Ordnance Survey - Half-Inch to the mile (layer-coloured) - 1908-1918

The Ordnance Survey began working on a series of maps at the half-inch to the mile scale (1:126,720) from 1902, with topographic content derived from the main nationwide revision of maps at the larger-scales from the 1890s. The initial driver behind the series was a military one, but it was recognised that the scale had a steadily growing public value particularly for cyclists and motorists. For this series, relief was shown by layer colours, but Ordnance Survey also produced a set of half-inch maps with relief shown by hachures. For some maps, as noted below, there were subsequent revisions of roads and railways which resulted in updated maps being produced; these often carry details of these road and railway revisions in the sheet marginalia, but with the same publication dates. We have scanned all our sheets of this series, which were received by the Library in both flat and folded forms.
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England and Wales
Sheet Number and Name | Date of Revision | Date of Publication, Corrections, Printing, etc. |
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Sheet 11 - Caernarvon, Bangor and Colwyn Bay | Published: 1913, Minor corrections: 1938, Reprinted: 1939 | |
Sheet 13 - Sheffield | Published: 1915, Minor corrections: 1938, Reprinted: 1939 | |
Sheet 14 - Lincoln and Grimsby | Published: 1914, Minor corrections: 1938, Reprinted: 1939 | |
Sheet 20 - Pembroke & Fishguard | Published: 1924, Minor corrections: 1938, Reprinted: 1938 | |
Sheet 21 - Brecon & Lampeter | Published: 1913, Minor corrections: 1938, Reprinted: 1938 | |
Sheet 24 - Bedford & Cambridge | Published: 1928, Minor corrections: 1937, Reprinted: 1940 | |
Sheet 27 - Gloucester, Monmouth & Newport | Published: 1926, Minor corrections: 1938, Reprinted: 1939 | |
Sheet 28 - Oxford and Swindon | Revised: 1902 to 1903 | Published: 1914 |
Sheet 29 - North London, St Albans and Hertford | Revised: 1902 to 1903 | Published: 1912 Reprinted: 1922 |
Sheet 31 - North Devon | Published: 1915, Minor corrections: 1938, Reprinted: 1939 | |
Sheet 32 - Bristol & Cardiff | Published: 1925, Minor corrections: 1940, Reprinted: 1940 | |
Sheet 32 - Bristol & Cardiff | Revised: 1913, Published: 1925, Minor corrections: 1928, Reprinted: 1928 | |
Sheet 33 - Salisbury, Winchester and Reading | Revised: 1901 to 1903, Published: 1914 | |
Sheet 34 - London | Published: 1926, Minor corrections: 1938, Reprinted: 1940 | |
Sheet 35 - S.W. Cornwall & Scilly Isles | Published: 1913, Minor corrections: 1938, Reprinted: 1939 | |
Sheet 38 - Southampton, Portsmouth & Isle of Wight | Published: 1924, Minor corrections: 1938, Reprinted: 1939 |
Scotland
Sheet Number and Name | Date of Revision | Date of Publication | Notes |
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Sheet 6 - Cape Wrath | 1894 | 1913 | |
Sheet 6 - Cape Wrath | 1894 to 1937 | ca. 1939 | First published 1913 with periodical corrected reprints |
