Ordnance Survey, Ten-mile to the Inch Planning Maps of Great Britain, 1940s-1970s

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The Ordnance Survey Planning Maps series was initiated during the 1940s, covering the whole of England, Scotland and Wales in two sheets, at a scale of ten miles to the inch, or 1:625,000. Numerous official bodies assisted with providing thematic information, including the Boundary Commissions, the Geological Survey, the Land Utilisation Survey of Great Britain, the Meteorological Office, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Ministry of Town and Country Planning, the Ministry for War Transport, and the Department of Health for Scotland. We have scanned below all our out-of-copyright sheets in this series.

These maps have been divided below into the following categories: Administrative, Air, Electricity, Employment, Gas, General, Geology, Historical, Land Utilisation, Physical, Population, Railways, Rainfall, Roads, Valuation Regions.

Administrative

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Sheet Name Sheet Number Publication Date   Shelfmark  
Great Britain : Administrative areas North sheet1944Map.Area.C16(316)
Great Britain : Administrative areas South sheet1944Map.Area.C16(316)
Ordnance Survey ten mile map of Great Britain : administrative areas North sheet1956Map.Area.C16(317)
Ordnance Survey ten mile map of Great Britain : administrative areas South sheet1956Map.Area.C16(317)
Ordnance Survey Ten Mile Planning Maps. Administrative Areas MapSheet 1 (North) 1958Map.Area.C16(318)
Ordnance Survey Ten Mile Planning Maps. Administrative Areas MapSheet 2 (South) 1958Map.Area.C16(318)
Ordnance Survey ten mile map of Great Britain : administrative areas.North sheet1962Map.Area.C16(319)
Ordnance Survey ten mile map of Great Britain : administrative areas.South sheet1962Map.Area.C16(319)
Ordnance Survey ten mile map of Great Britain : administrative areas.North sheet1963Map.Area.C16(320)
Ordnance Survey ten mile map of Great Britain : administrative areas.South sheet1963Map.Area.C16(320)
Ordnance Survey 1/625,000 map of Great Britain : administrative areas.North sheet1965Map.Area.C16(321)
Ordnance Survey 1/625,000 map of Great Britain : administrative areas.South sheet1965Map.Area.C16(321)
Ordnance Survey 1/625,000 map of Great Britain : administrative areas.North sheet1966Map.Area.C16(322)
Ordnance Survey 1/625,000 map of Great Britain : administrative areas.South sheet1966Map.Area.C16(322)
Ordnance Survey 1/625,000 map of Great Britain : administrative areas.North sheet1967Map.Area.C16(323)
Ordnance Survey 1/625,000 map of Great Britain : administrative areas.South sheet1967Map.Area.C16(323)
Ordnance Survey 1/625,000 map of Great Britain : administrative areas.North sheet1968Map.Area.C16(324)
Ordnance Survey 1/625,000 map of Great Britain : administrative areas.South sheet1968Map.Area.C16(324)
Ordnance Survey 1/625,000 map of Great Britain : administrative areas.North sheet1969Map.Area.C16(325)
Ordnance Survey 1/625,000 map of Great Britain : administrative areas.South sheet1969Map.Area.C16(325)
Ordnance Survey : administrative areas.North sheet1970Map.Area.C16(326)
Ordnance Survey : administrative areas.South sheet1970Map.Area.C16(326)
Ordnance Survey : administrative areas.North sheet1971Map.Area.C16(327)
Ordnance Survey : administrative areas.South sheet1971Map.Area.C16(327)

Air

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Sheet Name Sheet Number Publication Date   Shelfmark  
Ten mile map of Great Britain: special air edition (provisional) / Ordnance SurveySheet 1 (North) 1929Map.Area.C16(156)
Ten mile map of Great Britain: air edition / Ordnance Survey.Sheet 2 (Central) 1930Map.Area.C16(152)
Ten mile map of Great Britain: air edition / Ordnance Survey.Sheet 3 (South)1930Map.Area.C16(152)
Ten mile map of Great Britain: civil air edition / Ordnance Survey.Sheet 1 (North) 1934Map.Area.C16(153)
Ten mile map of Great Britain: civil air edition / Ordnance Survey.Sheet 2 (South) 1934Map.Area.C16(153)
Ten mile map of Great Britain: civil air edition / Ordnance Survey.Sheet 31934Map.Area.C16(153)
Security released airfields in the United Kingdom, correct to December 31st. 1944.Sheet 2 (South) 1944Map.Area.C16(110)

