Ordnance Survey - Quarter-Inch to the mile Index maps - 1890s-1960s
showing Civil Parishes and the County Series maps on the 6-inch and 25-inch scales

decorative graphic illustrating this particular set of maps

This set of maps at a scale of quarter-inch to the mile (1:253,440) were intended as county-based indexes to larger-scale County Series maps. The County Series sheet lines (relating to Six-Inch and 25 inch to the mile maps of Scotland published before the Second World War) are shown in grey, along with railways, major towns and coasts. Civil parish boundaries are shown with dotted lines. The areas not covered by 25 inch to the mile are shaded with diagonal lines. New editions of sheets were published showing changing administrative boundaries.

These sheet lines to County Series maps are also viewable in our Records viewer.

View sheets:
Sheet Number and Name    Date of Survey    Date of Revision     Date of Boundaries     Date of Publication    
Aberdeenshire and BanffshireSurveyed: 1863 to 1871Revised: 1899 to 1929Boundaries: 1953Published: 1953
Aberdeenshire and BanffshireSurveyed: 1863 to 1871Revised: 1899 to 1929Boundaries: 1930Published: 1930
AngusSurveyed: 1857 to 1862Revised: 1899 to 1939Boundaries: 1960Published: ca. 1960
AngusSurveyed: 1857 to 1862Revised: 1899 to 1939Boundaries: 1949Published: ca. 1949
AngusSurveyed: 1857 to 1862Revised: 1899 to 1923Boundaries: 1931Published: ca. 1931
Argyllshire (North Part)Surveyed: 1862 to 1877Revised: 1897 to 1914Boundaries: 1960Published: ca. 1960
Argyllshire (North Part)Surveyed: 1862 to 1877Revised: 1897 to 1914Boundaries: 1949Published: ca. 1949
Argyllshire (North Part)Surveyed: 1862 to 1877Revised: 1897 to 1898Boundaries: 1897 to 1898Published: 1900
Argyllshire (South Part) and ButeshireSurveyed: 1855 to 1877Revised: 1895 to 1915Boundaries: 1960Published: ca. 1960
Argyllshire (South Part) and ButeshireSurveyed: 1855 to 1877Revised: 1895 to 1915Boundaries: 1949Published: ca. 1949
Argyllshire (South Part) and ButeshireSurveyed: 1855 to 1877Revised: 1895 to 1898Boundaries: 1895 to 1898Published: 1900
AyrshireSurveyed: 1854 to 1859Revised: 1907 to 1909Boundaries: 1962Published: 1962
AyrshireSurveyed: 1854 to 1859Revised: 1907 to 1909Boundaries: 1947Published: ca. 1947
AyrshireSurveyed: 1853 to 1859Revised: 1894 to 1896Boundaries: 1894 to 1896Published: 1896
BerwickshireSurveyed: 1855 to 1857Revised: 1905 to 1906Boundaries: 1949Published: ca. 1949
BerwickshireSurveyed: 1855 to 1857Revised: 1905 to 1906Boundaries: 1946Published: ca. 1946
BerwickshireSurveyed: 1855 to 1857Revised: 1905 to 1906Boundaries: 1937Published: ca. 1937
BerwickshireSurveyed: 1855 to 1858Revised: 1896 to 1898Boundaries: 1896 to 1898Published: 1899
CaithnessSurveyed: 1870 to 1872Revised: 1904 to 1905Boundaries: 1949Published: ca. 1949
CaithnessSurveyed: 1870 to 1872Revised: 1904 to 1905Boundaries: 1938Published: ca. 1938
DumfriesshireSurveyed: 1854 to 1858Revised: 1898 to 1930Boundaries: 1960Published: ca. 1960
DumfriesshireSurveyed: 1854 to 1858Revised: 1898 to 1930Boundaries: 1949Published: ca. 1949
DumfriesshireSurveyed: 1854 to 1858Revised: 1898 to 1930Boundaries: 1931Published: 1931
DumfriesshireSurveyed: 1854 to 1858Revised: 1898 to 1899Boundaries: 1928Published: 1931
DumfriesshireSurveyed: 1854 to 1858Revised: 1898 to 1899Boundaries: 1898 to 1899Published: 1900
DunbartonshireSurveyed: 1858 to 1861Revised: 1914Boundaries: 1962Published: 1962
DunbartonshireSurveyed: 1858 to 1861Revised: 1914Boundaries: 1947Published: ca. 1947
DumbartonshireSurveyed: 1858 to 1861Revised: 1914Boundaries: 1914Published: 1919
DumbartonshireSurveyed: 1857 to 1861Revised: 1894 to 1897Boundaries: 1894 to 1897Published: 1899
