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Maps published by Ordnance Survey and related bodies, including the War Office (ca. 1840s-1960s). The maps are ordered below by country, from largest scales (most detailed maps) to smaller scales (less detailed maps), followed by indexes and characteristics sheets (symbols and legends).

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Scotland   England, Wales and Great Britain   Belgium / France   Hong Kong   Indexes   Characteristics Sheets  

• Guide to symbols and letting – OS Characteristics Sheet collection -
  (see series home pages below for links to specific symbols for each map series).
• Guide to abbreviations – alphabetical list of standard OS abbreviations

Map Series - Scotland

• 360 inch to the mile / 30 feet to one-inch (1:360):
  • Scottish military maps, 20th century - 57 sheets
• 50 inch / 120 inch to the mile (1:500, 1:528, 1:1056):
  • Ordnance Survey large scale Scottish town plans, 1847-1895 - 62 towns; 1,872 sheets
  • Ordnance Survey, 1:1,250 National Grid maps, 1944-1970
• 25 inch to the mile (1:2,500):
  • Ordnance Survey, 25 inch to the mile, 1st edition - 1855-1882 - 14,735 sheets
  • Ordnance Survey, 25 inch to the mile, 2nd and later editions - 1892-1949 - 17,466 map sheets
  • Ordnance Survey, 25 inch to the mile, "blue-and-black" drawings - 694 map sheets
  • Ordnance Survey, 1:2,500 National Grid maps, 1944-1970
• Six-inch to the mile (1:10,560):
  • Ordnance Survey, Six-inch to the mile, 1st edition - 1843-1882 - 3,864 sheets
  • Ordnance Survey, Six-inch to the mile, 2nd and later editions - 1892-1960 - 7,486 map sheets
  • Ordnance Survey, 1:10,560 National Grid maps, 1944-1970
• 1:20,000 / 1:25,000:
  • War Office, Great Britain 1:20,000, GSGS 2748 - 1923-1929 - 21 sheets
  • Ordnance Survey, 1:25,000 maps of Great Britain - 1945-1971 (Coloured) - 4,749 sheets
  • Ordnance Survey, 1:25,000 maps of Great Britain - 1945-1970 (Outline) - 4,132 sheets
  • Ordnance Survey / War Office, Great Britain 1:25,000. GSGS 3906, 1940-43 - 829 sheets
  • Ordnance Survey, 1:25,000 Administrative Area Series of Great Britain, 1945-1968 - 1,130 sheets
• One-inch to the mile (1:63,360):
  • Ordnance Survey, One-inch to the mile, 1st edition - 1856-1891 - 539 sheets
  • Ordnance Survey, One-inch to the mile, 2nd edition - 1885-1900 - 548 sheets
  • Ordnance Survey, One-inch to the mile, 3rd edition - 1903-1912 - 642 sheets
  • Ordnance Survey, One-inch to the mile, 4th edition - 1910 - 2 sheets
  • Ordnance Survey, One-inch "popular" edition, Scotland, 1921-1930 - 125 sheets
  • Ordnance Survey, One-inch "popular" outline edition, Scotland, 1921-1930 - 91 sheets
  • Ordnance Survey, One-inch "popular" Scotland, Water and Contour Pulls, ca. 1930s - 71 sheets
  • Ordnance Survey / War Office, One-Inch Popular. GSGS 3908 - 1933-43 - 260 sheets
  • Ordnance Survey, One-inch "popular" outline edition, water in blue, 1941-42 - 79 sheets
  • Ordnance Survey / German Army, Karte von Schottland 1:50,000, 1941 - 70 sheets
  • Ordnance Survey, One-inch "popular" with National Grid, Scotland, 1945-1947 - 102 sheets
  • Ordnance Survey, One-inch "popular" with National Grid, Scotland (Outline), 1945-1947 - 89 sheets
  • Ordnance Survey / War Office, Scotland One-Inch Popular GSGS 4639, 1947-50 - 64 sheets
  • Ordnance Survey, One-Inch, Glasgow District - Administrative Areas, 1950-52 - 3 sheets
  • Ordnance Survey, One-Inch, Glasgow District - Administrative Areas, 1955-66 - 3 sheets
  • Ordnance Survey, One-Inch Seventh Series, Great Britain, 1952-1970 (Regular) - 703 sheets
  • Ordnance Survey, One-Inch Seventh Series, Great Britain, 1952-1970 (Outline) - 179 sheets
  • Ordnance Survey, One-Inch Seventh Series, Great Britain, 1954-1965 (Indexes) - 14 sheets
• Half-inch to the mile (1:126,720):
  • Ordnance Survey, Half-Inch to the mile, Scotland (hill-shaded), 1908-1918 - 53 sheets
  • Ordnance Survey, Half-Inch to the mile, Scotland (layer-coloured), 1908-1918 - 48 sheets
  • Ordnance Survey, Half-inch Ministry of Transport road maps, Scotland, 1923 - 37 sheets
  • Ordnance Survey / German Army, Karte von Schottland 1:100,000, 1939-40 - 34 sheets
  • Ordnance Survey, Half-Inch to the mile, Scotland (Outline), Water in Blue, 1942 - 34 sheets
• Quarter-inch to the mile (1:253,440):
  • Ordnance Survey, Quarter-inch to the mile, Scotland, 1st ed., 1901-1914 - 25 sheets
  • Ordnance Survey, Quarter-inch to the mile, Scotland, 1st ed. (Coloured with Hills), 1900-1906 - 16 sheets
  • Ordnance Survey, Quarter-inch to the mile, Scotland, 1st ed. (Outline), 1900-1906 - 20 sheets
  • Ordnance Survey, Quarter-inch to the mile, Scotland, 2nd ed., 1909-1914 - 2 sheets
  • Ordnance Survey, Quarter-inch to the mile, Scotland, 3rd ed., 1921-1923 - 27 sheets
  • Ordnance Survey, Quarter-inch to the mile, Scotland, 3rd ed. (Outline), 1921-1924 - 11 sheets
  • Ordnance Survey, Quarter-inch to the mile, Scotland, 3rd ed. (Civil Air), 1929-1930 - 16 sheets
  • Ordnance Survey, Quarter-inch to the mile, Scotland, 3rd ed., 1940-1941. RAF Edition (War) - 1 sheet
  • Ordnance Survey, Quarter-inch to the mile, Scotland, 3rd ed., 1940-1941. RAF (War) 2nd Edition - 16 sheets
  • Ordnance Survey, Quarter-inch to the mile, Scotland, 4th ed., (Colour), 1935-37 - 8 sheets
  • Ordnance Survey, Quarter-inch to the mile, Administrative Areas, 1938-49 - 16 sheets
  • Ordnance Survey / German Army, Fliegerausgabe Grossbritannien 1:250 000 : Schottland, 1939-40 - 6 sheets
  • Ordnance Survey, Quarter-inch to the mile, Scotland, 4th ed., (Outline), 1941 - 5 sheets
  • Ordnance Survey, Quarter-inch to the mile, Scotland, 4th ed., 1939-41. Military Edition, GSGS 3958 - 7 sheets
  • Ordnance Survey, Quarter-inch to the mile, Scotland, 4th ed., 1939-41. War Revision, 1940, GSGS 3958 - 17 sheets
  • Ordnance Survey, Quarter-inch to the mile, Scotland, 4th ed., 1943-44. War Revision (Army/Air), 1940, GSGS 3958 - 10 sheets
  • Ordnance Survey, Quarter-inch to the mile, Scotland, 4th ed., (with National Grid), (Coloured) 1946 - 17 sheets
  • Ordnance Survey, Quarter-inch to the mile, Scotland, 4th ed., (with National Grid), (Outline) 1946 - 7 sheets
  • Ordnance Survey, Quarter-inch to the mile, Scotland, 4th ed., (with National Grid). War Office Edition, GSGS 4650 - 22 sheets
  • Ordnance Survey, Quarter-inch to the mile, Scotland, 4th ed., (with National Grid). RAF Topographical Map, GSGS 4864 - 1 sheet
  • Ordnance Survey, Quarter-inch to the mile, Administrative Areas, 1950-52 (with Glasgow District 1:63,360) - 19 sheets
  • Ordnance Survey, Quarter-inch to the mile, Administrative Areas, 1955-66 (with Glasgow District 1:63,360) - 39 sheets
  • Ordnance Survey, Quarter-inch to the mile, Administrative Areas, 1966-73 - 17 sheets
• Ordnance Survey, Air Photo Mosaics of Scotland, 1944-1950 - 221 sheets
• Ordnance Survey, "ten mile" Planning Maps of the United Kingdom, 1940s-1970s - 183 sheets
• Ordnance Survey, small-scale maps of Great Britain, 19th to 20th centuries - 35 sheets