Electricity supply

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Sheet Name Sheet Number Publication Date   Shelfmark  
Great Britain: electricity, statutory supply areas / compiled by the Ministry of Town Country Planning.Sheet 1 (North) 1946Map.Area.C16(236)
Great Britain: electricity, statutory supply areas / compiled by the Ministry of Town Country Planning.Sheet 2 (South) 1946Map.Area.C16(236)

Employment

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Sheet Name Sheet Number Publication Date   Shelfmark  
Ordnance Survey 1/625,000 map of Great Britain: Ministry of Labour local office areas / prepared by the Ministry of Housing and Local Government in consultation with Scottish Development Department.North sheet1967Map.Area.C16(240)
Ordnance Survey 1/625,000 map of Great Britain: Ministry of Labour local office areas / prepared by the Ministry of Housing and Local Government in consultation with Scottish Development Department.South sheet1967Map.Area.C16(240)
Ordnance Survey 1/625,000 map of Great Britain: Ministry of Labour local office areas / compiled by the Ministry of Housing and Local Government in consultation with Scottish Development Department.North sheet1967Map.Area.C16(241)
Ordnance Survey 1/625,000 map of Great Britain: Ministry of Labour local office areas / compiled by the Ministry of Housing and Local Government in consultation with Scottish Development Department.South sheet1967Map.Area.C16(241)
Department of Employment local office areas.North sheet1971Map.Area.C16(242)
Department of Employment local office areas.South sheet1971Map.Area.C16(242)

Gas supply

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Sheet Name Sheet Number Publication Date   Shelfmark  
Great Britain: Gas act 1948: areas of Gas Boards superimposed on map of administrative boundaries.Sheet 1 (North) 1948Map.Area.C16(235)
Great Britain: Gas act 1948: areas of Gas Boards superimposed on map of administrative boundaries.Sheet 2 (South) 1948Map.Area.C16(235)
Great Britain: gas and coke / compiled by the Department of Health for Scotland and the Ministry of Town and Country Planning.Sheet 1 (North) 1951Map.Area.C16(234)
Great Britain: gas and coke / compiled by the Department of Health for Scotland and the Ministry of Town and Country Planning.Sheet 2 (South) 1951Map.Area.C16(234)

General

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Sheet Name Sheet Number Publication Date   Shelfmark  
Ten mile of Great Britain / Ordnance Survey.Sheet 31925Map.Area.C16(151)
Ten mile of Great Britain : Outline edition / Ordnance Survey.Sheet 31925Map.Area.C16(154)
Ten mile of Great Britain / Ordnance Survey.Sheet 1 (North) 1926Map.Area.C16(151)
Ten mile of Great Britain / Ordnance Survey.Sheet 2 (South) 1926Map.Area.C16(151)
Ten mile of Great Britain : Outline edition / Ordnance Survey.Sheet 1 (North) 1926Map.Area.C16(154)
Ten mile of Great Britain : Outline edition / Ordnance Survey.Sheet 2 (South) 1926Map.Area.C16(154)
Ordnance Survey ten mile of Great Britain.Sheet 1 (North) 1937Map.Area.C16(146)
Ordnance Survey ten mile of Great Britain.Sheet 2 (South) 1937Map.Area.C16(146)
Ordnance Survey ten mile of Great Britain.Sheet 1 (North) 1937Map.Area.C16(147)
Ordnance Survey ten mile of Great Britain.Sheet 2 (South) 1937Map.Area.C16(147)
Ordnance Survey ten mile of Great Britain.Sheet 1 (North) 1941Map.Area.C16(147)
Great Britain: [outline]Sheet 1 (North) 1942Map.Area.C16(210)
Great Britain: [outline]Sheet 2 (South) 1942Map.Area.C16(210)
Great Britain: topography.Sheet 1 (North) 1944Map.Area.C16(214)
Great Britain: topography.Sheet 2 (South) 1944Map.Area.C16(214)
Ordnance Survey "ten mile" map of Great Britain: [outline]Sheet 1 (North) 1955Map.Area.C16(244)
Ordnance Survey "ten mile" map of Great Britain: [outline]Sheet 2 (South) 1955Map.Area.C16(244)
Ordnance Survey Ten Mile Planning Maps. Ten Mile MapSheet 1 (North) 1955Map.Area.C16(238)
Ordnance Survey Ten Mile Planning Maps. Ten Mile MapSheet 2 (South) 1955Map.Area.C16(238)
Ordnance Survey "ten mile" map of Great Britain: [outline]Sheet 1 (North) 1958Map.Area.C16(245)
Ordnance Survey "Ten mile" map of Great Britain.Sheet 2 (South) 1960Map.Area.C16(239)
Ordnance Survey "ten mile" map of Great Britain: [outline]Sheet 2 (South) 1960Map.Area.C16(245)
Ordnance Survey "Ten mile" map of Great Britain.Sheet 2 (South) 1962Map.Area.C16(102)
Ordnance Survey "ten mile" map of Great Britain.Sheet 2 (South) 1962Map.Area.C16(239)
Ordnance Survey "ten mile" map of Great Britain.Sheet 1 (North) 1963Map.Area.C16(239)

