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Scotland (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Scotland => Topic started by: safw on Tuesday 05 August 14 12:15 BST (UK)

Title: Old ordnance survey maps help
Post by: safw on Tuesday 05 August 14 12:15 BST (UK)

I'm not sure which maps to order for:
1893- South Leith, Edinburgh
1865-Kinghorn, Fife
1923-Douglaswater, Carmichael, Lanark
1893-Stoneyburn,Crawford, Lanarkshire
1893-Motherwell,Dalziel,Lanark
1859-Lettershaws, Crawfordjohn,Lanark
Rigside, Lanark, Scotland

Title: Re: Old ordnance survey maps help
Post by: Craclyn on Tuesday 05 August 14 12:19 BST (UK)

Have you tried looking at these OS maps online at the National Library of Scotland:
http://maps.nls.uk/os/

Title: Re: Old ordnance survey maps help
Post by: MonicaL on Tuesday 05 August 14 14:45 BST (UK)

Hi safw

This is also a great collection of maps for the Edinburgh area www.edinphoto.org.uk/0_MAPS/0_maps_thumbnails.htm

Monica  :)

Title: Re: Old ordnance survey maps help
Post by: Forfarian on Saturday 09 August 14 08:44 BST (UK)

Quote from: safw on Tuesday 05 August 14 12:15 BST (UK)

I'm not sure which maps to order

It will depend on what scale you want. There are old OS maps at one inch to the mile, six inches to the mile, and twenty-five inches to the mile.

The best thing to do is to go to the online map collection at the National Library of Scotland and have a really good rake about. You will be able to find out which sheets cover the areas you are interested in at which scale and in which years. http://maps.nls.uk/index.html