East LothianSurveyed: 1892 to 1895Revised: 1906 to 1938Boundaries: 1949Published: ca. 1949
EdinburghshireSurveyed: 1892Revised: 1892 to 1894Boundaries: 1892 to 1894Published: 1896
ElginshireSurveyed: 1866 to 1871Revised: 1902 to 1904Boundaries: 1902 to 1904Published: 1906
Fife and Kinross-shireSurveyed: 1893 to 1895Revised: 1912 to 1947Boundaries: 1959Published: ca. 1959
Fife and Kinross-shireSurveyed: 1893 to 1895Revised: 1912 to 1925Boundaries: 1949Published: ca. 1949
Fife and Kinross-shireSurveyed: 1893 to 1895Boundaries: 1895Published: 1897
ForfarshireSurveyed: 1857 to 1862Revised: 1899 to 1902Boundaries: 1899 to 1902Published: 1903
HaddingtonshireSurveyed: 1892 to 1895Boundaries: 1895Published: 1896
Inverness-shire (Mainland)Surveyed: 1866 to 1876Revised: 1899 to 1938Boundaries: 1960Published: ca. 1960
Inverness-shire (Mainland)Surveyed: 1866 to 1876Revised: 1899 to 1938Boundaries: 1949Published: ca. 1949
Inverness-shire (Mainland)Surveyed: 1866 to 1876Revised: 1899 to 1903Boundaries: 1903Published: 1905
Inverness-shire (Mainland)Surveyed: 1866 to 1876Revised: 1899 to 1929Boundaries: 1931Published: 1931
Skye or Inner Hebrides (Inverness-shire)Surveyed: 1874 to 1877Revised: 1898 to 1901Boundaries: 1949Published: ca. 1949
Skye or Inner Hebrides (Inverness-shire)Surveyed: 1874 to 1877Revised: 1898 to 1901Boundaries: 1898 to 1901Published: 1903
Outer Hebrides (Inverness-shire)Surveyed: 1876Revised: 1901Boundaries: 1959Published: ca. 1959
Outer Hebrides (Inverness-shire)Surveyed: 1876Revised: 1901Boundaries: 1901Published: 1904
KincardineshireSurveyed: 1863 to 1865Revised: 1899 to 1923Boundaries: 1940Published: ca. 1940
KincardineshireSurveyed: 1863 to 1865Revised: 1899 to 1923Boundaries: 1939Published: ca. 1939
KincardineshireSurveyed: 1863 to 1865Revised: 1899 to 1902Boundaries: 1899 to 1902Published: 1903
KirkcudbrightshireSurveyed: 1893 to 1894Revised: 1907 to 1908Boundaries: 1961Published: 1961
KirkcudbrightshireSurveyed: 1893 to 1894Revised: 1907 to 1908Boundaries: 1957Published: 1957
KirkcudbrightshireSurveyed: 1893 to 1894Revised: 1907 to 1908Boundaries: 1947Published: ca. 1947
KirkcudbrightshireSurveyed: 1893 to 1894Boundaries: 1894Published: 1897
LanarkshireSurveyed: 1856 to 1859Revised: 1908 to 1936Boundaries: 1961Published: ca. 1961
LanarkshireSurveyed: 1856 to 1859Revised: 1908 to 1936Boundaries: 1946Published: ca. 1946
LanarkshireSurveyed: 1856 to 1859Revised: 1892 to 1897Boundaries: 1892 to 1897Published: 1899
LinlithgowshireSurveyed: 1854 to 1856Revised: 1894 to 1896Boundaries: 1894 to 1896Published: 1899
MidlothianSurveyed: 1892 to 1894Revised: 1905 to 1946Boundaries: 1961Published: 1961
MidlothianSurveyed: 1892 to 1894Revised: 1905 to 1946Boundaries: 1956Published: ca. 1956
MidlothianSurveyed: 1892 to 1894Revised: 1905 to 1932Boundaries: 1937Published: ca. 1937
MidlothianSurveyed: 1892 to 1894Revised: 1905 to 1932Boundaries: 1933Published: ca. 1933
MorayshireSurveyed: 1866 to 1871Revised: 1903 to 1904Boundaries: 1962Published: 1962
MorayshireSurveyed: 1866 to 1871Revised: 1903 to 1904Boundaries: 1946Published: ca. 1946
MorayshireSurveyed: 1866 to 1871Revised: 1903 to 1904Boundaries: 1935Published: ca. 1935
NairnshireSurveyed: 1866 to 1871Revised: 1903 to 1904Boundaries: 1947Published: ca. 1947
NairnshireSurveyed: 1866 to 1869Revised: 1903 to 1904Boundaries: 1945Published: ca. 1945
NairnshireSurveyed: 1866 to 1869Revised: 1903 to 1904Boundaries: 1903 to 1904Published: 1906
OrkneySurveyed: 1877 to 1878Revised: 1900Boundaries: 1952Published: ca. 1952
OrkneySurveyed: 1877 to 1878Revised: 1900Boundaries: 1946Published: ca. 1946
OrkneySurveyed: 1877 to 1878Revised: 1900Boundaries: 1939Published: ca. 1940
