The first Ordnance Survey covers were cloth-coated, and were intended almost entirely for general purposes. The remnant of this tradition survived until 1959 on Isles of Scilly, 1933. Such covers were issued on maps at scales from 25 inches to the mile to 25 miles to the inch. Many of these would have been issued in thin paper envelopes, some with Fisher Unwin's imprint. In Nos 1-3 below, “short” implies dimensions of approximately 100 x 160 mm, “tall” 95 x 180 mm
Reference numbers in square brackets and artists' initials are explained here
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• 2 MILES TO 1 INCH
[a] 97x183mm 1911
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[a] 96x179mm 11,1912. Only recorded H-4-3 paper map?
FOR FULL SET OF DISTRICT TITLES SEE SEPARATE PAGE
5 Series number or sheet name Direct printed covers, or via a label [2]. For military use at home and abroad
• 210 FEET TO 1 INCH
[a]182x355mm 3000/10/43 C.
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[a]136x332mm 1904
• 6 INCHES TO A MILE
[a] 178 x 104 surveyed by a field survey section O.S. 1910 Printed 1911 GSGS 2558 for WD purposes only.
• 2 ½ INCHES TO 1 MILE
[a] 120x188mm. 1917.
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[a] 96x178mm 6.07 Third Outline with coloured main roads.
[b] Map folded to 97x192mm,label 93x72mm 1913 Third.
[c] 101x198mm. 1907. 3SSSC, Prepared specially for Eton College Rifle Volunteer Corps. (3.2b1.1",[e], not as may be expected 7.1a.1",[b].)
[d] 97x183mm. Adhesive. Coloured with hachures for civilian use 1904, this the 5.18 reprint (the MV.1913)
• 4 MILES TO 1 INCH
[a] 100x178mm September 1914 Second LSS Paper map,also recorded on cloth 1915 with title 1/4" ENGLAND. SHEET 1.
[b] 100x178mm. 11.06. Ireland.
[c] 87x178mm. 10.06. Scotland.
[d] 135x196mm Late use of the style.
• 10 MILES TO 1 INCH
[a] 97x177mm. 1.14. Great Britain.
5 Overseas
[a]99x186mm GSGS 2517. 1912 1:380,160
[b] 116x183mm GSGS.3026 OSO.1915
[c] 85x144mm GSGS.2740 October 1917
[d] 112x158mm GSGS.3952 November 1917 (CAMBRAI)
6 Index diagram Direct printed covers, or via a label [2]. For military use at home and abroad
• 2 ½ INCHES TO 1 MILE
[a] 116x178mm. 1914.
[b] 118x179mm. 1917.
[c] 122x175mm. June 1917. GSGS.No.3036.
[d] 124x185mm 1915 G.S.G.S. 3036.
• 1 INCH TO 1 MILE
[a] 88x178mm 1911 Third.
[b] 97x165mm 1918 Third Edition Coloured. Note price in red.
[c] 97x175mm. 1915. Third Edition outline with red contours and " MILITARY PURPOSES ONLY"
• 2 MILES TO 1 INCH
[a] 100x179mm 1.13. HS.GTS
[b] 95x182mm 1914. Outline with blue water and brown contours. Paper.
[c] 88x177mm. 1913.
[d] 95x178mm. 1912.
[e] 98x177mm 1912.
[f] 98x183mm 1914.
[g] 101x175mm 1914.
[h] 98x177mm 1916.
[i] 95x152mm 1914. Serif title, map folded 8x4.
[j] Label 79x160mm. North. (See 3.2b2.)
[k] as [j] South.
[l] 99x176mm. 11.15
• 4 MILES TO 1 INCH
[a] 106x178mm 1916 Second Edition.
[b] 100x165mm 8.14 Second Edition
[q] 111x162mm GSGS.2742 "TRENCHES CORRECTED TO 4-3-17." OS, April 1917.
[r] 111x159mm GSGS.2742 "TRENCHES CORRECTED TO 8-3-17." OS, March 1917.
[s] 109x180mm GSGS.2321 "Printed by the Survey of Egypt, under Authority from the War Office. 22nd Jan.1917"
[t] 116x168mm GSGS.3062 "TRENCHES CORRECTED TO 7-2-17." OS, February 1917.
7 "Ordnance Survey" redrawn Mostly on adhesive covers: post-1924 issues use the “Official” Royal Arms
• 1 INCH TO 1 MILE
[a] 107x178mm Adhesive/Dissected 12.13 Third LSS. (BOE).