Geology

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Sheet Name Sheet Number Publication Date   Shelfmark  
Ordnance Survey Ten Mile Planning Maps. Iron and Steel MapSheet 1 (North) 1945Map.Area.C16(233)
Ordnance Survey Ten Mile Planning Maps. Iron and Steel MapSheet 2 (South) 1945Map.Area.C16(233)
Ordnance Survey Ten Mile Planning Maps. Coal and Iron MapSheet 1 (North) 1945Map.Area.C16(237)
Ordnance Survey Ten Mile Planning Maps. Coal and Iron MapSheet 2 (South) 1945Map.Area.C16(237)
Geological map of Scotland and the North of England; Geological map of England & Wales / prepared by the Geological Survey.Sheet 1 (North) 1948Map.Area.C16(174)
Geological map of Scotland and the North of England; Geological map of England & Wales / prepared by the Geological Survey.Sheet 2 (South) 1948Map.Area.C16(174)
Geological map of Scotland and the North of England; Geological map of England & Wales / prepared by the Geological Survey.Sheet 1 (North) 1948Map.Area.C16(176)
Geological map of Scotland and the North of England; Geological map of England & Wales / prepared by the Geological Survey.Sheet 2 (South) 1948Map.Area.C16(176)
Ordnance Survey Ten Mile Planning Maps. Geological MapSheet 1 (North) 1955Map.Area.C16(177)
Ordnance Survey Ten Mile Planning Maps. Geological MapSheet 2 (South) 1955Map.Area.C16(177)
Ordnance Survey Ten Mile Planning Maps. Limestone MapsSheet 1 (North) 1955Map.Area.C16(229)
Ordnance Survey Ten Mile Planning Maps. Limestone MapsSheet 2 (South) 1955Map.Area.C16(229)
Ordnance survey "ten mile" map of Great Britain: gravel, including associated sands / compiled by the Ministry of Housing and Local Government.Sheet 2 (South) 1965Map.Area.C16(243)

Historical

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Sheet Name Sheet Number Publication Date   Shelfmark  
Monastic Britain.Sheet 1 (North) 1950Map.Area.C16(192)
Monastic Britain.Sheet 2 (South) 1950Map.Area.C16(192)
Ancient Britain.Sheet 1 (North) 1951Map.Area.C16(195)
Ancient Britain.Sheet 2 (South) 1951Map.Area.C16(195)
Monastic Britain.Sheet 2 (South) 1954Map.Area.C16(193)
Monastic Britain.Sheet 1 (North) 1955Map.Area.C16(193)
Ancient Britain: a map of the major visible antiquities of Great Britain older than AD. 1066.North sheet1964Map.Area.C16(196)
Ancient Britain: a map of the major visible antiquities of Great Britain older than AD. 1066.South sheet1964Map.Area.C16(196)

