/Wiltshire_1870_1880_1899
Worcestershire641881-88http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/maps/sheet/surveys_1870s_1880s_boundaries_c1899/Worcestershire_1870_1880_1899
Yorkshire3011844-54
1888-93 (Revised & Re-Surveyed)
East R.
North R.
West R. north
West R. south

Scotland

Countydata-sort-type="number" scope="col" No. of SheetsSurveyed inIndex map
Aberdeenshire1131864-71http://maps.nls.uk/view/74400900
Argyllshire & Buteshire2671855-77http://maps.nls.uk/view/74400901
Ayrshire741854-59http://maps.nls.uk/view/74400902
Banffshire491865-70http://maps.nls.uk/view/74400900
Berwickshire311855-57http://maps.nls.uk/view/74400903
Caithness-shire441870-72http://maps.nls.uk/view/74400904
Dumbartonshire291858-61http://maps.nls.uk/view/74400905
Dumfries-shire691854-58http://maps.nls.uk/view/74400906
Edinburghshire251850-52http://maps.nls.uk/view/74400907
Elginshire341866-71http://maps.nls.uk/view/74400908
Fifeshire & Kinross-shire411852-55East
West
Forfarshire551857-62http://maps.nls.uk/view/74400911
Haddingtonshire221852-54http://maps.nls.uk/view/74400912
Inverness-shire (Mainland)1691866-76http://maps.nls.uk/view/74400913
Inverness-shire (Hebrides)701876http://maps.nls.uk/view/74400913
Inverness-shire (Isle of Skye)731874-77http://maps.nls.uk/view/74400913
Kincardineshire281863-65http://maps.nls.uk/view/74400914
Kirkcudbrightshire551845-50East
West
Lanarkshire551856-59http://maps.nls.uk/view/74400917
Linlithgowshire121854-56http://maps.nls.uk/view/74400918
Nairnshire131866-69http://maps.nls.uk/view/74400919
Orkney & Shetland Islands1271877-78North
South
Peebles-shire271855-58http://maps.nls.uk/view/74400922
Perthshire & Clackmannanshire1431859-64http://maps.nls.uk/view/74400923
Renfrewshire201856-58http://maps.nls.uk/view/74400924
Ross-shire & Cromartyshire (Mainland)1351868-75http://maps.nls.uk/view/74400925
Ross-shire & Cromartyshire (Isle of Lewis)491848-52http://maps.nls.uk/view/74400925
Roxburghshire481856-59http://maps.nls.uk/view/74400926
Selkirkshire221856-59http://maps.nls.uk/view/74400927
Stirlingshire361858-63http://maps.nls.uk/view/74400928
Sutherland1131868-73http://maps.nls.uk/view/74400929
Wigtownshire371843-47East
West

Wales

Countydata-sort-type="number" scope="col" No. of SheetsSurveyed inIndex map
Anglesey251886-87http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/maps/sheet/surveys_1870s_1880s_boundaries_c1899/Anglesey_1870_1880_1899
Brecknockshire511875-88http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/maps/sheet/surveys_1870s_1880s_boundaries_c1899/Brecknockshire_1870_1880_1899
Cardiganshire471885-88http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/maps/sheet/surveys_1870s_1880s_boundaries_c1899/Cardiganshire_1870_1880_1899
Carmarthenshire591875-88http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/maps/sheet/surveys_1870s_1880s_boundaries_c1899/Carmarthenshire_1870_1880_1899
Carnarvonshire481887-88http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/maps/sheet/surveys_1870s_1880s_boundaries_c1899/Carnarvonshire_1870_1880_1899
Denbighshire461871-75http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/maps/sheet/surveys_1870s_1880s_boundaries_c1899/Denbighshire_1870_1880_1899
Flintshire271869-72http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/maps/sheet/surveys_1870s_1880s_boundaries_c1899/Flintshire_1870_1880_1899
Glamorganshire521871-78http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/maps/sheet/surveys_1870s_1880s_boundaries_c1899/Glamorgan_1870_1880_1899
Merionethshire491873-88http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/maps/sheet/surveys_1870s_1880s_boundaries_c1899/Merionethshire_1870_1880_1899
Monmouthshire401877-82http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/maps/sheet/surveys_1870s_1880s_boundaries_c1899/Monmouthshire_1870_1880_1899
Montgomeryshire521881-87http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/maps/sheet/surveys_1870s_1880s_boundaries_c1899/Montgomeryshire_1870_1880_1899
Pembrokeshire441861-88http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/maps/sheet/surveys_1870s_1880s_boundaries_c1899/Pembrokeshire_1870_1880_1899
Radnorshire391884-88http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/maps/sheet/surveys_1870s_1880s_boundaries_c1899/Radnorshire_1870_1880_1899