[b] 93x182mm. Hinged. 1913. 3LSSC. "Prepared specially for Eton College Officers Training Corps" ( See also 5.1",[c] & 3.2b1.1",[e] .)
[c] 95x177mm Adhesive 1911 Third Outline with coloured main roads.
• 4 MILES TO 1 INCH
[a] 96x177mm Adhesive 1914 Second.
FOR FULL SET OF DISTRICT TITLES SEE SEPARATE PAGE
7.1.b. Title panel, white cloth [1] General purposes, c.1918. A surprisingly late example of it is recorded on South Central [Quarter-inch District Map], 1924
• 1:500 (about 10ft to a mile)
[a] Marbled ends 148x242mm(original OS cover?)99x136mm Reprint 50/1901.
• 10 INCHES TO 1 MILE
[a] 102x176mm. Heliozincographed 1920. Parks coloured in green.
• 6 INCHES TO A MILE
[a] 104x178mm Adhesive 50/08.
[b] 105x192mm. Adhesive. Edition of 1909, 150/11
[c] 96x183mm. Hinged. Published in 1903.
• ONE INCH TO A MILE
[a] 97x172mm Adhesive 1903. Third edition
[b] 95x177mm Adhesive (Cloth map,faint title panel lines 36mm apart) 1907 Third Outline with coloured main roads. Also noted wih Paper map
[c] 109x176mm. Adhesive, 1906 3SSO.
• 4 MILES TO 1 INCH
[a] 112x180mm Adhesive (Cloth map) 1924 Third coloured with layers. (Used for training in the Staff College [Hellyer"Small Scale Maps"-1999])
• 10 MILES TO 1 INCH
[a] 98x186mm Adhesive (faint panel lines 47mm apart) 3.14. Coloured. Also noted SHEET 7.8 (combined) 94x177mm, faints at 38mm Adhesive 5.09. & SHEET 11 97x183mm faints at 41mm Hinged. 1-14.
[b] 107x178mm. Adhesive. 1904 reprint 11.16
[c] 135x185mm. 1904 (railways revised to 1910, Composite map. Second arms GvR. See also 2.2. 10 Miles.
• 25 MILES TO 1 INCH
[a] 107x178mm Adhesive/Dissected 8.14. 2ND. EDITION 1912
• ONE INCH TO A MILE
[a] 97x177mm Adhesive (Cloth map) 7.21. Third Outline with coloured main roads. Note first arms of GvR (1910).
[b] 97x179mm (Paper map) 7.21. Third Outline with coloured main roads. Note second (1920?) GvR arms also used by Arthur Palmer on H.14,34,45 & 64. Also compare with other H.7.2a TORQUAY and 2b's HITCHIN and TAUNTON.
[c] 99x177mm Adhesive 9-20. NSRO with coloured main roads. Note GvR (1924) official arms.
[d] 180x108mm. 1904. Third edition, brown roads.
• 2 MILES TO 1 INCH
[a] 87x163mm. Margins trimmed no date.
[b] 90x162mm. No date, trimmed to neatlines.
• 4 MILES TO 1 INCH
[a] 96x175mm. Adhesive. 1913. First arms of GvR. Second edition coloured.
[b] 96x177mm. Adhesive. 8-14. Second arms of GvR. Second edition coloured.
FOR FULL SET OF DISTRICT TITLES SEE SEPARATE PAGE
7.2.b.1 Title panel, buff card [1] For maps lacking individually styled covers, c.1921. Special maps include: Taunton [One-inch Popular Edition sheets 120/129 conjoined], c.1924, Royal Parks (Richmond Park) [Ten-inch map], 1926
• 12 INCHES TO 1 MILE
[a]100x177mm Adhesive 1923.
• 10 INCHES TO 1 MILE
[a] 98x176mm Adhesive 1926
• 6 INCHES TO A MILE
[a] 109x189mm Adhesive EDITION OF 1919
[b] 114x152mm. Adhesive. No date trimmed to neatlines.
[c] 105x179mm. Adhesive. Edition of 1914 composite 4 sheets
• ONE INCH TO A MILE
[a] 107x179mm Adhesive/Dissected Railways inserted to October 1910. Third SSSO
[b] 107x179mm Adhesive/Dissected Minor corrections October 1912. Third SSSO
[c][d] Both 96x176mm Both 1-21. Popular. (See also 8.2)
[e] 95x177mm 5000/27. (See 7.2b3)
[f] 107x180mm 500/29. Note no price statement!
