Ordnance Survey - Quarter Inch to the Mile Maps of Scotland
4th Edition, 1939-41. War Revision, 1940, GSGS 3958

These maps at quarter inch to the mile (1:253,440) were reduced from larger-scale mapping at the half-inch and one-inch to the mile scales. These maps were substantially revised and updated from the third edition maps, particularly with new road and railway information. Their larger sheet size, allowed all of Scotland to be covered in nine sheets, numbered from south to north. The quarter-inch to the mile series provides an overview of significant landscape features, including larger settlements, railways, and roads, and were also of value for air navigation, with the location of aerodromes also shown. This military series was issued at the beginning of the Second World War, with the War Office series number, Geographical Section General Staff (GSGS) 3958. These maps are held at: Map.Area.C18(64B).
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Sheet Number and Name | Date of Revision | Date of Publication |
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Sheet 1 - The Border | 1940 | |
Sheet 2 - Scotland, South West | 1940 | 1941 |
Sheet 2 - Scotland, South West | 1939 to 1940 | 1942 |
Sheet 2 - Scotland, South West | 1939 to 1940 | 1942 |
Sheet 2 - Scotland, South West | 1939 to 1940 | 1940 |
Sheet 3 - The Forth, Clyde, and Tay | 1940 | 1942 |
Sheet 3 - The Forth, Clyde, and Tay | 1940 | 1941 |
Sheet 3 - The Forth, Clyde And Tay | Air Information Correct To 20.11.39. | ca. 1939 |
Sheet 4 - Glasgow, and the Middle West | 1939 to 1940 | 1940 |
Sheet 4 - Glasgow, and the Middle West | 1939 to 1940 | 1941 |
Sheet 5 - The Eastern Highlands | 1939 to 1940 | 1940 |
Sheet 6 - Skye and the Outer Hebrides | 1939 to 1940 | 1941 |
Sheet 7 - Scotland North | 1939 to 1940 | 1942 |
Sheet 7 - Scotland North | 1939 to 1940 | 1942 |
Sheet 8 and 9 - The Orkney Islands and The Shetland Islands | 1939 to 1940 | 1942 |
Sheet 8 and 9 - The Orkney Islands and The Shetland Islands | 1939 to 1940 | 1942 |
Sheet 8 and 9 - The Orkney Islands and The Shetland Islands | 1939 to 1940 | 1942 |