Ordance Survey Of Britain1869/70

[Spooyt Vane]

The 6inch maps hold alot more information than you think....For instance a continous field boundary that has fields either side ,might indicate a lost track/road way...Buildings with a roof are black rectangles and ruins without roofs are white......Limekilns which have disappeared are pinpointed....Leats of of horizonal mills beside rivers can be found.....Long lost river fords........and i found hoard once through a x and the O.S. words medieval coins found here.......Cheers O.S. and  i hope you  all  have good  searching- ........ROB

[celticspikey]

The 6inch maps hold alot more information than you think....For instance a continous field boundary that has fields either side ,might indicate a lost track/road way...Buildings with a roof are black rectangles and ruins without roofs are white......Limekilns which have disappeared are pinpointed....Leats of of horizonal mills beside rivers can be found.....Long lost river fords........and i found hoard once through a x and the O.S. words medieval coins found here.......Cheers O.S. and  i hope you  all  have good  searching- ........ROB

Always pay to research Rob, they do hold good information as you say

[Richie sixpence]

Great info Rob many thanks for pointing it out 

Many thanks Richie sixpence :-)

[markld3]

I've been doing a bit of research on the web, of my local area and although I've come up with a few old maps the oldest one with any detail on is 1813, anything older is very basic with just villages and churches/chapels marked on them with general blobs for mountain ranges  it's a wonder how people ever found their way around when travelling back then. I've tried to find tithe maps for my area but keep drawing a blank, it would appear I need to contact either NLW or the national parks, from previous experience of the BBNP I can already feel a headache coming on  
Are the OS 1869/70 maps available on line or do you need to contact the OS.

[Chef Geoff]

This may be of use to you Mark as it has the original OS first series on it, just pop in your postcode and it will give you a selection of maps and it's free for a change
http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/
and here
http://www.oldmapsonline.org/#bbox=-3.500027,53.212692,-2.489285,53.617029&q=&datefrom=1000&dateto=2010