[g] 108x175mm. 102, 1000/24. 103, 500/28. Composite mounted side by side.
• 2 MILES TO 1 INCH
[a] 109x187mm Adhesive 1914 Third HS Comprising Sheet 10 and the lower 1/3rd of Sheet 7.
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[a] 100x176mm. 10-06. First edition, coloured.
• 1:2500
150x242mm. Second Edition 1905. 30/10.
• ONE INCH TO A MILE
125x225mm Adhesive 1919. (See also 7.2b1 [e]).
For full set of 'District' titles see separate page
8.1.a.2 No location map. See No 24 [8]
• ONE INCH TO A MILE
[a] 110x192mm Hinged 3500/31. "SPECIAL SHEET POPULAR EDITION" Also recorded in the standard H.8.1a1 cover.
[b] 104x192mm Hinged 8,000/30. "PARTS OF SHEETS 30.36." (Popular) Also recorded in the standard H.8.1a1 cover.
[c] 109x192mm Hinged 4000/29. "TOURIST MAP" (Popular coloured with layers) The cover is subtly different to the others in this group with the addition of the short waved line under the title. The 9500/31. printing has standard H.8.1a1 cover.
• 2 MILES TO 1 INCH
[a] 111x196mm Hinged 10,000/34. "Special District(RELIEF)Map." No v in G on arms. The same map is recorded with the v, another copy with the v and Net after the price.
[b] 118x195mm. Benderfold. 10,000/34.
[c] 103x191mm Hinged 4000/32. "Special District(RELIEF)Map." Also recorded without v in G and Net after price.
[d] Folded 119x199mm Bendefold 30/37 M.37 R.36 "Special District(RELIEF)Map." No v in G. Now clearly a map printed during the reign of George VI. Also seen with "Price Three Shillings" This printing of the map is also recorded with hinged cover without v or Net.
8.1.c Black on Buff Single lineation
• 1:25,000
[a] 297x200mm Emarginate but v deleted from G in arms so post 1937.
[b] 230x253mm. MV, Jan 1949.
[c] 200x99mm. Emarginate. (see 221.1 with arms of GviR)
[d] 203x99mm. As [c] but alpha/numeric Sheet reference.
• ONE INCH TO A MILE
[a] 200x302mm Adhesive (1947) Emarginate Dissected. With manuscript water companies, pipelines,boundaries etc
[b] 326x237mm. Trimmed New Popular, huge map dissected 40 panels.
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[a] 131x178mm Adhesive "Revised to 1-4-49" Administrative/Parliamentary boundaries in colour on brown outline map OS 1938
• 1 : 1,500,000
[a] 481x479mm 1924. 22 pages of maps printed on transparent paper + 4 coloured underlays in rear pocket. See also 8.3b4.[b]
8.2.a Waved lineation on buff [1] ?One-inch England & Wales/Scotland Engraved Black Outline Series
[See No 80] One-inch England & Wales/?Scotland War Revision/Second War Revision, 1940
One-inch England & Wales outline District Maps with sienna roads
Taunton [One-inch Popular Edition sheets 120/129 conjoined], c.1928 [17]
Marlborough [One-inch Popular (Special Edition, with Hills) sheet 112], 1931
• 6 INCHES TO A MILE
[a] 90x179mm Adhesive 500/31. Outline.
[b] 104x177mm Adhesive "EDITION OF 1915"
[c] 140x211mm. Adhesive. Edition of 1920 50/29.
[d] 128x201mm. 1924. Six quarter sheets composite centred on Malmesbury.
• ONE INCH TO A MILE
[a][b] 94x177mm Adhesive 500/28. Popular (see also H.07.2b) Note different ampersands!(Was the 500 printing a special for BARNICOTT & PEARCE?)
[c] 85X175mm. Adhesive. Sheet 138, 5000/27 3300/31 Popular edition sheets 128 and 138. (See also 7.2b1. One inch [e] and 7.2b3.)
[d] [e] 97x177mm Adhesive 3000/31. Note "Sheet" and "SHEET" and different texts under MARLBOROUGH
[f] 112x194mm Bookfold 2650/34.
[g] 110x193mm Adhesive 1925 Note no price.
