We are here for the study of Ordnance Survey maps old & new, how & why.

Find out who we are, what are our aims and who Charles Close was.

- About us

- Activities

- Our Partnerships

Here contains detail on joining the Society and renewing your membership.

- Join now

- Renew  

 

Find out what we’re up to, and when and where the next meetings are.

- News & Events

- Small Ads

Here for maps, covers and indexes, use as a reference for your research.

- Maps, Covers & Indexes

- Sheetfinder

These our are books and monographs we’ve written, and the online shop.

- Our Publications

- Sheetlines

- The Society Shop

And our Archive in the Cambridge University Library, details are below.

- The Archive

- Rare Maps

- Bibliographies

Society Membership & Shop

You can get up-to date news and events from The Charles Close Society by joining us for a year. It only costs £15 if you are UK based and for that you get:

  • A monthly Newsletter by email with all the news and event updates.
  • Three editions of the Society magazine over the year.
  • Access to our online talks and physical meetings and trips.
  • Access to our Small Ads service, to buy and sell maps and related OS ephemera.
  • Direct access to experts on the Ordnance Survey, its history, its maps and surveying

Why not give us a try if you’re not a Member already. Just go to our Membership page and select your level of membership and complete/pay online via our Shop.

The Society Shop contains all our publications for purchase: books and reproduction maps. Members receive a good discount on all, the subjects covered are broad but do cover all scales of OS maps produced for reference and research.

Our online Zoom Talks are continuing within The Society. Visit the page to see details of the next talk and recordings of previous. They are an ideal way to stay in contact and share your interests. They are only open to Members however, so if you'd like to join in maybe join the Society.                              
 

And the online Map Covers Collection is expanding all the time. This is an ongoing project of collation, where Members have supplied variants of known Ordnance Survey map covers to make an online reference system. Its an ideal place to check an anomaly in your collection.

 

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The Society's presence on YouTube is ever expanding, with nearly two dozen recordings of talks from the past on a broad range of OS map subjects. Facebook and Instagram offer news, reviews and comment on all things Ordnance Survey and their maps.

Please connect with one or all to keep up to date with OS map chat and talks. 

Have you got a question?

Are you currently doing research into a mapping or surveying related subject? Do you have a question about a specific map, a symbol on a map recent or old? Or are you curious as to something related to the Ordnance Survey?

If so, maybe this independent Discussion Group set up by CCS Members can help? Click here to visit and ask away. With over 100 subscribers currently, we can probably answer that question and supply further detail, to help you on your way.