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
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