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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Abbreviation | Meaning |
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H | Harbour, Hedge |
H | Heights |
H | Heights, Hill, Hollow |
H | High, Hole, House, Hydrant, Hydraulic |
H | Hydrant |
H | Hydraulic |
ha | Hectares |
Hants | Hampshire |
Hd | Head |
Here | Herefordshire |
Here and Worc | Hereford and Worcester |
Herts | Hertfordshire |
HL | Hill |
HNT | House Number Trace |
Ho | House |
HOL | Hollow |
Hospl | Hospital |
HP to which MTs flow | Highest Point to which Medium Tides flow |
HP to which OSTs flow | Highest Point to which Ordinary Spring Tides flow |
HP to which OTs flow | Highest Point to which Ordinary Tides flow |
HPO | Head Post Office |
HQ | Headquarters |
HR | Hedge Row |
HT | Heights |
HTS | Heights |
Humbs | Humberside |
Hunts | Huntingdonshire |
HW | Hollow |
HW | Hollow Way; High Water |
HWM | High Water Mark |
HWM(S) | High Water Mark (Springs) |
HWMMT | High Water Mark of Medium Tides |
HWMOST | High Water Mark of Ordinary Spring Tides |
HWMOT | High Water Mark of Ordinary Tides |
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