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One-inch Popular Edition map of England and Wales. Scale 1:63,360, 1918 - 1933

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/3296/Maps/Maps.KGM 10.

Scope and Contents

Maps.KGM 10.1 = Coloured edition ; Maps.KGM 10.2 = Outline edition ; Maps.KGM 10.3 = Outline edition, with water in blue ; Maps.KGM 10.10 = Coloured edition, with hachures. The maps were stored in large slip-cases made by Guy Messenger made out of cardboard (sometimes recycled corn-flake cereal boxes) and tape or sticky-back plastic (usually black), but only samples of these boxes have been retained. A small number of maps have covers made by Guy Messenger, usually out of pink cardboard with typed map details. Most other maps have covers as published.

Dates

  • Creation: 1918 - 1933

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

This item or collection is available for consultation by researchers in the Map Room at Cambridge University Library. Contact details and Map Room opening hours can be found at https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/departments/maps/map-department-contact-details. Anyone wishing to use the collection must first acquire a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket, see https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/using-library/your-library-membership

Extent

1 collection : Paper

Language of Materials

English

Bibliography

“Popular maps : the Ordnance Survey Popular Edition one-inch map of England and Wales 1919-1926” by Yolande Hodson. Published by The Charles Close Society, 1999

Originator(s)

Ordnance Survey

Finding aid date

2019-02-06 12:07:43+00:00

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

Contact:
Cambridge University Library
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Cambridge CB3 9DR United Kingdom