Bartholomews Mapping

Bartholomews maps were first published in c1826, although it was not until 1875 that a comprehensive range of maps covering Scotland was launched. This was extended in 1897 to also cover England & Wales. The maps were very popular in the first half of the twentieth century, the 'Half Inch' series giving the OS a good run for their money. However, by the 1980s sales were in rapid decline as the OS Landranger series was launched. This was despite Bartholomews converting their maps to 1:100,000, albeit as a photo-enlargement of the Half Inch mapping. By the 1990s only the most popular sheets were still being revised and in print. Then, in 1995, Bartholomews merged with Harper Collins, and the 1:100,000 range was quietly dropped by 1999.

List of Maps

A list of the changes to Bartholomew's mapping from 1875 to 1999.

See the Bartholomews Map Lists for individual sheet information.

Year From	Year To	Map Name	Scale	Notes
1875	1886	Reduced Ordnance Maps of Scotland	1:126,720	Scotland, 30 'District Sheets'
1890	1895	Reduced Ordnance Survey Maps of Scotland for Tourists and Cyclists	1:126,720	Scotland, 29 Sheets
1896	1926	New Reduced Survey for Tourists & Cyclists	1:126,720	Scotland, 29 Sheets
1897	1903	Reduced Ordnance Survey for Tourists & Cyclists	1:126,720	England & Wales, 37 Sheets
1904	1920	New Reduced Survey for Tourists & Cyclists	1:126,720	England & Wales, now shows First & Second class roads
1922	1927	Revised Half-Inch to Mile for Motorists & Cyclists.	1:126,720	Scotland
1924	1926	Revised Half-Inch to Mile for Motorists & Cyclists	1:126.720	England & Wales
1926	1936	Revised half-Inch Contoured Maps	1:126,720	England & Wales
1927	1937	Revised “Half-Inch” contoured maps	1:126,720	Scotland
1936	1943	Revised “Half-Inch” Contoured Maps	1:126,720	Intermediate range of 62 sheets, with Scotland and England & Wales series slowly being merged.
1940	1974	Revised “Half-Inch” Contoured Maps	1:126,720	Final range of 62 sheets covering England, Wales & Scotland. Great Britain added to title from 1961.
1974	1999	National Map Series 1:100,000	1:100,000	Photo Enlargement of 'Half Inch' series to compete with OS Landranger.
c1933		Quarter Inch Automobile Map of Great Britain	1:253440	AA Map series covering GB in 23 sheets. Excludes Orkney, Shetland and Western Isles.
c1938		Duplex Map 8miles to the Inch	1:506,880	Two double sided sheets: Scotland & Northern England; England & Wales