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English Maps on-line at National Library of Scotland
« on: Monday 30 December 13 15:51 GMT (UK) »
Various English map series are now on-line at http://maps.nls.uk/

Ordnance Survey, 1:25,000 maps of Great Britain - 1937-1961 - 2,027 sheets [~2½" to 1 mile]
Ordnance Survey Revised new series, England and Wales, 1892-1908 - 691 sheets [1" to 1mile]
Ordnance Survey New Popular edition, England and Wales, 1945-1947 - 114 sheets [1" to 1mile]
Ordnance Survey Seventh Series, Great Britain, 1952-1961 - 190 sheets [1" to 1mile]
Ordnance Survey "ten mile" Planning Maps of the United Kingdom, 1944-1960
Ordnance Survey Five feet to the mile, London, 1893-1896 - 753 sheets

For genealogical purposes the 1890s maps are the most useful. The coverage for Scotland is much more extensive.
All Cabrach, Fyvie, Methlick in Aberdeenshire
Mee, Merrin, Stevenson in Notts Derby

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Re: English Maps on-line at National Library of Scotland
« Reply #1 on: Friday 14 March 14 16:02 GMT (UK) »
Now on-line at http://maps.nls.uk - 37,390 sheets with full coverage of England, Wales & Isle of Man at 6" to 1mile, between 1842 and 1952.
All Cabrach, Fyvie, Methlick in Aberdeenshire
Mee, Merrin, Stevenson in Notts Derby