The story of
Ravenser Odd
Ravenser Odd was a short-lived island in the mouth of the River Humber. It rose from the sea in the early 13th century and had sunk beneath the waves by 1360.
Series
Ordnance Survey: Directorate of Field Survey: Original Name Books
Catalogue reference: OS 34
What's it about?
OS 34
The documents in this series consist of folders containing information on geographical features, villages, hamlets and individual buildings (often with names of owner or occupier) within each parish, including place names and the authority for...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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OS 34
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ordnance Survey: Directorate of Field Survey: Original Name Books
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Date (When the record was created)
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1853-1866
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Description (What the record is about)
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The documents in this series consist of folders containing information on geographical features, villages, hamlets and individual buildings (often with names of owner or occupier) within each parish, including place names and the authority for their spelling. They comprise the earliest surviving record of place names in England and Wales collected by the Ordnance Survey.
Only books relating to the counties of Cumberland, Durham, Hampshire (the Isle of Wight only), Northumberland and Westmorland survived enemy action in 1940.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The information is arranged, in table form, under the following headings:
- List of names
- Various modes of spelling the same name
- Authority for the modes of spelling
- Situation
- Descriptive remarks or other general observations
Most of the books are indexed. Information recorded from a single parish often fills more than one book: where this has occurred each book has been allocated a separate piece number. Conversely, many volumes relate to an area wider than that of the parish named in the catalogue: parishes not named in the catalogue should be sought in volumes relating to adjoining parishes.
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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A separate series of original name books for Scotland is held at the National Records of Scotland under the reference OS1
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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)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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469 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Maps and plans
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Ordnance Survey has always assumed responsibility for deciding what place names are to appear on its maps and how they should be spelt. Apart from certain administrative names which follow the spelling of the Act of Parliament by which they were created, there is no national body in the United Kingdom responsible for the naming and spelling of places which appear on official maps or other documents.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11452/
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Ordnance Survey: Directorate of Field Survey: Original Name Books
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