Maps

Selection of Ordnance Survey series

ordered by scale

Scale Coverage Description Date

1:1056

London

5-foot plan. Some issued as Land Registry series

Late 19 th -20 th cent.

1:1250

London

50-inch plan. Newest version: "Superplan". Some SIM prints

1950s - present

1:2500

London

25-inch plan.

1950s-1980s

1:2500

London

All eds. to WW2. Also Godfrey reduced reproductions

Pre-1940

1:2500

Middlesex (west half of London )

All eds. to WW2. Also Godfrey reduced reproductions

Pre-1940

1:5000

London . Limited cover

"Landplan"

1:10,560/ 1:10,000

Great Britain . Full cover

6-inch maps. National Grid series.

1950s - present

1:10,560

London , Middlesex and some home counties

County sheet line series: Quarter sheets (small format) and Full sheets (large format)

1870s (ed. 1) - 1930s

1:10,560

Scotland

County sheet line series: Full sheets

Mid-19 th cent. Ed. 1

1:10,560

Ireland

County sheet line series: Full sheets, bound in folios by counties

Mid-19 th cent. Ed. 1

1:25,000

Great Britain . Full cover

2 ½ inch maps , 1 st series - "The walker's maps". Small sheet format

1950s

1:25,000

Great Britain . Full cover

2 ½ inch maps, 2 nd series - "Pathfinder". Double sheet format

1960s-1990s

1:25,000

Great Britain

2 ½ inch maps, current series in progress - "Explorer". Large sheet format

2000-

1:50,000

Great Britain . Full cover

"Landranger"

1970s-

1:63,360

Great Britain . Full cover

1 inch maps, 7 th series

1950-1970s

1:63,360

England and Wales/Great Britain . Near full cover

1 st -6 th eds.

1813-1970s

1:250,000

Great Britain

"¼ inch" maps, 5 th series, topographic

1950-1960s

1:250,000

Great Britain

Road map/Travelmaster/ Routemaster

1970s

1:253,000

Great Britain

¼ inch maps, 4 th ed.

1945-1948

1:625,000/ 1:633,600

Great Britain

"10-mile series" thematic maps. Covering all Great Britain in 2 sheets

1950s-1980s



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