[8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]

25.344 inches to the mile (1:2,500)

Ordnance Survey Town Plans

5 feet to the mile (1:1,056)

TownCountydata-sort-type="number" scope="col" No. of SheetsSurveyed in
AyrAyrshire111855[17]
Windsor & EtonBerkshire/Buckinghamshire1871
Stockport (1st edition)Cheshire1851
Stockport (2nd edition)Cheshire1873
Stockport (3rd edition)Cheshire1895
Dumfries (1st edition)Dumfriesshire91850
DarlingtonDurham1856
Dalkeith (1st edition)Edinburghshire21852
Edinburgh (1st edition)Edinburghshire541849-53
Edinburgh (2nd edition)Edinburghshire661876-77
Musselburgh (1st edition)Edinburghshire121853
Cupar (1st edition)Fifeshire91854
Dunfermline (1st edition)Fifeshire91854
Kirkcaldy (1st edition)Fifeshire71855
St Andrews (1st edition)Fifeshire41854
Haddington (1st edition)Haddingtonshire21853
Southampton (1st edition)Hampshire331845-46[18]
Kirkcudbright (1st edition)Kirkcudbrightshire11850
Accrington (1st edition)Lancashire1851
Aston-under-Lyne & Stayleybridge (1st edition)Lancashire/Cheshire1851
Aston-under-Lyne & Stayleybridge (2nd edition)Lancashire/Cheshire1874
Aston-under-Lyne & Stayleybridge (3rd edition)Lancashire/Cheshire1893-94
Bacup (1st edition)Lancashire1852
Blackburn (1st edition)Lancashire1848
Bolton le Moors (1st edition)Lancashire1849
Burnley (1st edition)Lancashire1851
Bury (1st edition)Lancashire1849
Chorley (1st edition)Lancashire1848
Clitheroe (1st edition)Lancashire1849
Clitheroe (2nd edition)Lancashire1886
Colne (1st edition)Lancashire1851
Fleetwood (1st edition)Lancashire1851
Haslingden (1st edition)Lancashire1849
Heywood (1st edition)Lancashire1851
Lancaster (1st edition)Lancashire1849
Liverpool (1st edition)Lancashire1850
Manchester & Salford (1st edition)Lancashire1850-51
Middleton (1st edition)Lancashire1851
Oldham (1st edition)Lancashire1848-51
Ormskirk (1st edition)Lancashire1851
Prescot (1st edition)Lancashire1852
Preston (1st edition)Lancashire1849
Rochdale (1st edition)Lancashire1851
St Helens (1st edition)Lancashire1851
Ulverston (1st edition)Lancashire1852
Warrington (1st edition)Lancashire1851
Wigan (1st edition)Lancashire1848-64
LinlithgowLinlithgowshire41856
BrentfordMiddlesex1867
London (1st edition)Middlesex/Surrey/Essex/Kent3261863-71
London (2nd edition)Middlesex/Surrey/Essex/Kent7591893-96[19]
SelkirkSelkirkshire61865
Kingston upon ThamesSurrey1869
Richmond & KewSurrey1871
Stranraer (1st edition)Wigtownshire41847
Stranraer (2nd edition)Wigtownshire41863-77
Stranraer (3rd edition)Wigtownshire41893
Wigtown (1st edition)Wigtownshire11848
Wigtown (2nd edition)Wigtownshire11894
Barnsley (1st edition)Yorkshire1852
Beverley (1st edition)Yorkshire1853-54
Bingley (1st edition)Yorkshire1852
Bradford (1st edition)Yorkshire1852
Bridlington (1st edition)Yorkshire1853
Dewsbury & Batley (1st edition)Yorkshire1852
Doncaster (1st edition)Yorkshire1852
Halifax (1st edition)Yorkshire1852
HowdenYorkshire1851
Huddersfield (1st edition)Yorkshire1851
Keighley (1st edition)Yorkshire1852
Kingston upon Hull (1st edition)Yorkshire1856
Knaresborough (1st edition)Yorkshire1851
Leeds (1st edition)Yorkshire1850
Malton (1st edition)Yorkshire1853
Middlesbrough (1st edition)Yorkshire1858
Pontefract (1st edition)Yorkshire1852
Ripon (1st edition)Yorkshire1854
Rotherham (1st edition)Yorkshire1853
Scarborough (1st edition)Yorkshire1852
Selby (1st edition)Yorkshire1849
Sheffield (1st edition)Yorkshire1853
Skipton (1st edition)Yorkshire1852
Todmorden (1st edition)Yorkshire1852
Wakefield (1st edition)Yorkshire1851
Whitby (1st edition)Yorkshire1852
York (1st edition)Yorkshire211849-51

