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The LUSGB maps are all of course in the Vision of Britain system -- but they are all also accessible via Old Maps Online, which should be becoming an obvious place for students to look for old maps of just about anything anywhere. In Vision of Britain, you need to go into our map library, but then select the "Land Use maps" tab before zooming in on the map viewer, as otherwise only topographic maps show up in the listing below the map viewer (the "How to use the map library" tab does explain this): http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/maps In Old Maps Online, you just need to zoom in on the place you are interested in, although land use maps will then be mixed up with topographic and boundary maps in the results: http://www.oldmapsonline.org This link will get them specifically to maps covering Pudsey: http://www.oldmapsonline.org/#bbox=-1.707193,53.779241,-1.637155,53.817363&q=&datefrom=1000&dateto=2010 and this one shows maps covering dates between 1930 and 1950, so more likely to show just LUSGB maps: http://www.oldmapsonline.org/#bbox=-1.707193,53.779241,-1.637155,53.817363&q=&datefrom=1930&dateto=1950<http://www.oldmapsonline.org/#bbox=-1.707193,53.779241,-1.637155,53.817363&q=&datefrom=1000&dateto=2010> Best wishes Humphrey Southall On 17 December 2012 16:59, Bob Parry <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I think the correspondent is actually looking for one of the county > reports which were published in multiple parts under the general title The > land of Britain, and at least one of which was published in 1937. > > Bob Parry > > -----Original Message----- From: Oliver, Richard > Sent: Monday, December 17, 2012 4:40 PM > > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Form Submission > > I suspect that the reference is actually to L.D. Stamp, The land of > Britain: its use and misue, London: Longman in conjunction with > Geographical Publications [2nd ed in 1963, I think]. The date '1937' > (observe the slip back one of the last two digits) can perhaps be traced to > the 'Guide on reading', p.307 in Christopher Fleet et al, Scotland: > mapping the nation, Edinburgh: Birlinn, 2011, p.307 [rh]. The 'HMSO' > reference is puzzling. > > As for the maps: the published 1-inch mapping should be available on the > Vision of Britain website, and in theory I would expect to find originals > in West Yorkshire academic and local studies libraries - though ofyten > these have either been 'read to distintegration' or outright 'lost'. The > original 6-inch field sheets could still be at London School of Economics. > > Richard Oliver > ______________________________**__________ > From: A forum for issues related to map & spatial data librarianship [ > [log in to unmask]] on behalf of Francis Herbert [ > [log in to unmask]**COM <[log in to unmask]>] > Sent: 17 December 2012 16:14 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Form Submission > > Dear William Harrison, > > You could interrogate: copac.ac.uk (and find plenty of holding > institutions in UK); and non-COPAC contributors such as the Royal > Geographical Society with IBG (www.rgs.org<http://www.rgs.**org/<http://www.rgs.org/>>) > that has, in both its Library and Map Collections certainly the Stamp book > and complete sets of the LUS – and (like LSE) Stamp [et al.] correspondence. > > Francis Herbert (former Curator of Maps, Royal Geographical Society with > IBG) > [log in to unmask]**com <[log in to unmask]> > <mailto:Francis443herbert@**btinternet.com<[log in to unmask]> > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Roger Hore [mailto:[log in to unmask]**uk<[log in to unmask]> > ] > Sent: 17 December 2012 15:52 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: FW: Form Submission > > Dear Map Curator Group Members, > > Would any group member be able to assist in William’s request for help. > > > Roger Hore > British Cartographic Society > Administration > 15 The Crescent > Stanley Common > Ilkeston, Derby, DE7 6GL > Tel/Fax: 0115 9328684 > Email: [log in to unmask]<**mailto:[log in to unmask]**uk<[log in to unmask]> > > > http://www.cartography.org.uk > > > > From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:bcs@**pindarcreativemail.co.uk<[log in to unmask]> > ] > Sent: 17 December 2012 15:29 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Form Submission > > A user has filled in the Contact Admin Form form on your website at > 17/12/2012 15:29:20 > Name: > > William Harrison > > Email: > > [log in to unmask]**uk <[log in to unmask]> > <mailto:[log in to unmask]**bradford.ac.uk<[log in to unmask]> > > > > Phone: > > > > Message: > > To whom it may concern, My name is William Harrison and I am a student of > Environmental Science at Bradford University. I am preparing for my final > year dissertation and I am trying to locate a book written by LD Stamp > (Dudley Stamp) on Land Use in Britain, Stamp, L.D. (ed) (1937), The Land of > Britain. The Report of the Land Utilisation Survey of Britain. I have had > some trouble finding this book in addition any land use maps or historical > maps of the Pudsey (West Yorkshire) area prior to 1963 although I am aware > they may be few and far between. Is there any way you could assist me in > searching for these maps? Many thanks in advance, William Harrison >