Sheet 7 - Wick and Thurso | 1894 | 1913 | |
Sheet 8 - Ullapool and Gairloch | 1894-1907 | 1913 | |
Sheet 8 - Ullapool and Gairloch | 1894-1907 | ca. 1937 | Published 1913, with periodical corrected reprints |
Sheet 9 - Dornoch and Cromarty | 1894 | 1913 | Reduced from One Inch 1894 |
Sheet 10 - North Uist | 1895-1939 | ca. 1939 | Republished 1910 with periodical corrected reprints. |
Sheet 11 - Skye | 1905-1907 | 1913 | |
Sheet 12 - Loch Carron | 1900-1907 | 1913 | |
Sheet 12 - Loch Carron | 1900-1907 | ca. 1938 | |
Sheet 13 - Inverness and Nairn | 1894-1906 | 1912 | |
Sheet 13 - Inverness and Nairn | 1894 to 1896 | ca. 1936 | First published 1912 with periodical corrected reprints |
Sheet 14 - Elgin, Keith and Huntly | 1906-1908 | 1912 | |
Sheet 15 - Aberdeen and Banff | 1906-1908 | 1912 | |
Sheet 16 - Barra | 1895 | 1910 | Reduced from One Inch 1894 |
Sheet 17 | 1904-1905 | 1911 | |
Sheet 17 - Mallaig and Tobermory | 1904-1905 | 1914 | |
Sheet 18 | 1904-1905 | 1912 | |
Sheet 18 - Ben Nevis | 1904-1914 | ca. 1914 | Railways revised 1914 |
Sheet 18 - Ben Nevis | 1904-1936 | ca. 1937 | First published 1912 with periodical corrected reprints |
Sheet 19 | 1904-1905 | 1911 | |
Sheet 19 - Ballater and Pitlochry | 1904-1905 | 1912 | |
Sheet 20 | 1905-1906 | 1911 | |
Sheet 20 - Forfar and Stonehaven | 1905-1906 | 1914 | |
Sheet 21 | 1901-1902 | 1911 | |
Sheet 21 - Oban and Iona | 1901-1902 | 1914 | |
Sheet 22 | 1904-1905 | 1911 | |
Sheet 22 | 1904-1905 | 1911 | |
Sheet 22 - Oban and Killin | 1904-1905 | 1914 | |
Sheet 22 - Oban and Killin | 1904-1924 | ca. 1932 | Roads revised to 1924 Minor corrections 1931 |
Sheet 23 | 1904-1905 | 1911 | |
Sheet 23 - Dundee, Perth and Stirling | 1904-1905 | 1913 | |
Sheet 23, 24, 27, 28 - Manoeuvre map 1910 | 1910 | ||
Sheet 24 | 1904-1906 | 1910 | |
Sheet 25 | 1903-1904 | 1910 | |
Sheet 25 - Islay | 1903-1904 | 1914 | |
Sheet 26 | 1902-1903 | 1910 | |
Sheet 26 - Glasgow and Firth of Clyde | 1902-1903 | 1914 | |
Sheet 26 - Glasgow and Firth of Clyde | 1902-1903 | 1914 | |
Sheet 27 | 1901-1902 | 1910 | |
Sheet 27 - Edinburgh and Lanark | 1901-1902 | 1913 | |
Sheet 27 - Edinburgh and Lanark | 1901 to 1931 | ca. 1932 | Minor corrections 1931. Reduced from One Inch Reduced 1894 |
Sheet 28 | 1901-1902 | 1910 | |
Sheet 28 - North Berwick, Berwick upon Tweed and Selkirk | 1901-1902 | 1914 | |
Sheet 28 - North Berwick, Berwick upon Tweed and Selkirk | 1901 to 1902 | 1914 | Reduced from One Inch 1894 |
Sheet 29 | 1903 | 1910 | |
Sheet 29 - Kintyre and Island of Arran | 1903 to 1922 | ca. 1922 | Reduced from One Inch 1894 |
Sheet 30 | 1902-1903 | 1910 | |
Sheet 30 - Ayr | 1902-1903 | 1914 | |
Sheet 30 - Ayr | 1902-1903 | 1914 | |
Sheet 31 | 1901-1902 | 1910 | |
Sheet 31 - Moffat and Dumfries | 1901 to 1902 | 1914 | Reduced from One Inch 1894 |
Sheet 32 | 1901-1906 | 1910 | |
Sheet 32 - Hawick Jedburgh and Otterburn | 1901-1906 | 1914 | |
Sheet 33 | 1903 | 1910 | |
Sheet 34 | 1902-1903 | 1910 |