Ordnance Survey - Quarter Inch to the Mile Maps of Scotland
4th Edition, (with National Grid), 1946. Coloured Edition
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. These maps are the earliest quarter-inch to the mile maps to show National Grid coordinates and a 10 x 10 kilometre National Grid graticule. These maps are held at: Map.Area.C18(65) and Map.OS.Box.38.
View other quarter-inch to the mile maps of Scotland.
View sheets:
| Sheet Number and Name |
Revision information |
Date of Publication |
| Sheet 2 - Scotland, South West | | 1946 |
| Sheet 3 - The Forth, Clyde and Tay - B/ Edition | Mag var 1957. Town plans sheet tipped into cover | ca. 1957 |
| Sheet 3 - The Forth, Clyde, and Tay | | 1946 |
| Sheet 3 - The Forth, Clyde, and Tay | | 1946 |
| Sheet 4 - Glasgow, and the Middle West | Mag var 1952. Town plans sheet tipped into cover | ca. 1952 |
| Sheet 4 - Glasgow, and the Middle West - A// Edition | Mag var 1957. Town plans sheet tipped into cover | ca. 1957 |
| Sheet 4 - Glasgow, and the Middle West | no revision date. Extended South to include entire Kintyre Peninsula | 1948 |
| Sheet 4 - Glasgow, and the Middle West | | 1946 |
| Sheet 5 - The Eastern Highlands - B Edition | Mag var 1957. Town plans sheet tipped into cover | ca. 1952 |
| Sheet 5 - The Eastern Highlands | | 1946 |
| Sheet 5 - The Eastern Highlands | | 1946 |
| Sheet 6 - Skye and the Outer Hebrides - A/ Edition | Mag var 1960 | ca. 1960 |
| Sheet 6 - Skye and the Outer Hebrides | | 1946 |
| Sheet 7 - Scotland, North - A/ Edition | Mag var 1958. Town plans sheet tipped into cover | ca. 1958 |
| Sheet 7 - Scotland North | | 1946 |
| Sheet 7 - Scotland North | | 1946 |
| Sheet 8 and 9 - The Orkney Islands and The Shetland Islands | | 1946 |
