Ordnance Survey Abbreviations

We are very grateful to Dr Richard Oliver for compiling this list and allowing us to use it. The abbreviations have been compiled from a number of sources, relating to all scales of Ordnance Survey mapping in Scotland, England and Wales. For more information on these abbreviations and their interpretation, please consult Richard Oliver's book Ordnance Survey maps: a concise guide for historians. 3rd edition (London : Charles Close Society, 2013).

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E	East
E	Edge of, Eyot
E	Embankment, Esplanade
E	End
E Lothian	East Lothian
E Susx	East Sussex
ED	Electoral Division
ED	European Datum
E	Electromagnetic Distance Measurement
EK	Edge of Kerb
El	Electric or Electricity
El	Gen Sta Electricity Generating Station
El P	Electricity Pillar or Electricity Pole
El Sub Sta	Electricity Sub Station
El Tfmr	Electricity Transformer
El Tfmr Sta	Electricity Transformer Station
El Wks	Electricity Works
ELB	?Electric Light Bracket
ELS	Electric Light Standard
EM	Embankment
EM	End of Motorway
EMB	Embankment
Emp	Employment
Emp Ex	Employment Exchange
Eng Wks	Engineering Works
ENT	Entrance
ES	End of Straight (railway)
ESP	Esplanade
ESPL	Esplanade
Essex	Essex
ETB	?
ETL	Electricity Transmission Line
Euro Const	European Assembly Constituency
Ex	Exchange

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