10 feet to the mile (1:528)

TownCountydata-sort-type="number" scope="col" No. of SheetsSurveyed in
BirkenheadCheshire1879-81
ChesterCheshire1875
NantwichCheshire1876
Barnard CastleDurham1863
Stockton-on-Tees (1st edition)Durham1857
SunderlandDurham351859[20]
ChelmsfordEssex1874-76
Merthyr-TydfilGlamorganshire671875-76
HitchinHertfordshire1881
WareHertfordshire1880
MargateKent1873-74
SheernessKent1864
WoolwichKent1895
Ashby-de-la-zouchLeicestershire1882-3
HornseyMiddlesex1894
UxbridgeMiddlesex1866
AlnwickNorthumberland1866
Berwick-upon-TweedNorthumberland171852
Tynemouth, North & South Shields (1st edition)Northumberland1857-60

10.56 feet to the mile (1:500)

TownCountydata-sort-type="number" scope="col" No. of SheetsSurveyed in
AberdeenAberdeenshire551866-67
PeterheadAberdeenshire161868
HolyheadAnglesey221888-89
CampbeltownArgyllshire121865
ObanArgyllshire171867-68
GirvanAyrshire91857
IrvineAyrshire51859
KilmarnockAyrshire151857-59
MayboleAyrshire51856-57
RothesayAyrshire81862-63
BedfordBedfordshire
BiggleswadeBedfordshire10
DunstableBedfordshire
Leighton BuzzardBedfordshire
LutonBedfordshire
AbingdonBerkshire
MaidenheadBerkshire51875[21]
NewburyBerkshire
ReadingBerkshire
WokinghamBerkshire
BreconBrecknockshire101888
AylesburyBuckinghamshire
BuckinghamBuckinghamshire
Great MarlowBuckinghamshire
High WycombeBuckinghamshire
AlloaCaithness-shire101861-62
WickCaithness-shire161872
BangorCarnarvonshire181889
CaernarfonCarnarvonshire101888-89
LlandudnoCarnarvonshire191889
CambridgeCambridgeshire
ElyCambridgeshire
MarchCambridgeshire
WisbechCambridgeshire
Aberystwyth (1st edition)Cardiganshire141887
Aberystwyth (2nd edition)Cardiganshire111905
CarmarthenCarmarthenshire171888
LlanellyCarmarthenshire231880
AltrinchamCheshire
CongletonCheshire
CreweCheshire
HydeCheshire
MacclesfieldCheshire
NorthwichCheshire
RuncornCheshire
BodminCornwall
CamborneCornwall
FalmouthCornwall
LiskeardCornwall
PenzanceCornwall
RedruthCornwall
St AustellCornwall
St IvesCornwall
TruroCornwall
CarlisleCumberland
CockermouthCumberland
MaryportCumberland
PenrithCumberland
WhitehavenCumberland
WigtonCumberland
WorkingtonCumberland
DenbighDenbighshire61874-76
WrexhamDenbighshire161872-81
BelperDerbyshire
BuxtonDerbyshire
ChesterfieldDerbyshire
DerbyDerbyshire
GlossopDerbyshire
IlkestonDerbyshire
Long EatonDerbyshire
BarnstapleDevonshire25
BidefordDevonshire10
BrixhamDevonshire5
CreditonDevonshire13
DartmouthDevonshire13
DawlishDevonshire9
ExeterDevonshire41
ExmouthDevonshire17
IlfracombeDevonshire16
Newton AbbotDevonshire15
PlymouthDevonshire84
TavistockDevonshire14
TeignmouthDevonshire
TivertonDevonshire11
TorquayDevonshire18
TotnesDevonshire9
BridportDorsetshire
DorchesterDorsetshire
PooleDorsetshire
SherborneDorsetshire
WeymouthDorsetshire
Alexandria & BonhillDumbartonshire111859
DumbartonDumbartonshire71859
KirkintillochDumbartonshire61859
AnnanDumfriesshire161859
Dumfries (2nd edition)Dumfriesshire201893