[h] 148x196mm A combination of 3rd.SSO sheets 267,268,282,283,284,298,299&315 all emarginate,all 1910 or earlier. The cover 1924 or later. Produced only for Hampshire County Council?
[i] 129x203mm. Adhesive. No date sheet 28, Part of sheets 27,33 popular edition outline. Catchment boundary overprinted in red. (See also 8.3b4. Six inch [b]}
[j] 110x192mm Hinged 835. As [a][b] but now hinged with additional short line between Scale and Price but without BARNICOTT & PEARCE footnote.
[k] 193x110mm. Hinged. 21,550/8/44.B
[l] 109x193mm. 20000/4/42LR. GSGS3907, Popular Edition Style.
[m] 97x192mm. 3500/31. Standard Popular Edition sheet.
[n] 108x204mm. 436. ER. (See also [a],[b],[j])
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[a] 102x176mm. Adhesive. Trimmed. Layered, catchment area boundary overprint blue pecked lined with blue shading.
[b] 109x192mm. Adhesive. 500/30. Outline, catchment boundary as [a] river Nene and tributaries in red.
[a] 135x222mm Adhesive 100.32 The two 4" outline maps conjoined and dissected.
8.3 Double lineation
For full set of titles see separate page
• ONE INCH TO A MILE
[a] 110x201mm Hinged 4050/32. "SPECIAL SHEET POPULAR EDITION"
[b] No NET, price in manuscript, change of text below.
[c] 110x188mm Hinged, . Popular Edition One -inch Map. War Revision 1940. Published at the War Office 1931. Sales copy. Price One Shilling & Sixpence. Revised Price 2/- net.
[d] 122x210mm 1933. Also "Aldershot Command" and "Salisbury Plain"
• 4 MILES TO 1 INCH
[a] 109x201mm Proof cover mounted on thick card 1932 written on back.
[b] 113x200mm. 300/33. 400/35. 650/37.
• 10 MILES TO 1 INCH
115x205mm. 1539 M39 R39 1541.
• ONE INCH TO A MILE
[a] 199x300mm Bookfold 2650/34.
• 2 MILES TO 1 INCH
[a] 286x414mm Adhesive 550/36. Parliamentary etc. Boundaries in colour on grey outline map. Note ER. Cover GvR 254x360mm also on 25inch to 1 mile "STAFFORDSHIRE SheetLVI.13"
• 6 INCHES TO A MILE
148x210mm. Edition of 1924 150/30 composite, 2 full sheets 4 part sheets.
• 6 INCHES TO A MILE
[a] 277x202mm. Adhesive. "EDITION OF 1921". Upper case "SHEET" etc. in small type.
[b] 278x202mm. "EDITION OF 1913" 50/30. Upper case "SHEET" etc. in large type.
[c] 274x202mm. Adhesive. 50/31. "SECOND EDITION 1906" . Lower case "Sheet" but larger print size.
[d] 278x203mm. Adhesive. 50/34. "EDITION OF 1910". Scale changes from "Six" to "6 ".
[e] 251x202mm. Adhesive. 130/36. "EDITION OF 1921". Smaller type face for OS and reduced Royal Arms with "v" deleted from "G" also dashes in scale line.
[f] 278x205mm. Adhesive. 150/41/W. "EDITION OF 1931". OS more compact,dashes revert to single colon.
[g] 275x202mm. Place named in brackets. Trimmed some marginal information reapplied but no date.
[h] 150 x 230x150mm. 1913/1914. Composite, comprises 6 x 6" maps
Sussex W Sheets X NW, XSW XNE XINW Hampshire XLIVNE XLIVSE XLV Surrey XLIV XLV Thames above Teddington Lock catchment area boundary shown with black pecked line this has been over coloured in blue pencil. (See also 8.2 One inch [i])
• ONE INCH TO A MILE
[a] 231x152mm Adhesive (1910) Third SSSO Emarginate.
• 2 MILES TO 1 INCH
[a] 240x180mm 1934. ER on arms. (Map is entitled The Parliamentary County, Municipal Boroughs, Urban and Rural Districts and Civil Parishes).
• 1 : 1,500,000
[a] 480x477mm 1000-7.32. 25 pages of maps printed on transparent paper + 3 coloured underlays in rear pocket. See also 8.1c [a].
Reference numbers in square brackets and artists' initials are explained here
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