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Of possible interest to some? - *Auction sale* Cartographics are having a stock reduction sale comprising nearly 300 lots, mainly of British Ordnance Survey...
Thanks in advance for any help you can offer with this query. Where can I find a key to the parcel numbers on old OS maps? In my area at least (Hollesley,...
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Oliver, Richard
R.R.Oliver@...
Mar 30, 2013 11:14 am
The parcel numbers are 'purely OS' and were never intended to correspond with the Tithe Apportionment numbers. If any reader DOES find an OS parcel number...
One "key" to the parcel numbers are the parish "Books of Reference", published by the O.S. between 1855 and 1888. However their coverage partial (or even...
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Oliver, Richard
R.R.Oliver@...
Mar 30, 2013 3:57 pm
Indeed, Hollesley was not published with the land-use information! Incidentally, the parcel numbers on the OS 1:2500 County Series bear no relationship to...
An interesting explanation of OS parcel numbering is available here; http://www.boundary-problems.co.uk/boundary-problems/osmaps.html#Field numbers David...
... ... and a great deal of other fascinating information too. I had not previously encountered Mr Maynard's website, but I have bookmarked it for future ...
Many thanks to all who replied. I feel a lot less stupid now! Will follow up the website and plod on with making my own list of how the O.S. fields numbers...
Hi there, Thanks for your interest and helpful messages. I'll also be looking at the website. Val ________________________________ From: Peter Clark...
Hi there, thanks very much for your interest and helpful replies. Val. ________________________________ From: "Oliver, Richard" <R.R.Oliver@...> To:...
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Oliver, Richard
R.R.Oliver@...
Apr 2, 2013 10:19 am
The usual apologies to anyone who's seen this already! R.O. ________________________________________ From: A forum for issues related to map & spatial data...
Sheetfinder on CCS website has been enhanced to now display all of UK one-inch Seventh Series sheets and 1:25,000 Provisional sheets, as well as the...
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Oliver, Richard
R.R.Oliver@...
Apr 8, 2013 6:12 pm
The usual excuses for cross posting. This seems to be a terrific achievement. I am not a little impressed by the extract at the top of the BGS page being of...
Hello all, my first post to you all. I am an archaeologist seeking to plot War Office WW2 Cassini grid references. I have looked at the GSGS 3907 1" to 1...
Dear all, I have just come from Stow on the Wold, where in the shop "Vintage & Paint", there are a large number of large scale OS plans/maps of Bristol and...
Oh yes there is. See Ed Fielden's site at: http://www.fieldenmaps.info/cconv/ All the best, Adrian Sent from my Windows Phone PDboyinSuffolk.blogspot.com ...
Apologies for including Richard Oliver's email appended to my own. They are not linked! I was just a little too hasty in wanting post about the maps in Stow on...
I'm hoping someone will be able to clear up my confusion, please, or perhaps point me at further reading? And apologies if this veers a little too off-topic. ...
... Ordnance Survey has a FAQ page here: http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/support/gnss-positioning-service s.html On the question of accuracy it says:...
A review of this publication recently appeared in SHEETLINES, the journal of the Charles Close Society for the Study of Ordnance Survey Maps. The publication...
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Oliver, Richard
R.R.Oliver@...
Apr 12, 2013 12:17 pm
Forwarded with the usual platitudes... If anyone can suggest anything, I'll pass it back to lis-maps. Richard Oliver ________________________________________ ...
... thanks much indeed to Ian and Pete, for their replies. Very helpful indeed. I had expected it to be more complex than I'd imagined, but nowhere near as...
Apologies for Cross Posting The *next* Cambridge Seminar in the History of Cartography will be held in the Gardner Room, Emmanuel College, Cambridge CB2 3AP on...
Query received at CCS website from Jeffery James jeff54james@... If you can help, please REPLY ALL ===== I recently made an enquiry to the British...
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Rob Warren
warren@...
Apr 29, 2013 11:57 am
John, Take a look at "British Survey on the Western Front", p 269 - compass was not reliable owing to the amount of metal present within the battlefields. Rob ...
Hello, I have a vague recollection that a discount is available to Charles Close society members on purchase of folded products from Ordnance Survey. I have...
You get the opportunity to enter a discount code during the on-line ordering process. The code is on page 60 of the Dec 2012 'Sheetlines'. I used it...
Hello Bill, Thank you very much. Now all I have to do is find the December 2012 Sheetlines. It must be in the house somewhere, but where?!! Dan Glading...