Bishops AucklandDurham
DurhamDurham9
GatesheadDurham
HartlepoolDurham
Stockton-on-Tees (2nd edition)Durham
Dalkeith (2nd edition)Edinburghshire71893
Edinburgh (3rd edition)Edinburghshire1841893-94
Musselburgh (2nd edition)Edinburghshire111893
PortobelloEdinburghshire81893-94
ElginElginshire131868
ForresElginshire81868
BraintreeEssex
BrentwoodEssex
ColchesterEssex
HalsteadEssex
HarwichEssex
MaldonEssex
RomfordEssex
Saffron WaldenEssex
Waltham AbbeyEssex
BurntislandFifeshire71894
Cupar (2nd edition)Fifeshire111893-94
Dunfermline (2nd edition)Fifeshire111894
Kirkcaldy (2nd edition)Fifeshire261894
St Andrews (2nd edition)Fifeshire141893
HolywellFlintshire51871
MoldFlintshire61871-79
RhylFlintshire181872
ArbroathForfarshire161858
BrechinForfarshire91852
Dundee (1st edition)Forfarshire581857-58
Dundee (2nd edition)Forfarshire1111871-72
ForfarForfarshire81860-61
KirriemuirForfarshire21861
MontroseForfarshire111861-62
AberdareGlamorganshire191868[22]
Cardiff (1st edition)Glamorganshire1171880
Cardiff (2nd edition)Glamorganshire1431900
NeathGlamorganshire131878
SwanseaGlamorganshire351879-80
BristolGloucestershire182
CheltenhamGloucestershire128
CirencesterGloucestershire12
GloucesterGloucestershire61
StroudGloucestershire14
TewkesburyGloucestershire9
Haddington (2nd edition)Haddingtonshire121893
AldershotHampshire
AndoverHampshire
BasingstokeHampshire
BournemouthHampshire
ChristchurchHampshire
GosportHampshire
LymingtonHampshire
NewportHampshire
PetersfieldHampshire
PortsmouthHampshire
RomseyHampshire
RydeHampshire
Southampton (2nd edition)Hampshire401868[23]
West CowesHampshire
WinchesterHampshire
HerefordHerefordshire
LeominsterHerefordshire
BerkhamsteadHertfordshire
Bishop's StortfordHertfordshire
Hemel HempsteadHertfordshire
HertfordHertfordshire
St AlbansHertfordshire
TringHertfordshire
WatfordHertfordshire
Huntingdon & GodmanchesterHuntingdonshire
InvernessInverness-shire411867-68
DouglasIsle of Man
RamseyIsle of Man
AshfordKent
CanterburyKent
DartfordKent
DealKent
DoverKent
FavershamKent
FolkestoneKent
GravesendKent
MaidstoneKent
RamsgateKent
Rochester, Chatham & StoodKent
SandwichKent
SevenoaksKent
TonbridgeKent
Tunbridge WellsKent
StonehavenKincardineshire71864
Kirkcudbright (2nd edition)Kirkcudbrightshire41893
AirdrieLanarkshire81858
CoatbridgeLanarkshire101858
Glasgow & Rutherglen (1st edition)Lanarkshire2061857-58
Glasgow & Rutherglen (2nd edition)Lanarkshire3691892-94
HamiltonLanarkshire151858
LanarkLanarkshire41858
StrathavenLanarkshire21858
Accrington (2nd edition)Lancashire
Atherton (Chowbent)Lancashire
Bacup (2nd edition)Lancashire
Barrow-in-FurnessLancashire
Blackburn (2nd edition)Lancashire
BlackpoolLancashire
Bolton-le-Moors (2nd edition)Lancashire
Burnley (2nd edition)Lancashire
Bury & Radcliffe (2nd edition)Lancashire
Chorley (2nd edition)Lancashire
Clayton-le-Moors & Great HarwoodLancashire
Colne (2nd edition)Lancashire
Dalton-in-FurnessLancashire
DarwenLancashire
