11th February 2009, 10:04 AM
There is a fantastic book written by Richard Oliver on Ordnance Survey maps which is priced around ?20. The book gives a short history of the OS maps, details on scales, symbol definitions and a list of all editions of OS maps produced for the different regions in Britain (allowing you to check what maps and editions are available before you trudge all the way to the map library!). Details are below!
Oliver, R 2005 'Ordnance Survey Maps: a concise guide for historians' . British Library (ISBN 1 870598 24 15)
Oliver, R 2005 'Ordnance Survey Maps: a concise guide for historians' . British Library (ISBN 1 870598 24 15)