Ordnance Survey Drawings

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• [Cardiganshire]

  [Cardiganshire]

  Pen and ink on paper

  1840

  Add. MS 16945

  f.39

  Topographical Drawing

  This drawing is formally titled. Its scale is noted and the surveyed area recorded as 205.6742 sq...  [More details]

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• [Caxton]

  [Caxton]

  Pen and ink on paper

  1840

  Add. MS 16945

  f.39

  Topographical Drawing

  Caxton was a parish along the Ermine Street, the Roman road from Chichester in West Sussex to Yor...  [More details]

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• [Cranleigh]

  [Cranleigh]

  Pen and ink on paper

  1840

  Add. MS 16945

  f.39

  Topographical Drawing

  Turnpike roads, shown in faded yellow ochre, run from Guildford at the top of the map to Witley i...  [More details]

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• [Plan Of Lundy Island]

  [Plan Of Lundy Island]

  Pen and ink on paper

  1840

  Add. MS 16945

  f.39

  Topographical Drawing

  A draughtsman's note in red ink, dated 28 April 1834, explains the corrections made to a small ar...  [More details]

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• [Southern England]

  [Southern England]

  Pen and ink on paper

  1840

  Add. MS 16945

  f.39

  Topographical Drawing

  Triangulation allows the relative location of individual topographical features to be plotted acc...  [More details]

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• [The Turnpike Road From Marlborough To Hungerford]

  [The Turnpike Road From Marlborough To Hungerford]

  Pen and ink on paper

  1840

  Add. MS 16945

  f.39

  Topographical Drawing

  Records from the Ordnance Survey Letter Book suggest that Edmund Crocker surveyed the turnpike ro...  [More details]

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• Aberdare

  Aberdare

  Pen and ink on paper

  1840

  Add. MS 16945

  f.39

  Topographical Drawing

  With 8,000 inhabitants, Merthyr Tydfil was the largest town in Wales during the 19th century. The...  [More details]

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• Aberdovey

  Aberdovey

  Pen and ink on paper

  1840

  Add. MS 16945

  f.39

  Topographical Drawing

  A triangulation diagram appears on the reverse of this drawing. This was an essential tool enabli...  [More details]

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• Abergavenny

  Abergavenny

  Pen and ink on paper

  1840

  Add. MS 16945

  f.39

  Topographical Drawing

  This plan of part of Monmouthshire shows the valley of the River Usk running from top to bottom o...  [More details]

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• Abermaw

  Abermaw

  Pen and ink on paper

  1840

  Add. MS 16945

  f.39

  Topographical Drawing

  This is the original protraction for a plan of Snowdonia, running from Barmouth Bay inland to Lla...  [More details]

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