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Ordnance Survey : 9 items

Maps

Ordnance Survey R.O. Jones    Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 1885
£17
27.5 x 35cm


These maps by Lt. R. Owen Jones were produced by zincographic transfer to accompany the 1885 Boundary Commissioners Report showing the proposed new divisions of the counties for parliamentary and local government purposes. Once the Act had passed they were re-issued as part of the Parliamentary Accounts and Papers for the session of 23 October 1884-14 August 1885. This example is from this re-issue, so distinguished by a small piece of paper stuck over the word "proposed" (the changes having now passed into law.) Original colour.
Ref: LEI 1662
 
E. Stanford Ordnance Survey    One Inch OS map of "The Country Around Cromer", comprising four sheets from the "New Series" 1890
£95
98.5 x 5.5cm


This item was probably a special order from the London map retailer Stanfords, whose lable it bears on the original, red slip case in which it is contained. It is there titled as "Ordnance Map of the Country Around Cromer, and comprises 4 sheets from the Ordnance Survey's one inch "New Series" - numbers 131,132,147 and 148. The sheets are dissected and linen backed and cover a coastal triangle encompassing Wells to the north-west, Ormesby St. Margaret to the south-east, and Swanton Morley to the south west. The map is in fine condition, and was once part of the map and local history collection of Ron Fiske.
Ref: NFK 060
 
Ordnance Survey    Ordnance Survey - Sheet 77 Popular Series - Lowestoft and Waveney Valley 1933 (1921)
£5
72 x 45cm


Sheet 77 of the 1 inch popular series which was first published in 1921. A folding, linen-backed map covering north-east Suffolk and south-east Norfolk. Lacking the card covers. First published 1921 but this example corrected to 1933. A little wear along folds.
Ref: SUF 025
 
Ordnance Survey    Ordnance Survey 1 inch map - Old Series -Sheet 43, North East quartersheet 1860's? (1831)
£25
40 x 33cm


Covers eastern Herefordshire,the southern Malverns.and parts of Worcestershire and Gloucestershire. The map is dated 1831 when the sheet was originally published, but railway and geological data may suggest a slightly later date.
Ref: HRE 003
 
Ordnance Survey    Ordnance Survey 1 inch map - Old Series -Sheet 43, North East quartersheet 1860's? (1831)
£25
40 x 33cm


Covers eastern Herefordshire,the southern Malverns.and parts of Worcestershire and Gloucestershire. The map is dated 1831 when the sheet was originally published, but railway and geological data may suggest a slightly later date.
Ref: HRE 003
 
Ordnance Survey    Ordnance Survey 1 inch map - Old Series -Sheet 43, North East quartersheet 1860's? (1831)
£25
40 x 33cm


Covers eastern Herefordshire,the southern Malverns.and parts of Worcestershire and Gloucestershire. The map is dated 1831 when the sheet was originally published, but railway and geological data may suggest a slightly later date.
Ref: HRE 003
 
Ordnance Survey    Ordnance Survey New Series, Sheet 62 1880
£40
49 x 35.5cm


Central Yorkshire. It took some 70 years for the OS to publish its complete, first series of one inch maps of England and Wales (known as "The Old Series") , the last northern counties being issued in 1874. Even before this landmark was reached, however, the Survey had, in 1863, already authorised work on a new, updated survey based on a single projection, involving changes to many sheetlines, and re-numbering of sheets throughout. The resulting 1" maps are known as the "New Series" and were issued from 1887, before eventually evolving, with further changes, into the "New Revised Series". Our map is sheet 62 of the New Series (previously sheet 93 NW under the Old Series enumeration), and was published (from an electrotype) in 1880. It covers an area roughly encompassing Fountains Abbey (Studland), Easingwold, Rufforth, and Harrogate. It is dissected into 6 linen-backed segments, and is in good condition.
Ref: YOR 025
 

UK and British Atlases

Ordnance Survey    Ordnance Survey Atlas of England and Wales 1922
£55
70.5 x 25.5cm


Red cloth gilt, rubbed, faded and fraying at spine. Hinges cracked. 24 double page, linen-backed map sheets covering the whole of England & Wales. The maps in good condition.
Ref: ABR 871
 

Town Plans

Ordnance Survey    Publication not known. 1868
£35
22.5 x 33.5cm


Hertford. This map was one of a series produced by the Ordnance Survey following the passsing of the Representation of the People Act of 1867. The Act extended the suffrage to all householders, and also made many changes parliamentary representation. In the case of Hertford, this meant reducing the number of MP's elected by the borough from two to one. Changes to parliamentary boundaries were also proposed, which brought about the subesquent inclusion of the suburb of Bengeo within the Hertford borough boundaries. The map was produced by zincography, and bears the signature of Henry James, Director-General of the Ordnance Survey from 1854 to 1875. Original colour.
Ref: TWN 164