Land use

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Sheet Name Sheet Number Publication Date   Shelfmark  
Great Britain: land utilisation.Sheet 1 (North) 1942Map.Area.C16(230)
Great Britain: land utilisation.Sheet 2 (South) 1942Map.Area.C16(230)
Ordnance Survey Ten Mile Planning Maps. Types of Farming MapSheet 1 (North) 1944Map.Area.C16(213)
Ordnance Survey Ten Mile Planning Maps. Types of Farming MapSheet 2 (South) 1944Map.Area.C16(213)
Ordnance Survey Ten Mile Planning Maps. Land Utilisation MapSheet 1 (North) 1944Map.Area.C16(231)
Ordnance Survey Ten Mile Planning Maps. Land Utilisation MapSheet 2 (South) 1944Map.Area.C16(231)
Great Britain: vegetation: grasslands of England and Wales / compiled in 1940 by the Welsh Plant Breeding Station on behalf of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries.Sheet 2 (South) 1945Map.Area.C16(212)
Ordnance Survey Ten Mile Planning Maps. Land Classification MapSheet 1 (North) 1945Map.Area.C16(232)
Ordnance Survey Ten Mile Planning Maps. Land Classification MapSheet 2 (South) 1945Map.Area.C16(232)
Great Britain: vegetation: grasslands of England and Wales / compiled in 1940 by the Welsh Plant Breeding Station on behalf of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries.Sheet 1 (North) 1946Map.Area.C16(212)
Great Britain: vegetation: reconnaissance survey of Scotland / prepared by Arthur Geddes and L. Dudley Stamp. Sheet 1 (North) Sheet 1 (North) 1953Map.Area.C16(211)

Physical

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Sheet Name Sheet Number Publication Date   Shelfmark  
[Ten mile map of Great Britain: physical features only]North sheet1926Map.Area.C16(155)
[Ten mile map of Great Britain: physical features only]Central sheet1926Map.Area.C16(155)
[Ten mile map of Great Britain: physical features only]South sheet1926Map.Area.C16(155)
Ordnance Survey ten mile map of Great Britain: physical features.Sheet 1 (North) 1937Map.Area.C16(149)
Ordnance Survey ten mile map of Great Britain: physical features.Sheet 2 (South) 1937Map.Area.C16(149)
Ordnance Survey Ten Mile Planning Maps. Physical MapSheet 1 (North) 1957Map.Area.C16(247)
Ordnance Survey Ten Mile Planning Maps. Physical MapSheet 2 (South) 1957Map.Area.C16(247)

