Ordnance Survey One-inch "Popular" edition, Scotland, 1921-1930

The "Popular" edition name reflected Ordnance Survey's desire to produce an attractive contoured road map in seven colours that would be popular with the general public. The larger sheet area than previous one-inch to the mile maps, even with new overlaps between sheets, allowed the whole of Scotland to be covered on 92 sheets, numbered from north to south. The first printings were all based on a field revision of 1921-1930, also incorporating data from the (limited) county revision from 1921 onwards. Although showing many similarities to the "Popular" edition of England and Wales, the Scottish sheets differed in some respects, such as showing parish boundaries and names, showing buildings in solid black rather than hatched, with limits shown for rough pasture, and showing parks by dots rather than ruled. Following the completion of the series in 1932, there were revisions and re-issues of some sheets as shown below. The series was updated and reissued in various military editions between 1933 and 1944 (including GSGS 3908), before appearing with the new National Grid lines (1945-1948).
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Standard series
(See also, Tourist Maps).
Sheet Number and Name | Date of Revision | Revision Notes | Publication Date | Sheet Size |
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Sheet 1 - Yell & Unst (Shetland Islands) | 1928 | 1931 | 85.1 x 60.8 cm. | |
Sheet 2 - North Mainland (Shetland Islands) | 1928 | 1932 | 73.1 x 96.4 cm. | |
Sheet 3 - Central Mainland (Shetland Islands) | 1928 to 1929 | 1931 | 62 x 83.7 cm. | |
Sheet 4 - South Mainland (Shetland Islands) | 1928 to 1929 | 1932 | 85.7 x 61 cm. | |
Sheet 5 - Orkney Islands (North) | 1929 to 1930 | 1931 | 77.3 x 88.6 cm. | |
Sheet 6 - Orkney Islands (Mainland) | 1929 to 1930 | 1932 | 72.4 x 95.1 cm. | |
Sheet 7 - Orkney Islands (South) | 1927 to 1930 | 1931 | 62.1 x 83.7 cm. | |
Sheet 8 - Butt of Lewis | 1928 to 1929 | 1931 | 64.7 x 63.7 cm. | |
Sheet 9 - Cape Wrath | 1927 to 1928 | 1930 | 88.9 x 67.9 cm. | |
Sheet 10 - Tongue | 1927 to 1928 | 1930 | 75.3 x 88.8 cm. | |
Sheet 11 - Thurso & Reay | 1927 to 1928 | 1931 | 85.9 x 61 cm. | |
Sheet 12 - Wick | 1927 to 1928 | 1930 | 85.7 x 60.8 cm. | |
Sheet 13 - Loch Roag and Tarbert | 1928 to 1929 | [1931] | 85.2 x 60.9 cm. | |
Sheet 14 - Stornoway | 1928 to 1929 | 1932 | 82.6 x 64.7 cm. | |
Sheet 15 - Lochinver & Loch Assynt | 1927 to 1928 | 1930 | 64.3 x 83.5 cm. | |
Sheet 16 - Lairg & Loch Shin | 1927 to 1928 | 1930 | 64.5 x 83.4 cm. | |
Sheet 17 - Helmsdale | 1927 to 1928 | 1930 | 64.6 x 83.6 cm. | |
Sheet 18 - Harris | 1928 to 1929 | 1931 | 63.4 x 83.5 cm. | |
Sheet 19 - Ullapool & Loch Ewe | 1927 | 1930 | 64.6 x 83.2 cm. | |
Sheet 20 - Strath Oykell | 1927 to 1928 | 1930 | 64.7 x 83.7 cm. | |
Sheet 21 - Dornoch | 1927 to 1928 | 1930 | 64.2 x 83.6 cm. | |
