Ordnance Survey Drawings

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• Ashbourne

  Ashbourne

  Pen and ink on paper

  1840

  Add. MS 16945

  f.39

  Topographical Drawing

  The absence of hill sketching on this drawing suggests it is an incomplete or 'rough' copy. A tri...  [More details]

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• Ashburton(002OSD000000001U00017000)

  Ashburton(002OSD000000001U00017000)

  Pen and ink on paper

  1840

  Add. MS 16945

  f.39

  Topographical Drawing

  Draughtsmen would sometimes rotate the area they were mapping to fit in to the available paper. H...  [More details]

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• Ashburton(002OSD000000001U00018000)

  Ashburton(002OSD000000001U00018000)

  Pen and ink on paper

  1840

  Add. MS 16945

  f.39

  Topographical Drawing

  Draughtsmen used the colour red to indicate stone, so the unbroken red line around Huntingdon War...  [More details]

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• Axbridge

  Axbridge

  Pen and ink on paper

  1840

  Add. MS 16945

  f.39

  Topographical Drawing

  This drawing covers the Mendip Hills, from Wrington to Wells. Pencil rays extend from the left of...  [More details]

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• Axmouth, Devon

  Axmouth, Devon

  Pen and ink on paper

  1840

  Add. MS 16945

  f.39

  Topographical Drawing

  Dark brushwork makes much of this drawing difficult to interpret. The map covers a section of the...  [More details]

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• Aylesbury

  Aylesbury

  Pen and ink on paper

  1840

  Add. MS 16945

  f.39

  Topographical Drawing

  The chalk range of the Chiltern Hills reaches its highest point at Combe Hill, near Wendover, at ...  [More details]

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• Bala

  Bala

  Pen and ink on paper

  1840

  Add. MS 16945

  f.39

  Topographical Drawing

  This drawing shows part of the Cambrian Mountains in north west Wales. An area calculation table ...  [More details]

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• Baldock

  Baldock

  Pen and ink on paper

  1840

  Add. MS 16945

  f.39

  Topographical Drawing

  The prehistoric Icknield Way runs from just left of Hitchin at the bottom of this plan to Royston...  [More details]

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• Bampton

  Bampton

  Pen and ink on paper

  1840

  Add. MS 16945

  f.39

  Topographical Drawing

  William Stanley was listed as a first class Military surveyor and draughtsman at the Drawing Room...  [More details]

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• Banbury 3

  Banbury 3

  Pen and ink on paper

  1840

  Add. MS 16945

  f.39

  Topographical Drawing

  This plan of part of Oxfordshire features Nadbury Camp at the top left. An iron-age hill fort, th...  [More details]

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