Population

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Sheet Name Sheet Number Publication Date   Shelfmark  
Great Britain: population changes, 1931-38 / compiled by the Ministry of Town and Country Planning.Sheet 2 (South) 1944Map.Area.C16(225)
Ordnance Survey Ten Mile Planning Maps. Population DensitySheet 1 (North) 1944Map.Area.C16(220)
Ordnance Survey Ten Mile Planning Maps. Population DensitySheet 2 (South) 1944Map.Area.C16(220)
Great Britain: population of urban areas / compiled by the Ministry of Town and Country Planning.Sheet 1 (North) 1945Map.Area.C16(218)
Great Britain: population of urban areas / compiled by the Ministry of Town and Country Planning.Sheet 2 (South) 1945Map.Area.C16(218)
Ordnance Survey Ten Mile Planning Maps. Population Changes 1931 - 1939Sheet 1 (North) 1948Map.Area.C16(226)
Ordnance Survey Ten Mile Planning Maps. Population Changes 1931 - 1939Sheet 2 (South) 1948Map.Area.C16(226)
Great Britain: population, changes by migration 1921-1931 / compiled by the Department of Health for Scotland and the Ministry of Town and Country Planning.Sheet 1 (North) 1949Map.Area.C16(221)
Great Britain: population, changes by migration 1921-1931 / compiled by the Department of Health for Scotland and the Ministry of Town and Country Planning.Sheet 2 (South) 1949Map.Area.C16(221)
Great Britain: population, changes by migration: Scotland 1931-38, England and Wales 1931-39 / compiled by the Department of Health for Scotland and the Ministry of Town and Country Planning.Sheet 1 (North) 1949Map.Area.C16(222)
Great Britain: population, changes by migration: Scotland 1931-38, England and Wales 1931-39 / compiled by the Department of Health for Scotland and the Ministry of Town and Country Planning.Sheet 2 (South) 1949Map.Area.C16(222)
Ordnance Survey Ten Mile Planning Maps. Population Changes 1921 - 1931Sheet 1 (North) 1949Map.Area.C16(224)
Ordnance Survey Ten Mile Planning Maps. Population Changes 1921 - 1931Sheet 2 (South) 1949Map.Area.C16(224)
Great Britain: population of urban areas 1951 / compiled by the Department of Health for Scotland and the Ministry of Housing and Local Government.Sheet 2 (South) 1954Map.Area.C16(219)
Great Britain: population, changes by migration: Scotland 1938-47, England Wales 1939-47 / compiled by the Department of Health for Scotland and the Ministry of Housing and Local Government.Sheet 1 (North) 1954Map.Area.C16(223)
Great Britain: population, changes by migration: Scotland 1938-47, England Wales 1939-47 / compiled by the Department of Health for Scotland and the Ministry of Housing and Local Government.Sheet 2 (South) 1954Map.Area.C16(223)
Ordnance Survey Ten Mile Planning Maps. Population Changes 1939 - 1947Sheet 1 (North) 1954Map.Area.C16(227)
Ordnance Survey Ten Mile Planning Maps. Population Changes 1939 - 1947Sheet 2 (South) 1954Map.Area.C16(227)
Ordnance Survey Ten Mile Planning Maps. Local AccessibilitySheet 1 (North) 1955Map.Area.C16(228)
Ordnance Survey Ten Mile Planning Maps. Local AccessibilitySheet 2 (South) 1955Map.Area.C16(228)
Great Britain: population of urban areas 1951 / compiled by the Department of Health for Scotland and the Ministry of Housing and Local Government.Sheet 1 (North) 1957Map.Area.C16(219)
Ordnance Survey Ten Mile Planning Maps. Population Density 1951Sheet 2 (South) 1958Map.Area.C16(248)
Ordnance Survey Ten Mile Planning Maps. Population Density 1951Sheet 1 (North) 1958Map.Area.C16(248)
Population change, 1951-1961, by wards and civil parishes / compiled and drawn by the Ministry of Housing and Local Government and the Scottish Development Department.North sheet1966Map.Area.C16(249)
Population change, 1951-1961, by wards and civil parishes / compiled and drawn by the Ministry of Housing and Local Government and the Scottish Development Department.South sheet1966Map.Area.C16(249)

Railways

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Sheet Name Sheet Number Publication Date   Shelfmark  
Ordnance Survey Ten Mile Planning Maps. Railways MapSheet 1 (North) 1946Map.Area.C16(217)
Ordnance Survey Ten Mile Planning Maps. Railways MapSheet 2 (South) 1946Map.Area.C16(217)

Rainfall

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Sheet Name Sheet Number Publication Date   Shelfmark  
Ordnance Survey Ten Mile Planning Maps. Annual Rainfall 1881-1915Sheet 1 (North) 1949Map.Area.C16(216)
Ordnance Survey Ten Mile Planning Maps. Annual Rainfall 1881-1915Sheet 2 (South) 1949Map.Area.C16(216)
Ordnance Survey "ten mile" map of Great Britain: rainfall annual average 1916-1950 / prepared by the Ministry of Housing and Local Department.North sheet1967Map.Area.C16(250)
Ordnance Survey "ten mile" map of Great Britain: rainfall annual average 1916-1950 / prepared by the Ministry of Housing and Local Department.South sheet1967Map.Area.C16(250)