Sheet 22 - Sollas | 1928 to 1929 | 1932 | 64.6 x 81.1 cm. | |
Sheet 23 - Benbecula | 1928 | 1931 | 63.2 x 83.7 cm. | |
Sheet 24 - Portree & Dunvegan | 1927 | 1930 | 94 x 77.8 cm. | |
Sheet 25 - Raasay & Applecross | 1927 | 1930 | 97.7 x 73.5 cm. | |
Sheet 26 - Loch Maree & Achnasheen | 1927 to 1928 | 1929 | 63.4 x 83.5 cm. | |
Sheet 26 - Loch Maree & Achnasheen | 1927 to 1928 | Roads: 1933, Minor corrections: 1936 | ca. 1937 | 63.4 x 83.5 cm. |
Sheet 27 - Strathpeffer & Invergordon | 1926-7 | 1929 | 63.3 x 83.6 cm. | |
Sheet 27 - Strathpeffer & Invergordon | 1926 to 1927 | Roads: 1939, Minor corrections: 1939 | ca. 1939 | 63.3 x 83.6 cm. |
Sheet 28 - Nairn & Cromarty | 1926-7 | 1929 | 63.3 x 83.6 cm. | |
Sheet 28 - Nairn & Cromarty | 1926 to 1927 | Roads: 1937, Minor corrections: 1938 | ca. 1937 | 63.3 x 83.6 cm. |
Sheet 29 - Elgin & Keith | 1926-7 | 1929 | 63.3 x 83.6 cm. | |
Sheet 30 - Banff & Fraserburgh | 1927 | 1930 | 63.3 x 83.6 cm. | |
Sheet 31 - Peterhead | 1927 | 1930 | 85.4 x 63.3 cm. | |
Sheet 32 - Lochboisdale & Eriskay | 1928 | 1931 | 60.7 x 83.5 cm. | |
Sheet 33 - Barra & Mingulay | 1928 | 1931 | 65.3 x 81 cm. | |
Sheet 34 - The Cuillins Rhum and Canna | 1927 | 1929 | ||
Sheet 34 - The Cuillins Rhum and Canna | Roads: 1938, Minor corrections: 1938 | ca. 1927 | ca. 1938 | |
Sheet 35 - Sound of Sleat | 1927 | 1929 | 91.5 x 75.9 cm. | |
Sheet 35 - Sound of Sleat | 1927 | Roads: 1938, Minor corrections: 1937 | ca. 1938 | 91.5 x 75.9 cm. |
Sheet 36 - Lochcarron & Dornie | 1926 to 1928 | 1929 | 64.3 x 83.6 cm. | |
Sheet 36 - Lochcarron & Dornie | 1926 to 1928 | ca. 1936 | 64.3 x 83.6 cm. | |
Sheet 37 - Inverness | 1926 to 1927 | 1929 | 63 x 83.5 cm. | |
Sheet 38 - Grantown-on-Spey & Strath Dearn | 1926 to 1927 | 1929 | 63.3 x 83.6 cm. | |
Sheet 38 - Grantown-on-Spey & Strath Dearn | 1926 to 1927 | Roads: 1934, Minor corrections: 1936 | ca. 1937 | 63.3 x 83.6 cm. |
Sheet 39 - Dufftown & Huntly | 1926 to 1927 | 1929 | 63.5 x 83.7 cm. | |
Sheet 40 - Inverurie & Ellon | 1927 | 1929 | 63.2 x 81 cm. | |
Sheet 41 - Glen Shiel & Glen Garry | 1926 to 1927 | 1928 | 64.5 x 83.6 cm. | |
Sheet 42 - Fort Augustus | 1927 | 1928 | 64.3 x 83.5 cm. | |
Sheet 43 - Kingussie | 1927 | 1928 | 63.3 x 83.5 cm. | |
Sheet 44 - Ballater & Strathdon | 1927 | 1929 | 63.5 x 83.6 cm. | |
Sheet 45 - Aberdeen | 1927 | 1929 | 63 x 81 cm. | |
Sheet 46 - Ardnamurchan & Loch Shiel | 1924 to 1927 | 1929 | 64.5 x 83.7 cm. | |
Sheet 46 - Ardnamurchan & Loch Shiel | 1924 to 1927 | Roads: 1934, Minor corrections: 1936 | ca. 1937 | 64.5 x 83.7 cm. |
Sheet 46 - Ardnamurchan & Loch Shiel | 1924 to 1927 | Roads: 1939, Minor corrections: 1939 | ca. 1940 | 64.5 x 83.7 cm. |
Sheet 47 - Ben Nevis & Fort William | 1924 to 1927 | 1928 | 65.2 x 83.8 cm. | |
Sheet 47 - Ben Nevis & Fort William | 1924 to 1927 | Roads: 1936, Minor corrections: 1937 | ca. 1938 | 65.2 x 83.8 cm. |
