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Series
Ordnance Survey: Administrative Area Diagrams Archive, Record Maps
Catalogue reference: OS 76
What's it about?
OS 76
This series contains part of the Ordnance Survey Public Boundary Record Library, created in compliance with statutory requirements laid down in the Ordnance Survey Act of 1841. These maps, known as Administrative Area Diagrams (AADs), were...
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 76
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ordnance Survey: Administrative Area Diagrams Archive, Record Maps
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Date (When the record was created)
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1899-2010
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains part of the Ordnance Survey Public Boundary Record Library, created in compliance with statutory requirements laid down in the Ordnance Survey Act of 1841. These maps, known as Administrative Area Diagrams (AADs), were prepared by the Boundary Branch as a record of the correct positions of the boundaries of the administrative areas of England, Wales and Scotland from the establishment of the first statutory Administrative Counties in 1888, and changes to the Administration of London (1899), through the extensive changes made to civil administration in the 1970s, and subsequent amendments to 2010. They include information on local government boundaries, parliamentary boundaries and judicial boundaries.
The printed base mapping is of variable dates and scales and is overprinted with the boundaries shown in distinctive colours relating to the administrative hierarchy. As with other boundary record map series, each carries an official stamp on the reverse which records the titles and dates of the Acts and Orders authorising change from the previous record map, together with their operative dates; details of certification for publication of new boundaries; and other stamp details as necessary, with provision for initialling and dating of each action taken.
The date range shown for the piece reflects the active dates for the information shown on the diagram. Each record may contain manuscript annotations some of which may be dated outside the date range given.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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The series is arranged in alphabetical order by administrative area name within Great Britain, and within this chronologically.
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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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Ordnance Survey of Great Britain, Boundaries Branch, 1849-1849
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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1301 flat sheet(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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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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in 2012 Ordnance Survey
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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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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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This series will not accrue.
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
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Acquisition Policy criteria 3.2 Interaction of the state with its citizens and its impact on and documentation of the physical environment.
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- J R S Booth, Public Boundaries and Ordnance Survey 1840-1980 (Southampton, Ordnance Survey, 1980) is a full account of the work of the Boundaries Branch. It contains a useful glossary and a complete key to authorised abbreviations.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11669497/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
278,790 records
Within the department: OS
Records of the Ordnance Survey of Great Britain
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