Maps of the Channel Islands, 1900-1970
by Ordnance Survey / War Office / Ministry of Defence
A set of 72 topographic maps of the Channel Islands (including Alderney, Guernsey, Herm, Jersey, Jethou and Sark), by Ordnance Survey, the War Office and the Ministry of Defence, published between 1900-1970. Official mapping has been the responsibility of individual Channel Islands, but as their policy has often been to contract the work to external bodies, Ordnance Survey has been closely involved in surveying the islands, with later military mapping undertaken by the War Office and the Directorate of Military Survey. These are all of our out-of-copyright holdings by official mapmakers of the Channel Islands.
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The maps are ordered below by scale, from the most detailed (large-scale) to the least detailed (small-scale).
St. Helier, Jersey - 1:2,500 - Ordnance Survey, Town Plan, 1934
View sheet:
| Sheet | Date of Revision | Date of Publication |
|---|
| St. Helier, Jersey | 1934 | 1935, Printed 1936 |
Alderney - 1:2,500, Ordnance Survey, 1958-1961
18 detailed maps at 1:2,500 (out of 20 covering the whole island), published by Ordnance Survey on Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) projection.
Guernsey - 1:2,500 / 25 inch to the mile, Ordnance Survey, 1900-1963
Nine sheets from the earliest Ordnance Survey mapping of Guernsey, which covered the whole island in 26 sheets.
View sheets:
| Sheet Number | Date of Survey/Revision | Date of Publication | Notes |
|---|
| Guernsey II.6 | 1899 | 1900 | "For War Department Purposes Only" |
| Guernsey II.10 | 1899 | 1900 | |
| Guernsey II.11 | 1898, Revised 1962 | 1963 | Not published by OS, published by States of Guernsey |
| Guernsey II.15 | 1899, Revised 1962 | 1963 | Not published by OS, published by States of Guernsey |
| Guernsey III.7 | 1899 | 1900 | "For War Department Purposes Only" |
| Guernsey IV.5 | 1899, Revised 1962 | 1963 | |
| Guernsey IV.6 | 1899, Revised 1962 | 1963 | |
| Guernsey IV.7 | 1898 to 1899, Revised 1938 | 1939, Reprinted 1946 | |
| Guernsey IV.11 | 1899, Revised 1938 | 1939, Reprinted 1946 | |
St. Peter Port, Guernsey - 1:4,000 Town Plan - War Office, GSGS:4234, 1944
Sark (Sercq) - 1:10,000, Ministry of Defence, Series M824, Channel Islands, 1965
Herm and Jethou - 1:10,000, Ministry of Defence, Series M824, Channel Islands, 1970
Alderney - 1:10,560 / Six inch to the mile, Ministry of Defence, 1966-
This military map, first published by the Mininstry of Defence in 1966, was reprinted in the 1970s.
Guernsey - 1:10,560 / Six inch to the mile, Ordnance Survey, 1900-1942
The earliest Ordnance Survey mapping of Guernsey, based on a survey 1898-99, and covering the whole island in 11 sheets. The survey formed the basis for a range of subsequent maps. Many of the sheets were reprinted in 1942.
View sheet:
| Sheet Number | Date of Survey/Revision | Date of Publication | Notes |
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| Index | 1898 to 1899 | | |
| I.SE | 1899 | Reprinted: 1942 | "Not to be published" |
| I.SE | 1899 | 1900 | |
| II.NW | 1898 to 1899 | Reprinted: 1942 | "Not to be published" |
| II.NW | 1898 to 1899 | 1900 | |
| II.NE | 1898 | Reprinted: 1942 | "Not to be published" |
| II.NE | 1898 | 1900 | |
| II.SW | 1899 | Reprinted: 1942 | "Not to be published" |
| II.SW | 1899 | 1900 | |
| II.SE | 1898 to 1899 | Reprinted: 1942 | "Not to be published" |
| II.SE | 1898 to 1899 | 1900 | |
| III.NE | 1899 | Reprinted: 1942 | "Not to be published" |
| III.NE | 1899 | 1900 | |
| III.SE | 1899 | Reprinted: 1942 | "Not to be published" |
| III.SE | 1899 | 1900 | |
| IV.NW | 1899 | Reprinted: 1942 | "Not to be published" |
| IV.NW | 1899 | 1900 | |
| IV.NE | 1898 to 1899 | Reprinted: 1942 | "Not to be published" |
| IV.NE | 1898 to 1899 | 1900 | |
| IV.SW | 1899 | Reprinted: 1942 | "Not to be published" |
| IV.SW | 1899 | 1900 | |
| IV.SE | 1899 | Reprinted: 1942 | "Not to be published" |
| IV.SE | 1899 | 1900 | |
Sark, Herm and Jethou (Channel Islands) - 1:12,500 - War Office and Air Ministry, M824 (GSGS 4377), 1958
A military map, published by the War Office, forming part of the M824 series.
Map of Jersey (Outline) - 1:15,840 / Four inch to the mile map enlarged from Two inch to the mile, Ordnance Survey, 1934
Guernsey, 1:21,120 / Three-inches to the mile, Ordnance Survey, 1934-66
Guernsey - 1:21,120, Ministry of Defence, Series M824, Channel Islands, 1966
A military map, published by the Ministry of Defence, forming part of the M824 series.
