Catalogue description Ordnance Survey: Boundaries Branch: Boundary Record Sheets: County Series (Quarter Sheets)

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Reference: OS 40
Title: Ordnance Survey: Boundaries Branch: Boundary Record Sheets: County Series (Quarter Sheets)
Description:

This series consists of printed Ordnance Survey maps used to record local authority, parliamentary and parish boundaries and boundary changes. The boundary record was added in colour coded lines and washes, which were updated with each boundary change. Obsolete boundaries were cancelled, their colours being washed down to a faint trace, but still clearly indicated on the maps. The quarter sheets were progressively superseded from the 1920s by the full sheet format.
Date: 1890-1973
Arrangement:

The series is arranged alphabetically in sub-series by county for England and Wales (OS 40/1-33700) and has a separate sub-series for Scotland (OS 40/33701-39653). Dates shown in the catalogue are the dates of boundary changes.
Related material:

Index sheets to the County Series are in OS 3/206-259
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Physical description: 39653 flat sheet(s)

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