Ordnance Survey Map Letters - meaning, photo attached

[sugarfizzle]

I am looking at an Ordnance Survey map and the letters Ps are used. Can anybody tell me what this indicates, please?

From other maps I believe the W indicates a Well.

Regards Margaret

[DCB]

Map abbreviations can be found here, although there is no Ps. PS = Pass, which doesn't fit with the feature. The second part may not be a letter and could be location of the feature, like that near the W.

https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/resources/maps-and-geographic-resources/map-abbreviations.html

Perhaps P - post, pylon etc.

David

[Chilternbirder]

Ps isn't a standard modern abbreviation as I am sure that you have found already. I am not entirely convinced that what you have interpreted as an "s" really is a letter as it isn't aligned to the bottom of the P as I would expect. P on its own would be a pump which seems quite likely in that location.

[stanmapstone]

There is a comprehensive list of Ordnance Survey Abbreviations in "Ordnance Survey Maps, a concise guide for historians." and there is no P^s I don't think it is ^s I think it is a symbol showing where P is which has a number of meanings.

Stan

[sugarfizzle]

Thank you all for your replies. I realised something looked strange about the 's'.

There are a lot of Ps! Why do you suggest Pump as being likely for the location, Chilternbirder?

It is a small group of houses/dwellings in Broomhill, Barrow, Cheshire, which I am trying to locate in census and other records. Unfortunately, most of the censuses just say Broomhill, with no road name or House/Farm name.

The most informative has been 1939 Register, where there are clearly a few dwellings after Orchard Farm, Broomhill, one being Smithy Farm, occupied by Robert J Holbrook, known to have lived there in 1923.

Thanks again for your help.

Regards Margaret
 

[JenB]

Here it is

https://maps.nls.uk/view/101598952#zoom=5&lat=4465&lon=5357&layers=BT

[JenB]

Here it is

https://maps.nls.uk/view/101598952#zoom=5&lat=4465&lon=5357&layers=BT

On a slightly earlier map, the 'P' has moved https://www.old-maps.co.uk/#/Map/347654/369747/12/100492

Edit: there's now two of them!

[sugarfizzle]

JenB. Thanks for that, didn't think of posting the link. That is where I got the map from.

Here is another view, showing a Chapel, but I can't find out anything about that, either. 2 Chapels mentioned for Barrow, one in Great Barrow, one in Little Barrow, none in Broomhill.

https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=14.734046018903802&lat=53.2250&lon=-2.7918&layers=1&b=1

Here's one with the Well.

https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=17.42782789100983&lat=53.2223&lon=-2.7871&layers=168&b=1

Regards Margaret

[JenB]

Lots of P's in Great Barrow, including right in the centre of the crossroads https://maps.nls.uk/view/101598952#zoom=5&lat=2690&lon=4845&layers=BT

I think it must represent a water pump.