First Land Utilisation Survey of Great Britain, 1931-1938

 
decorative graphic illustrating this particular set of maps

The first systematic and comprehensive depiction of the land cover and use in Great Britain (1931-1938), under the superintendence of L. Dudley Stamp.

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England and Wales

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Sheet Number and Name Date of Survey   Date of Printing  
Sheet 2 - Holy Island1931 to 19351946
Sheet 4 - Alnwick & Rothbury1931 to 19351946
Sheet 6 - Hexham1931 to 19351946
Sheet 7 - Newcastle Upon Tyne1931 to 19351936
Parts of Sheets 8 & 18 - Workington & Whitehaven, Part of Sheet 15 - Hartlepool1931 to 19321946
Sheet 9 & Part 8 - Carlisle & Cockermouth19311946
Sheet 10 - Alston & Weardale1931 to 19321946
Sheet 11- Durham & Sunderland1931 to 19331936
Sheet 12 - Keswick & Ambleside1931 to 19321946
Sheet 13 - Kirkby Stephen & Appleby1931 to 19331933
Sheet 14 & Part 15 - Middlesborough & Darlington1931 to 19331946
Sheet 16 - Whitby & Saltburn1931 to 19331938
Sheet 17 - Isle of Man19321946
Sheet 19 & Part 18 - Windermere & Ulverston1931 to 19321945
Sheet 20 - Kirkby Lonsdale & Hawes1931 to 19371947
Sheet 21 - Ripon & Northallerton1932 to 19331946
Sheet 22 - Pickering & Thrisk1931 to 19331938
Sheet 23 - Scarborough1931 to 19361944
Sheet 24 - Lancaster & Barrow1931 to 19321946
Sheet 25 - Ribblesdale1931 to 19371946
Sheet 26 - Harrogate1931 to 19371945
Sheet 27 - York1931 to 19371944
Sheet 28 - Great Driffield & Bridlington1931 to 19331940
Sheet 29 - Preston, Southport & Blackpool1931 to 19321936
Sheet 30 - Blackburn1931 to 19371937
Sheet 31 - Leeds & Bradford1932 to 19371938
Sheet 32 - Goole & Pontefract1931 to 19361940
Sheet 33 and Part 34 - Hull 1931 to 19331938
Sheet 35 - Liverpool & Birkenhead1931 to 19321933
Sheet 36 - Bolton & Manchester1931 to 19351936
Sheet 37 - Barnsley & Sheffield1931 to 19361937
Sheet 38 - Doncaster1932 to 19361938
Sheet 39 - Scunthorpe & Market Rasen1931 to 19331938
Sheets 40 & 48 - Grimsby Louth & Skegness1931 to 19331942
Sheet 41 - Anglesey1931 to 19331944
Sheet 42 - Llandudno & Denbigh1932 to 1935ca. 1942 to 1949
Sheet 43 - Chester1931 to 19351937
Sheet 44 - Northwhich & Macclesfield1931 to 19321935
Sheet 45 - Buxton & Matlock1931 to 19341939
Sheet 46 - The Dukeries1931 to 19351937
Sheet 47 - Lincoln1931 to 19331940
Sheet 49 - Portmadoc & Criccieth1932 to 19331944
Sheet 50 - Bala1932 to 19341944
Sheet 51 - Wrexham & Oswestry1932 to 1935ca. 1942 to 1949
Sheet 52 - Stoke on Trent1931 to 19351938
Sheet 53 - Derby1932 to 19351939
Sheet 54 - Nottingham1931 to 19341935
Sheet 55 - Grantham1931 to 19331935
Sheet 56 - Boston1931 to 19331937
Sheet 57 - Fakenham1931 to 19321935
Sheet 58 - Cromer1931 to 19321933
Sheet 59 & Part 68 - Barmouth, Dolgelley & Lake Vyrnwy1932 to 19341945