View sheet:
| Sheet | Date of Survey | Date of Revision | Date of Publication |
|---|
| Guernsey - Edition 3-GSGS | 1898 to 1899 | 1933 to 1963 | 1966, Reprinted: 1968 |
Jersey - 1:25,000, Ministry of Defence, Series M824, Channel Islands, 1966
A military map, published by the Ministry of Defence, forming part of the M824 series.
Ordnance Survey, 1:31,680 / Two-inches to the mile - Channel Islands, 1902-14
The maps are ordered chronologically by date.
Guernsey - 1:2,500 / 25 inch to the mile, Ordnance Survey, 1900-1963
Nine sheets from the earliest Ordnance Survey mapping of Guernsey, which covered the whole island in 26 sheets.
View sheets:
| Sheet Number | Date of Survey/Revision | Date of Publication | Notes |
|---|
| Guernsey II.6 | 1899 | 1900 | "For War Department Purposes Only" |
| Guernsey II.10 | 1899 | 1900 | |
| Guernsey II.11 | 1898, Revised 1962 | 1963 | Not published by OS, published by States of Guernsey |
| Guernsey II.15 | 1899, Revised 1962 | 1963 | Not published by OS, published by States of Guernsey |
| Guernsey III.7 | 1899 | 1900 | "For War Department Purposes Only" |
| Guernsey IV.5 | 1899, Revised 1962 | 1963 | |
| Guernsey IV.6 | 1899, Revised 1962 | 1963 | |
| Guernsey IV.7 | 1898 to 1899, Revised 1938 | 1939, Reprinted 1946 | |
| Guernsey IV.11 | 1899, Revised 1938 | 1939, Reprinted 1946 | |
Guernsey - 1:10,560 / Six inch to the mile, Ordnance Survey, 1900-1942
The earliest Ordnance Survey mapping of Guernsey, based on a survey 1898-99, and covering the whole island in 11 sheets. The survey formed the basis for a range of subsequent maps. Many of the sheets were reprinted in 1942.
View sheet:
| Sheet Number | Date of Survey/Revision | Date of Publication | Notes |
|---|
| Index | 1898 to 1899 | | |
| I.SE | 1899 | Reprinted: 1942 | "Not to be published" |
| I.SE | 1899 | 1900 | |
| II.NW | 1898 to 1899 | Reprinted: 1942 | "Not to be published" |
| II.NW | 1898 to 1899 | 1900 | |
| II.NE | 1898 | Reprinted: 1942 | "Not to be published" |
| II.NE | 1898 | 1900 | |
| II.SW | 1899 | Reprinted: 1942 | "Not to be published" |
| II.SW | 1899 | 1900 | |
| II.SE | 1898 to 1899 | Reprinted: 1942 | "Not to be published" |
| II.SE | 1898 to 1899 | 1900 | |
| III.NE | 1899 | Reprinted: 1942 | "Not to be published" |
| III.NE | 1899 | 1900 | |
| III.SE | 1899 | Reprinted: 1942 | "Not to be published" |
| III.SE | 1899 | 1900 | |
| IV.NW | 1899 | Reprinted: 1942 | "Not to be published" |
| IV.NW | 1899 | 1900 | |
| IV.NE | 1898 to 1899 | Reprinted: 1942 | "Not to be published" |
| IV.NE | 1898 to 1899 | 1900 | |
| IV.SW | 1899 | Reprinted: 1942 | "Not to be published" |
| IV.SW | 1899 | 1900 | |
| IV.SE | 1899 | Reprinted: 1942 | "Not to be published" |
| IV.SE | 1899 | 1900 | |
Ordnance Survey, 1:31,680 / Two-inches to the mile - Channel Islands, 1902-14
St. Helier, Jersey - 1:2,500 - Ordnance Survey, Town Plan, 1934
View sheet:
| Sheet | Date of Revision | Date of Publication |
|---|
| St. Helier, Jersey | 1934 | 1935, Printed 1936 |
Map of Jersey (Outline) - 1:15,840 / Four inch to the mile map enlarged from Two inch to the mile, Ordnance Survey, 1934
Guernsey, 1:21,120 / Three-inches to the mile, Ordnance Survey, 1934-66
St. Peter Port, Guernsey - 1:4,000 Town Plan - War Office, GSGS:4234, 1944
Alderney - 1:2,500, Ordnance Survey, 1958-1961
18 detailed maps at 1:2,500 (out of 20 covering the whole island), published by Ordnance Survey on Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) projection.
Sark, Herm and Jethou (Channel Islands) - 1:12,500 - War Office and Air Ministry, M824 (GSGS 4377), 1958
A military map, published by the War Office, forming part of the M824 series.
Sark (Sercq) - 1:10,000, Ministry of Defence, Series M824, Channel Islands, 1965
Guernsey - 1:21,120, Ministry of Defence, Series M824, Channel Islands, 1966
A military map, published by the Ministry of Defence, forming part of the M824 series.
View sheet:
| Sheet | Date of Survey | Date of Revision | Date of Publication |
|---|
| Guernsey - Edition 3-GSGS | 1898 to 1899 | 1933 to 1963 | 1966, Reprinted: 1968 |
Jersey - 1:25,000, Ministry of Defence, Series M824, Channel Islands, 1966
A military map, published by the Ministry of Defence, forming part of the M824 series.
Alderney - 1:10,560 / Six inch to the mile, Ministry of Defence, 1966-
This military map, first published by the Mininstry of Defence in 1966, was reprinted in the 1970s.
Herm and Jethou - 1:10,000, Ministry of Defence, Series M824, Channel Islands, 1970