EcclesLancashire
FarnworthLancashire
Fleetwood (2nd edition)Lancashire
GarstonLancashire
Haslingden (2nd edition)Lancashire
Heywood (2nd edition)Lancashire
HindleyLancashire
HorwichLancashire
Lancaster (2nd edition)Lancashire
LeighLancashire
LittleboroughLancashire
Liverpool (2nd edition)Lancashire
LythamLancashire
Manchester & Salford (2nd edition)Lancashire
Middleton (2nd edition)Lancashire
MorecambeLancashire
MossleyLancashire
NelsonLancashire
Oldham (2nd edition)Lancashire1879[24]
Ormskirk (2nd edition)Lancashire
PadihamLancashire
Prescot (2nd edition)Lancashire
Preston (2nd edition)Lancashire
RamsbottomLancashire
RawtenstallLancashire
RishtonLancashire
Rochdale (2nd edition)Lancashire
RoytonLancashire
SouthportLancashire
St Helens (2nd edition)Lancashire
SwintonLancashire
TyldesleyLancashire
Ulverston (2nd edition)Lancashire
Warrington (2nd edition)Lancashire
WidnesLancashire
Wigan (2nd edition)Lancashire
WithingtonLancashire
HinckleyLeicestershire
LeicesterLeicestershire
LoughboroughLeicestershire
Melton MowbrayLeicestershire
BostonLincolnshire
GainsboroughLincolnshire
GranthamLincolnshire10
GrimsbyLincolnshire
HorncastleLincolnshire
LincolnLincolnshire31
LouthLincolnshire
SleafordLincolnshire10
SpaldingLincolnshire
StamfordLincolnshire19
AbergavennyMonmouthshire131881
MonmouthMonmouthshire101881
NewportMonmouthshire701883-84
PontypoolMonmouthshire101880-81
NewtownMontgomeryshire121885
WelshpoolMontgomeryshire101885
NairnNairnshire121867-68
KetteringNorthamptonshire
NorthamptonNorthamptonshire
PeterboroughNorthamptonshire53
WellingboroughNorthamptonshire
BlythNorthumberland
HexhamNorthumberland
MorpethNorthumberland
Newcastle upon Tyne & GatesheadNorthumberland
Tynemouth, North & South Shields (2nd edition)Northumberland
Wallsend & JarrowNorthumberland
East DerehamNorfolk
Great YarmouthNorfolk
King's LynnNorfolk
NorwichNorfolk
ThetfordNorfolk
East RetfordNottinghamshire17
Hucknall TorkardNottinghamshire
MansfieldNottinghamshire
Newark-on-TrentNottinghamshire12
NottinghamNottinghamshire
Sutton in AshfieldNottinghamshire
WorksopNottinghamshire
BanburyOxfordshire
Henley-on-ThamesOxfordshire
OxfordOxfordshire
PeeblesPeebles-shire91856
HaverfordwestPembrokeshire161889
PembrokePembrokeshire81861
Pembroke DockPembrokeshire91864
TenbyPembrokeshire181888-89
PerthPerthshire251860
GreenockRenfrewshire201857
PaisleyRenfrewshire321858
Port GlasgowRenfrewshire71856-57
HawickRoxburghshire131857-58
JedburghRoxburghshire91858
KelsoRoxburghshire91857
GalashielsSelkirkshire81858
FalkirkStirlingshire141859
BridgnorthShropshire
LudlowShropshire
OswestryShropshire
ShrewsburyShropshire
WellingtonShropshire
WhitchurchShropshire
BathSomersetshire86
BridgwaterSomersetshire33
ClevedonSomersetshire28
CrewkerneSomersetshire20
FromeSomersetshire27
Shepton MalletSomersetshire19
TauntonSomersetshire49
WellingtonSomersetshire24
WellsSomersetshire12
Weston-super-MareSomersetshire35
YeovilSomersetshire26
