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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) [log in to unmask] 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. > > ********************************************************************** > 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] > ********************************************************************** > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%