Dear Francis,
Thankyou for these very helpful suggestions, which I will
follow up. And thankyou also for the offer of the Historians' guide to
early British maps. However, we do have a copy.
Yours sincerely,
Helen Jarvis
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Helen Jarvis, Senior Cataloguer, Technical Services, Templeman Library,
University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NU. Tel: 01227 764000 Ext 3128.
Email: [log in to unmask]
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On Mon, 18 Sep 2000, Francis Herbert wrote:
> Dear Helen Jarvis,
>
> Whilst you do not specify what is, in your interpretation, either "early" or
> "large-scale", I suggest the following purveyors of original and of reprint
> OS cartographic :-
>
> 1) David Archer (who may still be subscribing to Lis-maps, so he'll
> probably respond to you privately), in Welsh Wales, e-mail :
> [log in to unmask]
>
> 2) A.J.[ohn] Coombes, 24 Horsham Road, Dorking, Surrey RH4 2JA : tel.
> 01306-880736 ; fax : 01306-743641. Specialises in British topography and
> local history - including the sort of OS plans and/or maps you mention.
>
> 3) Alan Godfrey Maps (high quality reproductions of OS plans, but perhaps
> not yet of Canterbury) in Leadgate, Consett DH8 7PW, website :
> http://www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk
>
> And, of course, large reference collections of OS material for which see,
> e.g. : 'Historians' guide to early British maps : a guide to the location
> of pre-1900 maps of the British Isles preserved in the United Kingdom and
> Ireland' by Helen Wallis and Anita McConnell (London : Royal Historical
> Society, 1994), (RHS guides and handbooks, ISSN 0080-4398 ; No. 18), ISBN
> 0-86193-141-6. I have a spare, clean, un-updated copy of this if you (or
> another Lis-map subscriber) would find it of use. And don't forget, the
> RGS-IBG Map Room has an a) b&w xerox copier should this be of help to know
> (i.e. if we have an original 6-inches to 1 mile map of what you need). And
> forget not the county-by-county CD-ROMs of this series available through
> Sitescope (http://www.sitescope.co.uk).
>
> Francis Herbert (Curator of Maps, RGS-IBG)
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> http://www.rgs.org
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: H.M.Jarvis [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> > Sent: 18 September 2000 12:26
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Early O.S. maps
> >
> > Can anyone suggest a source for early, large-scale Ordnance Survey
> > maps? Perhaps second-hand dealers or reprint services. I would like
> > to obtain some for Canterbury to fill some unfortunate gaps in our
> > collection.
> >
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> > Helen Jarvis, Senior Cataloguer, Technical Services, Templeman Library,
> > University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NU. Tel: 01227 764000 Ext 3128.
> > Email: [log in to unmask]
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> >
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