Brierley HillStaffordshire
BurslemStaffordshire[25]
Burton upon TrentStaffordshire
ChestertonStaffordshire
DarlastonStaffordshire
FentonStaffordshire
HanleyStaffordshire
KidsgroveStaffordshire
LeekStaffordshire
LichfieldStaffordshire
LongtonStaffordshire
Newcastle-under-LymeStaffordshire
StaffordStaffordshire
Stoke-on-TrentStaffordshire
StoneStaffordshire
TamworthStaffordshire
TunstallStaffordshire
WalsallStaffordshire
WednesburyStaffordshire
West Bromwich & SmethwickStaffordshire
WolverhamptonStaffordshire
StirlingStirlingshire151858
BecclesSuffolk
Bury St EdmundsSuffolk
IpswichSuffolk
LowestoftSuffolk
NewmarketSuffolk
StowmarketSuffolk
SudburySuffolk
WoodbridgeSuffolk
ChertseySurrey
CroydonSurrey
DorkingSurrey
FarnhamSurrey
GuildfordSurrey
RedhillSurrey
ReigateSurrey
BrightonSussex
ChichesterSussex
EastbourneSussex
HastingsSussex
HorshamSussex
LewesSussex
PetworthSussex
RyeSussex
WorthingSussex
AtherstoneWarwickshire
Birmingham & SmethwickWarwickshire
CoventryWarwickshire
LeamingtonWarwickshire
NuneatonWarwickshire
RugbyWarwickshire
Stratford-upon-AvonWarwickshire
WarwickWarwickshire
ApplebyWestmorland
KendalWestmorland
Bradford-on-AvonWiltshire13
ChippenhamWiltshire24
DevizesWiltshire12
SalisburyWiltshire17
SwindonWiltshire28
TrowbridgeWiltshire18
WarminsterWiltshire14
BromsgroveWorcestershire
DroitwichWorcestershire
DudleyWorcestershire
EveshamWorcestershire
KidderminsterWorcestershire
MalvernWorcestershire
OldburyWorcestershire
RedditchWorcestershire
StourbridgeWorcestershire
WorcesterWorcestershire
Barnsley (2nd edition)Yorkshire
Beverley (2nd edition)Yorkshire1892[26]
Bingley (2nd edition)Yorkshire1891
BirstallYorkshire
Bradford (2nd edition)Yorkshire1891
Bridlington (2nd edition)Yorkshire
BrighouseYorkshire
CastlefordYorkshire
CleckheatonYorkshire1891
Dewsbury & Batley (2nd edition)Yorkshire1890
Doncaster (2nd edition)Yorkshire
EllandYorkshire
Farsley, Pudsey & StanningleyYorkshire1891
GooleYorkshire1891
Great DriffieldYorkshire
Halifax (2nd edition)Yorkshire1890
HarrogateYorkshire1890
Hebden BridgeYorkshire
HeckmondwikeYorkshire1890
Huddersfield (2nd edition)Yorkshire
IdleYorkshire1891
IlkleyYorkshire1891
Keighley (2nd edition)Yorkshire1891
Kingston upon Hull (2nd edition)Yorkshire1891
Knaresborough (2nd edition)Yorkshire
KnottingleyYorkshire
Leeds (2nd edition)Yorkshire1891
Malton (2nd edition)Yorkshire
Middlesbrough (2nd edition)Yorkshire1894
MirfieldYorkshire
MorleyYorkshire
OtleyYorkshire1890
Pontefract (2nd edition)Yorkshire1891
RavensthorpeYorkshire
RichmondYorkshire
Ripon (2nd edition)Yorkshire1891
Rotherham (2nd edition)Yorkshire1889
Saltaire & ShipleyYorkshire1891
Scarborough (2nd edition)Yorkshire1892
Selby (2nd edition)Yorkshire1891
Sheffield (2nd edition)Yorkshire
Skipton (2nd edition)Yorkshire1891
Sowerby BridgeYorkshire
Todmorden (2nd edition)Yorkshire
Wakefield (2nd edition)Yorkshire
Whitby (2nd edition)Yorkshire
York (2nd edition)Yorkshire351889-91

