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Series
Ordnance Survey: Maps and Plans
Catalogue reference: OS 5
What's it about?
OS 5
This series is an accumulation of miscellaneous maps. It includes examples of maps of which publication has now ceased and maps of surveys undertaken by the Ordnance Survey outside the normal run of the department's work: the latter are in most...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- OS 5
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ordnance Survey: Maps and Plans
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1777-1971
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series is an accumulation of miscellaneous maps. It includes examples of maps of which publication has now ceased and maps of surveys undertaken by the Ordnance Survey outside the normal run of the department's work: the latter are in most cases not preserved elsewhere.
The series of maps of roads, railways, and traffic and transport areas prepared for the London Passenger Transport Board in 1933 and 1936 are based on the one-inch Popular Series.
The series includes material which would otherwise be found amongst the Records of the Chief of the (Imperial) General Staff and its directorates (WO).
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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It is not possible to give details of the administrative background to many of these maps, as most records relating to them were destroyed by enemy action in 1940.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 207 flat sheet(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11423/
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