British Waterways maintain number plates on almost all of the bridges on the network which they manage and many walking (and cycling) publications make...
Can you help me. I am long term subscriber to the group, but much more of a reader then a writer. I have some planning/development issues around my property....
Does anyone know of a definitive listing of these guides first published in the early '80s and what changes, if any, were made to the maps contained? There...
Please be informed (as they say!) that the hosting part of my web site is now to be found at _http://www.watsonlv.addr.com/my_hosting/my_hosting.shtml_ ...
I currently have two freestanding wooden shelving units available. These are ideally suited to storing folding OS maps, and with nine shelves they will each...
I have just acquired a few copies of the new editions of the Explorer maps for Wales and Northern England published this week principally for the 'open...
For many years I have assumed that all the Outdoor Leisure maps based on the 1:25K First Series came out in the brown "bird" covers and were un-numbered....
I have recently aquired a set of approx. 20 seventh series one inch OS maps on cloth of the north of England and Scotland from 1957/58 and 59. I was just...
Definently non OS, but I have just come across the Michelin routing web site. It goes down to street level, including selected house numering. Worth a look at...
The map cabinet which I recently offered for disposal has now been disposed of to a good home. Thanks to those who expressed an interest. Alan B Middlewich ...
I stared for some time in bewilderment at an 1831 map showing a proposed highway diversion, but I simply could not relate what was shown on the left-hand...
Apologies for cross posting, enquiries to Tom please ... tpcd2@... Anne Taylor Head of Map Department, Cambridge University Library, West Road, Cambridge...
If you look at the cover of the current edition of Explorer OL1 'The Peak District: Dark Peak area' (A1, 2004) you'll see a photo of Three Shires Head at the...
Those who attended the CCS visit to the DGIA at Feltham will have heard about the planned Radio 4 programme which will examine the Blackpool town plan produced...
Due to lack of space I am forced to dispose of a lockable metal vertical map/plan chest. Vital statistics are 43cm deep x 94cm broad x 139cm tall. It has a...
The article on p47 of the latest Sheetlines about treatment of works projected or in progress led me to the original correspondence in Sheetlines 39. Roger...
In the latest edition of Sheetlines (72), Lez Watson has drawn attention to a list of Landranger covers on his website as part of a work-in-progress. This is...
From the SABRE roads website: "In 1974, the 1:50,000 (now Landranger) series was introduced in In Southern England & Wales while the One inch Maps were still...
While browsing Lez Watson's online listings, I came across an entry for Outdoor Leisure sheet 28 which indicated the number was originally allocated to a sheet...
Apologies for cross posting. Further to my previous announcement I am pleased to say that the full programme and the registration form for this course are now...
The small scale map summary lists have been updated and may be found at _http://www.watsonlv.addr.com/os-maps.htm_ (http://www.watsonlv.addr.com/os-maps.htm)...
Sheetlines 72 should be distributed to Charles Close Society members within the next ten days. This issue includes: * The first part of a fascinating study by...
The Map Curators' Group are pleased to announce a TRAINING COURSE for all those with maps in their care. Apologies for cross posting. “Wired for Maps: A...
I have had just finished reading Richard Oliver's excellent article on "The Evolution of the Ordnance Survey National Grid" published in Sheetlines 43 (August...
Anyone who casts a glance at the Ordnance Survey's mapping of the Dee estuary will not fail to notice the words written along the national boundary along the...
Can anyone point me in the direction of a listing of the individual sheets at this scale, i.e a record of which sheet numbers were actually published, rather...
Not an OS question but one related to time and calendars. Someone here may be able to help. Puzzler: Why, 3 days before Spring, when we are supposed to have12...