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  3. Book: Oliver . Richard . Hellyer . Roger . 2002 . Ordnance Survey of Great Britain: Indexes to the 1:2500 and six-inch scales . Newtown, Montgomeryshire . David Archer .
  4. Web site: Examples of the Characters of Writing and the Characteristics of the Photozincographed Maps of the Ordnance Survey with instructions as to their use.. National Library of Scotland. 20 December 2017.
  5. Web site: Examples for the Characters of the Writing to the Ordnance Map of Great Britain on a Scale of 6 Inches to a Mile. National Library of Scotland. 20 December 2017.
  6. Web site: Examples for the Characters of the Writing on the Engraved Six Inch Ordnance Maps of Great Britain. National Library of Scotland. 20 December 2017.
  7. Web site: Ordnance Survey Characteristic Sheet for the Engraved Six Inch Maps of Great Britain. National Library of Scotland. 20 December 2017.
  8. Web site: Ordnance Survey Maps - Six-inch England and Wales, 1842 - 1952, County List. National Library of Scotland. 29 July 2015.
  9. Web site: Ordnance Survey Maps, Survey and revision dates for county series mapping - England and Wales 1842-1952. National Library of Scotland. 29 July 2015.
  10. Web site: Large Scale Ordnance Survey maps of Great Britain. The British Library. 29 July 2015.
  11. Web site: Ordnance Survey 25" County Series Editions. The British Library. 29 July 2015.
  12. Web site: Ordnance Survey: large scale pre-1950 London. The British Library. 29 July 2015.
  13. Web site: Browse collection: Ordnance Survey 1:10,560 Epoch 1. British History Online. 29 July 2015.
  14. Web site: Ordnance Survey Maps - Six-inch 1st edition, Scotland, 1843-1882. National Library of Scotland. 2 August 2015.
  15. Web site: Ordnance Survey Maps - Six-inch 1st edition, Scotland, 1843-1882, County List. National Library of Scotland. 2 August 2015.
  16. Web site: Ordnance Survey maps - Survey and revision dates for county series mapping, 1843-1943. National Library of Scotland. 2 August 2015.
  17. Web site: Ordnance Survey large scale Scottish town plans, 1847-1895. National Library of Scotland. 2 August 2015.
  18. Web site: The 1846 map of Southampton. Southampton City Council. 2 August 2015.
  19. Web site: Ordnance Survey Maps, London, Five feet to the Mile, 1893-1896. National Library of Scotland. 2 August 2015.
  20. Web site: Key Sheet for Sunderland. 30 December 2017.
  21. Web site: Maidenhead 1:500 maps stored at the town's library. Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council. 3 October 2019.
  22. Web site: Ordnance Survey Town Plans. The National Library of Wales. 30 December 2017.
  23. Web site: The 1870 map of Southampton. Southampton City Council. 2 August 2015.
  24. Web site: Historical maps - Ordnance Survey maps. Oldham Council. 2 August 2015.
  25. Web site: Town Plans. Staffordshire County Council. 2 August 2015.
  26. Web site: Old Maps of Yorkshire - 1:500 scale Town Plans (10ft to the mile). OLD TOWNS BOOKS & MAPS. 2 August 2015.
  27. Web site: Home page. Old-Maps.co.uk. 2 August 2015.
  28. Web site: Cassini Town Plan mapping. Cassini Historical Maps. 2 August 2015.
  29. Web site: Ordnance Survey large scale Scottish town plans, 1847-1895, Introductory information. National Library of Scotland. 2 August 2015.
  30. Web site: Ordnance Survey Maps. Bedford Borough Council/Central Bedfordshire Council. 2 August 2015.
  31. Web site: Archive and Local Collections - Maps, Plans, Directories and Phone Books. Manchester City Council. 2 August 2015.
  32. Web site: The Landmark Data Index Series - Historical Town Plans. Landmark Information Group. 2 August 2015.
  33. Web site: A short history of the Ordnance Survey of Great Britain. The Charles Close Society. 2 August 2015.