Roads

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Sheet Name Sheet Number Publication Date   Shelfmark  
Road map of Great Britain showing the numbers and classification of the Ministry of Transport.Sheet 1 (North) 1932Map.Area.C16(150)
Road map of Great Britain showing the numbers and classification of the Ministry of Transport.Sheet 2 (South) 1932Map.Area.C16(150)
Road map of Great Britain showing the numbers and classification of the Ministry of Transport.Sheet 1 (North) 1935Map.Area.C16(150)
Essential traffic routes map, G.S.,G.S. no. 3993B.1943Map.Area.C16(171)
Ordnance Survey Ten Mile Planning Maps. RoadsSheet 1 (North) 1946Map.Area.C16(215)
Ordnance Survey Ten Mile Planning Maps. RoadsSheet 2 (South) 1946Map.Area.C16(215)
Ordnance Survey Ten Mile Planning Maps. RoadsSheet 1 (North) 1956Map.Area.C16(251)
Ordnance Survey Ten Mile Planning Maps. RoadsSheet 2 (South) 1956Map.Area.C16(251)
Ordnance Survey "Ten mile" map of Great Britain : roads.Sheet 1 (North) 1958Map.Area.C16(113)
Ordnance Survey "Ten mile" map of Great Britain : roads.Sheet 2 (South) 1958Map.Area.C16(113)
Ordnance Survey "ten mile" map of Great Britain : route planning map.Sheet 1 (North) 1964Map.Area.C16(113A)
Ordnance Survey "ten mile" map of Great Britain : route planning map.Sheet 2 (South) 1964Map.Area.C16(113A)
Ordnance Survey "ten mile" map of Great Britain: route planning map.North sheet1964Map.Area.C16(252)
Ordnance Survey "ten mile" map of Great Britain: route planning map.South sheet1964Map.Area.C16(252)
Ordnance survey route planning map.North sheet1965Map.Area.C16(113B)
Ordnance survey route planning map.South sheet1965Map.Area.C16(113B)
Ordnance survey route planning map.North sheet1965Map.Area.C16(253)
Ordnance survey route planning map.South sheet1965Map.Area.C16(253)
Ordnance survey route planning map.South sheet1965Map.Area.C16(253)
Ordnance survey route planning map.South sheet1966Map.Area.C16(113)
Ordnance survey route planning map.North sheet1966Map.Area.C16(253)
Ordnance survey route planning map.South sheet1966Map.Area.C16(253)
Ordnance survey route planning map.North sheet1967Map.Area.C16(253)
Ordnance survey route planning map.South sheet1967Map.Area.C16(253)
Ordnance survey route planning map.North sheet1967Map.Area.C16(253)
Ordnance survey route planning map.South sheet1967Map.Area.C16(253)
Ordnance survey route planning map.North sheet1968Map.Area.C16(113)
Ordnance survey route planning map.South sheet1968Map.Area.C16(113)
Ordnance survey route planning map.North sheet1968Map.Area.C16(253)
Ordnance survey route planning map.South sheet1968Map.Area.C16(253)
Ordnance survey route planning map.North sheet1969Map.Area.C16(113)
Ordnance survey route planning map.South sheet1969Map.Area.C16(113)
Ordnance survey route planning map.North sheet1969Map.Area.C16(253)
Ordnance survey route planning map.South sheet1969Map.Area.C16(253)
Ordnance survey route planning map.North sheet1970Map.Area.C16(113)
Ordnance survey route planning map.South sheet1970Map.Area.C16(113)
Ordnance survey route planning map.North sheet1970Map.Area.C16(253)
Ordnance survey route planning map.South sheet1970Map.Area.C16(253)
Ordnance survey route planning map.North sheet1971Map.Area.C16(113)
Ordnance survey route planning map.South sheet1971Map.Area.C16(113)
Ordnance survey route planning map.North sheet1971Map.Area.C16(253)
Ordnance survey route planning map.South sheet1971Map.Area.C16(253)

Valuation Regions

View sheets:
Sheet Name Sheet Number Publication Date   Shelfmark  
Ordnance Survey ten mile of Great Britain (outline edition): [showing valuation regions]Sheet 1 (North) 1939Map.Area.C16(148)
Ordnance Survey ten mile of Great Britain (outline edition): [showing valuation regions]Sheet 2 (South) 1939Map.Area.C16(148)
Inset map showing line of boundary between A-B (Areas 4 and 5), on Valuation Regions Map.Inset map1939Map.Area.C16(148)