Sheet 48 - Loch Ericht & Loch Laggan | 1925 to 1927 | 1928 | 63.2 x 84.6 cm. | |
Sheet 49 - Grampian Mountains & Blair Atholl | 1925 to 1927 | 1927 | 64.6 x 84.7 cm. | |
Sheet 49 - Grampian Mountains & Blair Atholl | 1925 to 1927 | Roads: 1936, Minor corrections: 1937 | ca. 1937 | 64.6 x 84.7 cm. |
Sheet 50 - Glen Clova & Lochnagar | 1925 to 1927 | 1927 | 64.7 x 83.6 cm. | |
Sheet 50 - Glen Clova & Lochnagar | 1925 to 1927 | Roads: 1939, Minor corrections: 1939 | ca. 1940 | 64.7 x 83.6 cm. |
Sheet 51 - Stonehaven and Brechin | 1925 to 1927 | 1928 | 64.6 x 81 cm. | |
Sheet 52 - Coll & Tiree | 1924 | 1927 | 64.7 x 85 cm. | |
Sheet 53 - Sound of Mull | 1924 | 1927 | 67.8 x 96.4 cm. | |
Sheet 54 - Loch Etive & Glen Coe | 1924 to 1926 | 1927 | 64.7 x 84.9 cm. | |
Sheet 54 - Loch Etive & Glen Coe | 1924 to 1926 | Roads: 1937, Minor corrections: 1937 | ca. 1938 | 64.7 x 84.9 cm. |
Sheet 55 - Killin & Loch Rannoch | 1925 to 1926 | 1927 | 64.7 x 85 cm. | |
Sheet 55 - Killin & Loch Rannoch | 1925 to 1926 | Roads: 1932, Minor corrections: 1934 | ca. 1934 | 64.7 x 85 cm. |
Sheet 55 - Killin & Loch Rannoch | 1925 to 1926 | Roads: 1932, Minor corrections: 1934 | ca. 1934 | 64.7 x 85 cm. |
Sheet 55 - Killin & Loch Rannoch | 1925 to 1926 | Roads: 1932, Minor corrections: 1934 | ca. 1934 | 64.7 x 85 cm. |
Sheet 56 - Dunkeld & Pitlochry | 1925 to 1926 | 1927 | 64.8 x 85 cm. | |
Sheet 56 - Dunkeld & Pitlochry | 1925 to 1926 | Roads: 1938, Minor corrections: 1938 | ca. 1929 | 64.8 x 85 cm. |
Sheet 56 - Dunkeld & Pitlochry | 1925 to 1926 | ca. 1939 | 64.8 x 85 cm. | |
Sheet 57 - Forfar & Dundee | 1925 to 1926 | 1927 | 63.2 x 83.8 cm. | |
Sheet 58 - Arbroath & Montrose | 1925 to 1926 | 1927 | 65.3 x 84.9 cm. | |
Sheet 59 - Iona and Colonsay | 1924 | 1927 | 92.7 x 60.8 cm. | |
Sheet 60 - North Jura & Firth of Lorne | 1924 | 1927 | 91.3 x 63 cm. | |
Sheet 61 - Oban & Loch Awe | 1924 | 1927 | 63.4 x 83.6 cm. | |
Sheet 61 - Oban & Loch Awe | 1924 | Roads: 1937, Minor corrections: 1937 | ca. 1938 | 63.4 x 83.6 cm. |
Sheet 62 - Loch Katrine & Loch Earn | 1924 to 1925 | 1927 | 64.5 x 83.5 cm. | |
Sheet 62 - Loch Katrine & Loch Earn | 1924 to 1925 | Minor corrections: 1933 | ca. 1933 | 64.5 x 83.5 cm. |
Sheet 63 - Perth & Strath Earn | 1924 to 1926 | 1927 | 64.6 x 83.7 cm. | |
Sheet 64 - Dundee & St Andrews | 1926 | 1927 | 72.9 x 101.4 cm. | |
Sheet 65 - Dunoon & Loch Fyne | 1924 | 1927 | 60.9 x 83.7 cm. | |
Sheet 66 - Loch Lomond | 1924 | 1927 | 60.9 x 83.7 cm. | |
Sheet 67 - Stirling & Dunfermline | 1926 to 1926 | 1927 | 64.6 x 83.6 cm. | |
Sheet 67 - Stirling & Dunfermline | 1923 to 1926 | Minor corrections: 1933 | ca. 1931 | 64.6 x 83.6 cm. |
Sheet 68 - Firth of Forth | 1923 to 1926 | 1928 | 68 x 100.7 cm. | |
Sheet 69 - Islay | 1924 | 1926 | 91.7 x 77.3 cm. | |
Sheet 70 - Sound of Jura | 1924 | 1926 | 90.2 x 65.9 cm. | |
Sheet 71 - Island of Bute | 1923 to 1924 | 1926 | 73.2 x 83.7 cm. | |
Sheet 72 - Glasgow | 1923 to 1924 | 1925 | 76 x 99.8 cm. | |
