Catalogue description Ordnance Survey: Directorate of Field Survey: 25-Inch Scale Object Name Books

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Details of OS 35
Reference: OS 35
Title: Ordnance Survey: Directorate of Field Survey: 25-Inch Scale Object Name Books
Description:

Folders containing information on object names depicted on Ordnance Survey 25-inch to a mile (1:2,500) and 6-inch to a mile (1:10,560) scale mapping of England and Wales, together with the authority for their spelling.

Sheet lines for Essex and Northumberland are those of the 'New Series'.

Not all of the name books survive; there are many gaps, particularly for Wales and London.

Date: 1896-1938
Arrangement:

By county and by Ordnance Survey sheet number.

Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Physical description: 8879 files and volumes

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