Sheet 60 - Shrewsbury & Welshpool1931 to 19351943
Sheet 61 - Wolverhampton1932 to 19351938
Sheet 62 - Burton & Walsall1931 to 19351937
Sheet 63 - Leicester1931 to 19341935
Sheet 64 - Peterborough1931 to 19361937
Sheet 65 - Wisbech & King's Lynn1931 to 19331937
Sheet 66 - Swaffham & East Dereham1931 to 19321935
Sheet 67 - Norwich & Great Yarmouth1931 to 19321934
Sheet 69 & Part 68 - Llanidnoes & Aberystwyt1932 to 19351945
Sheet 70 - Bishop's Castle1932 to 19361942
Sheet 71 - Kidderminster1932 to 19351939
Sheet 72 - Birmingham1931 to 19341934
Sheet 73 - Rugby1931 to 19391940
Sheet 74 - Kettering & Huntingdon1931 to 19391942
Sheet 75 - Ely1932 to 19371940
Sheet 76 - Thetford1931 to 1932ca. 1935 to 1940
Sheet 77 - Lowestoft & Waveney Valley1931 to 19321937
Sheet 78 - Lampeter1933 to 19361946
Sheet 79 - Llandrndod Wells1931 to 19361947
Sheet 80 - Kington1932 to 19371942
Sheet 81 - Worcester1933 to 19361937
Sheet 82 - Stratford on Avon1931 to 19331937
Sheet 83 - Southampton1931 to 19371942
Sheet 84 - Bedford1931 to 19331937
Sheet 85 - Cambridge1932 to 19371928
Sheet 86 - Bury St Edmunds & Sudbury1931 to 19361939
Sheet 87 - Ipswich1931 to 19321933
Sheet 88 - St David's & Cardigan1931 to 19361936
Sheet 89 - Carmarthen1931 to 19361947
Sheet 90 - Brecon & Llandovery1931 to 19361947
Sheet 91 - Abergavenny1931 to 19371945
Sheet 92 - Gloucester & Forest of Dean1931 to 19331942
Sheet 93 - Stow on the Wold1932 to 19361942
Sheet 94 - Bicester19371942
Sheet 95 - Luton1931 to 19331934
Sheet 96 - Hertfordshrie & Bishop's Strotford1931 to 19361937
Sheet 97 & 98 - Colchester & Clacton on Sea1931 to 19361939
Sheet 99 - Pembroke & Tenby1931 to 1935ca. 1935 to 1940
Sheet 100 - Llanelly1932 to 19341937
Sheet 101 - Swansea & Aberdare1932 to 19351938
Sheet 102 - Newport1932 to 19341936
Sheet 103 - Stroud & Chepstow1931 to 19341935
Sheet 104 - Swindon & Cirenchester1932 to 19361942
Sheet 105 - Oxford & Henley on Thames1932 to 19361940
Sheet 106 - Watford1931 to 19341942
Sheet 107 - N.E. London & Epping Forest1931 to 19341942
Sheet 108 - Southend & District1933 to 19341937
Sheet 109 - Pontypridd & Barry1932 to 19351936
Sheet 111 and part 110- Bath & Bristol1931 to 19361939
Sheet 112 - Marlborough1931 to 19321935
Sheet 113 - Reading & Newbury1931 to 19351936
Sheet 114 - Windsor1931 to 19321932
Sheet 115 - S.E. London & Sevenoaks1931 to 19351935
Sheet 116 - Chatham & Maidstone1931 to 19341938
Sheet 117 - East Kent1931 to 19341936
Sheet 118 & 119 - Barnstaple & Exmoor1932 to 19341945
Sheet 120 - Bridgwater & Quantock Hills1931 to 19341936
Sheet 121 - Wells & Frome1931 to 19361940
Sheet 122 - Salisbury & Bulford1931 to 19361939
Sheet 123 - Winchester1931 to 19321936
Sheet 124 - Guildfrod & Horsham1931 to 19351938
Sheet 125 - Turnbridge Wells1931 to 19361938
Sheet 126 & 135 - Weald of Kent & Hastings1931 to 19371939