Sheet 72 - Glasgow | 1923 to 1924 | Minor corrections: 1933 | ca. 1930 | 76 x 99.8 cm. |
Sheet 73 - Falkirk & Motherwell | 1923 to 1924 | 1926 | 76.2 x 88.8 cm. | |
Sheet 73 - Falkirk & Motherwell | 1923 to 1924 | Roads: 1932, Minor corrections: 1932 | ca. 1932 | 76.2 x 88.8 cm. |
Sheet 74 - Edinburgh | 1923 | 1926 | 76.1 x 93.5 cm. | |
Sheet 74 - Edinburgh | 1923 | Roads: 1932, Minor corrections: 1934 | ca. 1934 | 76.1 x 93.5 cm. |
Sheet 75 - Dunbar & Lammermuir | 1922-3 | 1926 | 76.2 x 88.7 cm. | |
Sheet 76 - Kintyre | 1924 | 1926 | 101.7 x 76.1 cm. | |
Sheet 77 - Island of Arran | 1923 to 1924 | Minor corrections: 1934 | 1926 | 72 x 86.8 cm. |
Sheet 77 - Island of Arran | 1923 to 1924 | ca. 1934 | 72 x 86.8 cm. | |
Sheet 78 - Kilmarnock & Ayr | 1923 | 1926 | 60.8 x 81.2 cm. | |
Sheet 79 - Lanark | 1922 to 1923 | 1926 | 60.9 x 81.2 cm. | |
Sheet 79 - Lanark | 1922 to 1923 | Roads: 1932, Minor corrections: 1936 | ca. 1937 | 60.9 x 81.2 cm. |
Sheet 80 - Peebles & Galashiels | 1922 to 1923 | 1926 | 61 x 81.1 cm. | |
Sheet 80 - Peebles & Galashiels | 1922 to 1923 | Roads: 1938, Minor corrections: 1939 | ca. 1939 | 61 x 81.1 cm. |
Sheet 81 - Kelso | 1921 to 1923 | 1926 | 60.8 x 81.2 cm. | |
Sheet 82 - Ailsa Craig & Girvan | 1926 | 1923 | 83.8 x 58.4 cm. | |
Sheet 83 - Loch Doon | 1922 to 1923 | 1926 | 60.9 x 78.6 cm. | |
Sheet 83 - Loch Doon | 1922 to 1923 | Roads: 1937, Minor corrections: 1938 | ca. 1938 | 60.9 x 78.6 cm. |
Sheet 84 - Nithsdale & Moffat | 1922 to 1923 | 1926 | 60.7 x 81.1 cm. | |
Sheet 84 - Nithsdale & Moffat | 1922 to 1923 | Roads: 1932, Minor corrections: 1932 | ca. 1933 | 60.7 x 81.1 cm. |
Sheet 85 - Hawick & Eskdale | 1922 | 1926 | 61.5 x 81.4 cm. | |
Sheet 85 - Hawick & Eskdale | 1922 | Roads: 1938, Minor corrections: 1938 | ca. 1939 | 61.5 x 81.4 cm. |
Sheet 86 - The Cheviot Hills | 1921-2 | 1926 | 58.4 x 78.5 cm. | |
Sheet 87 - Newton Stewart | 1922 to 1923 | 1925 | 61 x 78.8 cm. | |
Sheet 88 - Dumfries | 1922 | 1925 | 60.8 x 83.6 cm. | |
Sheet 89 - Solway Firth & River Esk | 1921-2 | 1925 | 60.8 x 78.7 cm. | |
Sheet 88 - Dumfries | 1922 | Roads: 1939, Minor corrections: 1939 | ca. 1940 | 60.8 x 78.7 cm. |
Sheet 89 - Solway Firth & River Esk | 1921 to 1922 | Roads: 1929, Minor corrections: 1931 | ca. 1932 | |
Sheet 90 - Stranraer | 1921 to 1923 | 1924 | 58.1 x 78.5 cm. | |
Sheet 91 - Wigtown | 1922 to 1923 | 1924 | 83.4 x 63.2 cm. | |
Sheet 92 - Castle Douglas & Kirkcudbright | 1922 to 1923 | 1925 | 60.9 x 90.7 cm. |
Tourist Maps
Sheet Number and Name | Date of Revision | Revision Notes | Publication Date | Sheet Size |
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Cairngorms | 1921-1922 | 1922 | ca. 75 x 93 cm | |
Cairngorms | 1936 | ca. 84 x 106 cm | ||
Invergordon to Loch Ness | 1926-1927 | 1933 | ca. 82 x 92 cm | |
Trossachs & Loch Lomond | 1924-1925 | 1930 | ca. 83 x 105 cm | |
Oban | 1936 | ca. 106 x 78 cm |