Dear Richard,
Thankyou for this. I have also had a helpful reply from Ann Sutherland.
Unfortunately, once illuminated as to what our reader wanted, I found
we did not have the particular sheets/dates he was looking for. At
least I have learnt something.
Helen Jarvis
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On Fri, 9 Aug 2002, Richard Oliver wrote:
> It sounds as though what is meant - intentionally or otherwise - is the
> compilation diagram which appeared in the margins of OS 1:10,560
> National Grid mapping from its first appearence in the late 1940s
> onwards (from c.1969 the scale was 1:10,000). For the regular and
> part-regular sheets these include the dates of survey or revision of
> the individual sheets of National Grid 1:2500 or 1:1250 mapping
> (according to which was the basic scale) from which the 1:10,560
> mapping was compiled. One of these compilation diagrams (albeit a
> short-lived style used on the 1:10,000 around 1973!) is illustrated on
> page 74 of J.B.Harley, Ordnance Survey maps: a descriptive manual
> (Southampton, OS, 1975).
>
> But if diagrams showing the cover at any particular date by `regular'
> (wholly based on post-1943 Nat Grid 1:1250/2500) or `part regular' (mix
> of redrawn regular and reused County Series) are wanted, then I cannot
> readily suggest an answer!
>
> Richard Oliver
>
> On Tue, 6 Aug 2002 10:00:57 +0100 "H.M.Jarvis" <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> > I have been asked for "Survey Diagrams for National Grid, 6 inch
> > regular edition or part regular". Can anyone tell me what
> > these are and where they might be found? Our enquirer is interested
> > in Survey (O.S., I presume) diagrams for 1930s and 1950s.
> >
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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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> Richard Oliver, B.A., D.Phil., F.B.Cart.S.,
> School of Geography & Archaeology
> University of Exeter
> Exeter, EX4 4RJ
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