Ordnance Survey Maps - 25 inch 1st edition, Scotland, 1855-1882

County List

View a Summary List of Scottish counties, with their changes of meridian, and dates of survey and publication. Changes of meridian caused the sheet lines to change too.

Six Scottish counties have no 25 inch mapping before the 1890s:

• Edinburghshire
• Fife
• Haddingtonshire
• Kinross-shire
• Kirkcudbrightshire
• Wigtonshire.

Together with the Island of Lewis, these counties were surveyed at the six inch scale before the decision in 1855 to survey at 25 inch. More about OS 25 inch maps.