OrkneySurveyed: 1877 to 1878Revised: 1900Boundaries: 1900Published: 1903
PeeblesshireSurveyed: 1855 to 1858Revised: 1906Boundaries: 1949Published: ca. 1949
PeeblesshireSurveyed: 1855 to 1858Revised: 1906Boundaries: 1943Published: ca. 1943
PeeblesshireSurveyed: 1855 to 1856Revised: 1897 to 1898Boundaries: 1897 to 1898Published: ca. 1899
Perthshire and ClackmannanshireSurveyed: 1859 to 1864Revised: 1894 to 1931Boundaries: 1962Published: 1962
Perthshire and ClackmannanshireSurveyed: 1859 to 1864Revised: 1894 to 1931Boundaries: 1949Published: ca. 1949
Perthshire and ClackmannanshireSurveyed: 1859 to 1864Revised: 1894 to 1921Boundaries: 1921Published: 1921
Perthshire and ClackmannanshireSurveyed: 1859 to 1864Revised: 1894 to 1900Boundaries: 1894 to 1900Published: 1901
RenfrewshireSurveyed: 1856 to 1912Revised: 1908 to 1912Boundaries: 1960Published: ca. 1960
RenfrewshireSurveyed: 1856 to 1912Revised: 1908 to 1912Boundaries: 1946Published: ca. 1946
RenfrewshireSurveyed: 1856 to 1858Revised: 1892 to 1896Boundaries: 1892 to 1896Published: 1899
Ross and CromartySurveyed: 1868 to 1875Revised: 1901 to 1905Boundaries: 1965Published: 1965
Ross and CromartySurveyed: 1868 to 1875Revised: 1901 to 1905Boundaries: 1956Published: 1957
Ross and CromartySurveyed: 1868 to 1875Revised: 1901 to 1905Boundaries: 1905Published: 1906
Island of LewisSurveyed: 1848 to 1852Revised: 1895 to 1896Boundaries: 1954Published: 1954
Island of LewisSurveyed: 1848 to 1852Revised: 1895 to 1896Boundaries: 1896Published: 1898
RoxburghshireSurveyed: 1858 to 1859Revised: 1916 to 1919Boundaries: 1961Published: ca. 1961 to
RoxburghshireSurveyed: 1859Revised: 1916 to 1919Boundaries: 1956Published: 1957
RoxburghshireSurveyed: 1859Revised: 1916 to 1919Boundaries: 1931Published: 1931
RoxburghshireSurveyed: 1856 to 1859Revised: 1896 to 1898Boundaries: 1896 to 1898Published: 1899
SelkirkshireSurveyed: 1856 to 1859Revised: 1897 to 1930Boundaries: 1949Published: ca. 1949
SelkirkshireSurveyed: 1856 to 1859Revised: 1897 to 1930Boundaries: 1938Published: ca. 1938
SelkirkshireSurveyed: 1856 to 1859Revised: 1897 to 1930Boundaries: 1931Published: 1931
SelkirkshireSurveyed: 1856 to 1859Revised: 1897Boundaries: 1897Published: 1899
Stirlingshire and Dunbertonshire (Det.)Surveyed: 1859 to 1862Revised: 1913 to 1939Boundaries: 1956Published: 1957
Stirlingshire and Dunbertonshire (Det.)Surveyed: 1859 to 1862Revised: 1913 to 1939Boundaries: 1949Published: ca. 1949
Stirlingshire and Dunbertonshire (Det.)Surveyed: 1859 to 1862Revised: 1913 to 1914Boundaries: 1929Published: 1930
Stirlingshire and Dunbertonshire (Det.)Surveyed: 1858 to 1862Revised: 1895 to 1896Boundaries: 1895 to 1896Published: 1899
SutherlandSurveyed: 1868 to 1873Revised: 1903 to 1905Boundaries: 1959Published: ca. 1959
SutherlandSurveyed: 1868 to 1873Revised: 1903 to 1905Boundaries: 1939Published: ca. 1939
SutherlandSurveyed: 1868 to 1873Revised: 1903 to 1905Boundaries: 1931Published: 1931
West LothianSurveyed: 1854 to 1856Revised: 1894 to 1940Boundaries: 1940Published: 1962
West LothianSurveyed: 1854 to 1856Revised: 1894 to 1913Boundaries: 1947Published: ca. 1947
WigtownshireSurveyed: 1846 to 1849Revised: 1906 to 1907Boundaries: 1960Published: ca. 1960
WigtownshireSurveyed: 1846 to 1849Revised: 1906 to 1907Boundaries: 1949Published: ca. 1949
WigtownshireSurveyed: 1892 to 1896Boundaries: 1896Published: 1897
ZetlandSurveyed: 1877 to 1878Revised: 1900 to 1928Boundaries: 1961Published: 1961
ZetlandSurveyed: 1877 to 1878Revised: 1900 to 1928Boundaries: 1949Published: ca. 1949
ZetlandSurveyed: 1877 to 1878Revised: 1900 to 1928Boundaries: 1931Published: 1931
ZetlandSurveyed: 1877 to 1878Revised: 1900Boundaries: 1900Published: ca. 1900