Sheet 127 - River Torridge1932 to 19381945
Sheet 128 - Tiverton1932 to 19341945
Sheet 129 & 139 - Chard, Axminster & Sidmouth1931 to 19371943
Sheet 130 - Yeovil & Blandford1931 to 1934ca. 1942 to 1947
Sheet 131 - Ringwood1931 to 19341943
Sheet 132 - Portsmouth & Southampton1931 to 19331937
Sheet 133 - Chichester & Worthing1931 to 19341936
Sheet 134 - Brighton & Eastbourne1931 to 19351936
Sheet 136 - Boscastle & Padstow1936 to 19381946
Sheet 137 - Dartmoor, Tavistock & Launceton1932 to 19381942
Sheet 138 - Dartmoor & Exeter1932 to 19341938
Sheet 140 - Weymouth & Dorchester1931 to 19321943
Sheet 141 - Bournemouth & Swanage1931 to 19341936
Sheet 142 - Isle of White1931 to 19321932
Sheet 143 - Truro & St Austel1936 to 19371946
Sheet 144 - Plymouth1932 to 19381942
Sheet 145 - Torquay & Dartmouth1932 to 19341946
Sheet 146 - Land's End & Lizard19331935

Scotland

View sheets:
Sheet Number and Name Date of Survey   Date of Publication  
Sheet 1 - Yell & Unst (Manuscript)ca.1931-1935
Sheet 2 - North Mainland (Manuscript)ca.1931-1935
Sheet 3 - Central Mainland (Manuscript)ca.1931-1935
Sheet 4 - South Mainland (Printed)19321933
Sheet 5 - Orkney Islands (Manuscript)ca.1931-1935
Sheet 6 - Orkney Islands (Printed)19321939
Sheet 7 - Orkney Islands (Manuscript)ca.1931-1935
Sheet 8 - Butt of Lewis (Manuscript)ca.1931-1935
Sheet 9 - Cape Wrath (Manuscript)ca.1931-1935
Sheet 10 - Tongue (Manuscript)ca.1931-1935
Sheet 11 - Thurso & Reay (Manuscript)ca.1931-1935
Sheet 12 - Wick (Printed)1931-19331936
Sheet 13 - Loch Roag & Tarbert (Manuscript)ca.1931-1935
Sheet 14 - Stornoway (Manuscript)ca.1931-1935
Sheet 15 - Lochinver & Loch Assynt (Manuscript)ca.1931-1935
Sheet 16 - Lairg & Loch Shin (Manuscript)ca.1931-1935
Sheet 17 - Helmsdale (Manuscript)ca.1931-1935
Sheet 18 - Harris (Manuscript)ca.1931-1935
Sheet 19 - Ullapool & Loch Ewe (Manuscript)ca.1931-1935
Sheet 20 - Strath Oykell (Manuscript)ca.1931-1935
Sheet 21 - Dornoch (Manuscript)ca.1931-1935
Sheet 22 - Sollas (Manuscript)ca.1931-1935
Sheet 23 - Benbecula (Manuscript)ca.1931-1935
Sheet 24 - Portree & Dunvegan (Manuscript)ca.1931-1935
Sheet 25 - Raasay & Applecross (Manuscript)ca.1931-1935
Sheet 26 - Loch Maree & Achnasheen (Manuscript)ca.1931-1935
Sheet 27 - Strathpeffer & Invergordon (Manuscript)ca.1931-1935
Sheet 28 - Nairn & Cromarty (Printed)1932-19341940
Sheet 29 - Elgin & Keith (Manuscript)ca.1931-1935
Sheet 30 - Banff & Fraserburgh (Printed)1932-19341951
Sheet 32 - Lochboisdale & Eriskay (Manuscript)ca.1931-1935
Sheet 33 - Barra & Mingulay (Manuscript)ca.1931-1935
Sheet 34 - The Cuillins, Rhum & Canna (Manuscript)ca.1931-1935
Sheet 35 - Sound of Sleat (Manuscript)ca.1931-1935
Sheet 36 - Lochcarron & Dornie (Manuscript)ca.1931-1935
Sheet 37 - Inverness (Manuscript)ca.1931-1935
Sheet 38 - Granton-on-Spey & Strath Dearn (Manuscript)ca.1931-1935
