Many thanks Yo, Roy and Bob for advice and info regarding bench marks. I will view them with even more interest in future BUT... I am not going to become a...
The Landranger Series summary list has been updated and re-posted to: http://hometown.aol.com/lez4lynne/50k_map.htm Additions, corrections and comments...
Yo is quite correct. BMs enclosed in circles were only used in areas liable to subsidence, and the circle indicated that they were positioned on structures...
Hi John Just had a look at Amazon uk. They have them at all prices staring from £3.19 each It's possible that a search on the internet would reveal low...
Having established (from two of my local branches here in Scotland) that WHSmith *are not* offering 2 for a tenner on Explorer maps in every store... ... ......
Following on from David Andrews's useful account, I thought that stable benchmarks were those which were enclosed in a circle. To be found near coal mines and...
My current activity of recording milestones and mile plates (mile posts) in Essex got me interested in another aspect of the O.S. Many milestones have...
Does anyone know where I can get hold of a copy / photocopy of the Ministry of Transport road classification list published in 1922/23? I don't know the exact...
Dear Martin, David and Chris, Many thanks for your responses to my request for a 1922/23 roads list. I've seen the one on Paul Berry's site, but thanks for...
Hello to all fellow O/S map addicts, I've just joined "Ordnancemaps" and I am delighted to see that I am not the ONLY nut where maps are concerned. Is there...
This was received from the CCS web site. If anybody can help Robie can they please respond direct to him at arrows@... as well as the egroup as he is not...
Hi All I have just joined this group I am looking for a copy of the BMAA Landing Area Map, published by the BMAA in 1992, as well as a Bartholomews map,...
On Thursday, 12 September there will be an open discussion session. The meeting will take place at 19:30 at the usual venue, the Voluntary Services Centre,...
And they continue to appear! Another 6 "new format" Landrangers are now shown on the OS website as published. These are as follows: Sht Title Edition 7 Orkney...
Shortly after reading the piece about security deletions in the current Sheetlines, I was passed a cutting from the Guardian of 27th January 2000 which I don't...
An outstanding cartographic pioneer and chronicler of the story of Canadian topographic mapping, Lou Sebert, has passed away. Here are two obituaries. iain...
While revising part of the Oxford English Dictionary I have come across an entry for the word `omnigraph', which is supposedly a rare and obsolete word for a...
Does anyone know of a map which shows a branch railway line from the Crieff/Perth main line which served what was Huntingtowerfield Bleachfields. It then...
And thick and fast they continue to appear! Another 6 "new format" Landrangers are now shown on the OS website as published. These are as follows: Sht Title...
Some OS maps have little booklets with streetnames ( or other information) as part of the map. Often there is a small staple holding it together and this...
CCS members will have seen the list of New Maps I put in Sheetlines 64. According to the information I had at the time, the remaining Landrangers were all due...
I had understand that the Landranger `Select' maps were (1) only available from the OS website, and (2) based on the `new spec' maps. It now seems that I was...
Sheetlines 64, the August issue of the Charles Close Society Journal will be distributed to members tomorrow. The content is as follows: Forthcoming visits ...
From today's Burton Mail, the evening newspaper for south-east Staffordshire and south Derbyshire: "999 mobile calls put lives at risk. "People's lives could...
Midlands Group Meeting - Thursday 12th September 2002 This will be an open discussion session at 19:30 on Thursday 12th September at the Voluntary Services...
Somebody told me the Ellis Martin cover ( Street Scene with Clock - H73 in Map cover Art ) for the 6inch to a mile map is based upon a real town. I have...
