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
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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/>) 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.
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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
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