Sheet 39 - Dufftown & Huntly (Manuscript)ca.1931-1935
Sheet 40 - Inverurie & Ellon (Printed)1932-19341951
Sheet 41 - Glen Shiel & Glen Garry (Manuscript)ca.1931-1935
Sheet 42 - Fort Augustus (Manuscript)ca.1931-1935
Sheet 43 - Kingussie (Manuscript)ca.1931-1935
Sheet 44 - Ballater & Strathdon (Manuscript)ca.1931-1935
Sheet 45 - Aberdeen (Printed)1932-19341936
Sheet 46 - Ardnamurchan & Loch Shiel (Manuscript)ca.1931-1935
Sheet 47 - Ben Nevis & Fort William (Manuscript)ca.1931-1935
Sheet 48 - Loch Ericht & Loch Laggan (Manuscript)ca.1931-1935
Sheet 49 - Grampian Mountains & Blair Atholl (Manuscript)ca.1931-1935
Sheet 50 - Glen Clova & Lochnagar (Manuscript)ca.1931-1935
Sheet 51 - Stonehaven & Brechin (Printed)1932-19331950
Sheet 52 - Coll & Tiree (Manuscript)ca.1931-1935
Sheet 53 - Sound of Mull (Printed)1933-19331935
Sheet 54 - Loch Etive & Glen Coe (Manuscript)ca.1931-1935
Sheet 55 - Killin & Loch Rannoch (Manuscript)ca.1931-1935
Sheet 56 - Dunkeld & Pitlochry (Manuscript)ca.1931-1935
Sheet 57 - Forfar & Dundee (Manuscript)ca.1931-1935
Sheet 58 - Arbroath & Montrose (Printed)19321950
Sheet 59 - Iona & Colonsay (Printed)19331935
Sheet 60 - North Jura & Firth of Lorne (Printed)19331935
Sheet 61 - Oban & Loch Awe (Manuscript)ca.1931-1935
Sheet 62 - Loch Katrine & Loch Earn (Manuscript)ca.1931-1935
Sheet 63 - Perth & Strath Earn (Printed)1932-19331950
Sheet 64 - Dundee & St Andrews (Printed)1932-19331950
Sheet 65 - Dunoon & Loch Fyne (Manuscript)ca.1931-1935
Sheet 66 - Loch Lomond (Printed)1932-19331950
Sheet 67 - Stirling & Dunfermline (Printed)1931-19331948
Sheet 68 - Firth of Forth (Printed)1932-19331935
Sheet 69 - Islay (Manuscript)ca.1931-1935
Sheet 70 - Sound of Jura (Manuscript)ca.1931-1935
Sheet 71 - Island of Bute (Manuscript)ca.1931-1935
Sheet 72 - Glasgow (Printed)1932-19371940
Sheet 73 - Falkirk & Motherwell (Printed)1932-19341940
Sheet 74 - Edinburgh (Printed)1931-19351936
Sheet 75 - Dunbar & Lammermuir (Printed)1932-19351944
Sheet 76 - Kintyre (Manuscript)ca.1931-1935
Sheet 77 - Island of Arran (Manuscript)ca.1931-1935
Sheet 78 - Kilmarnock & Ayr (Printed)1932-19331937
Sheet 79 - Lanark (Printed)1932-19331945
Sheet 80 - Peebles & Galashiels (Printed)1931-19351945
Sheet 81 - Kelso & The Cheviot (Printed)1932-19351950
Sheet 82 - Ailsa Craig & Girvan (Printed)1932-19331950
Sheet 83 - Loch Doon (Printed)1932-19341950
Sheet 84 - Nithsdale & Moffat (Printed)1932-19331944
Sheet 85 - Hawick & Eskdale (Printed)1933-19351945
Sheet 86 - The Cheviot Hills (Printed)1931-19351947
Sheet 87 - Newton Stewart (Printed)1932-19351950
Sheet 88 - Dumfries (Printed)1933-19341950
Sheet 89 - Solway Firth & River Esk (Printed)1933-19351950
Sheet 90 - Stranraer (Printed)1933-19341950
Sheet 91 - Wigtown (Manuscript)ca.1931-1935
Sheet 92 - Castle Douglas & Kirkcudbright (Manuscript)ca.1931-1935