Map Series - England, Wales and Great Britain

• Ordnance Survey Town Plans of England and Wales, 1840s-1890s (in process) - 380 towns at 1:500 scale
• Ordnance Survey, 1:1,250/1:2,500 National Grid maps, 1944-1970 (London and south-east England only)
• Ordnance Survey, 25 inch, England and Wales - 1841-1952 - 89,540 sheets
• Ordnance Survey, Six-Inch, England and Wales - 1842-1952 - 37,390 sheets
• Ordnance Survey, 1:10,560 National Grid maps, 1944-1970
• Ordnance Survey, 1:25,000 maps of Great Britain - 1945-1971 (Coloured) - 4,749 sheets
• Ordnance Survey, 1:25,000 maps of Great Britain - 1945-1970 (Outline) - 4,132 sheets
• Ordnance Survey, 1:25,000 Administrative Area Series of Great Britain, 1945-1968 - 1,130 sheets
• Ordnance Survey, One-Inch Revised new series, England and Wales, 1892-1908 - 691 sheets
• Ordnance Survey, One-Inch New Popular edition, England and Wales, 1945-1947 - 114 sheets
• Ordnance Survey, One-Inch Seventh Series, Great Britain, 1952-1970 (Regular) - 703 sheets
• Ordnance Survey, One-Inch Seventh Series, Great Britain, 1952-1970 (Outline) - 179 sheets
• Ordnance Survey, "ten mile" Planning Maps of the United Kingdom, 1940s-1970s - 183 sheets
• Ordnance Survey, small-scale maps of Great Britain, 19th to 20th centuries - 35 sheets

Map Series - Belgium / France

• Ordnance Survey / War Office, British First World War Trench Maps, 1915-1918 - 307 sheets

Map Series of Hong Kong

• Collinson's Maps of Hong Kong, 1846 - 4 sheets

Indexes of larger scale maps (at 25-inch and six-inch to the mile)

• Scotland - Ordnance Survey Indexes to the County Series maps, Scotland, 1854-1886 - 32 sheets
• Scotland - Ordnance Survey Quarter-Inch to the mile, Indexes to County Series - 1890s-1960s - 109 sheets
• Scotland - Ordnance Survey Half-Inch to the mile, Indexes to County Series and National Grid - ca. 1966 - 35 sheets
• Scotland - Ordnance Survey, One-Inch Seventh Series, 1954-1965 (Indexes) - 14 sheets
• England, Scotland, and Wales - Zoomable graphic indexes showing records for large-scale Ordnance Survey mapping of Great Britain (1841-1991)

Characteristics Sheets

• Ordnance Survey Characteristics Sheet collection - symbols, features, styles for lettering, and stamps, ca. 1840s-1920s