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This SABRE Maps Coverage Project is to provide online coverage of the OS One Inch Popular Edition of England and Wales and associated maps such as the Tourist and District sheets. Scottish sheets were numbered and treated separately, and so they have their own Coverage Project, and are not covered here.

The Popular Edition of England and Wales were created just after World War 1, and continued throughout the inter-war period, with the final sheets being printed at the outbreak of World War 2.

The Popular Edition is useful for us to have as it shows mapping at a relatively detailed scale during the inter-war period. However, the mapping series does not show road numbers although "A" roads were marked (but without numbers) from 1935. Instead, the OS argued before that time that the Popular Edition mapping focussed on the physical layout, and so road width was the determining factor in deciding how to depict roads.

Which projection type are these maps?

See Also: SABRE Maps/Calibrating

See Also: OS_Popular_Edition#Sheetline_co-ordinates

The Popular Edition is surrounded by an alphanumeric grid similar to this MoT map rather than any form of co-ordinate system

OS One Inch Popular Edition maps use the Cassini (Delamere) projection throughout and should be georeferenced accordingly.

The corner co-ordinates for georeferencing purposes can be found on the main Popular Edition information article. As the Popular Edition pre-dates both the OSGB National Grid and the previous National Yard Grid; no standard co-ordinate system is printed on the maps themselves and instead the maps are surrounded by a simple alphanumeric grid, with the gridlines set at a usual interval of two miles apart. though

How do I find out the date of the map?

From 1922 to 1935, Popular Edition maps have revision codes that look like this Fifth Edition example, 9200/31 in this example, which dates the map to 1931

Post-1935 revision codes look similar to this Fifth Edition example, 3035 in this example, dating the map to 1935

See Also: SABRE Maps/OS Copyright

Annoyingly, the OS didn't usually put the exact date of the map on each map. Often, the date that appears on the map (usually with the words First published by the Director General at the Ordnance Survey Office) often is not the correct date of the map, but the date of the first revision of the map. Annoyingly, even where a seemingly obvious date is visible (such as "Roads 1946"), that does not tell the full story. For that, we need to capture the actual revision code found on the map.

Revision codes on Popular Edition sheets can be found in several places:

The initial printing of each sheet, somewhat confusingly, does not have any revision code on them.
The earliest revised maps have a simple month.date code, usually at the bottom left of the key area, for example, 6.21.
From about 1922 to 1935, print codes were located at the bottom right within the text block and are of a form similar to 2500/26. Confusingly, sometimes revision codes were added to the end of previous ones; for our purposes it is the final code that we are interested in.
From 1935 onwards, the revision codes are located right at the bottom left of the map sheet, underneath the margin texts, and is a numeric code such as 2538.

Progress by every sheet ever printed

If two revisions were printed in a single year, then the one nearest to the centre of the year is listed as being from that year, and the other revision shifted into the earlier or later year as appropriate. Only standard civilian colour editions are listed. The table below is modified for SABRE Maps usage from the best source available for dating, Yolande Hodson's Popular Maps: The Ordnance Survey Popular Edition One Inch Map of England and Wales 1919-1926, published by the Charles Close Society. That work should be treated as the primary source, and not this page.

Standard sheets

Key

Available on SABRE Maps

Online, but needs replacement source

Unconfirmed Revision

Within the pipeline

Pipeline
(Military edition)

Acquired but not scanned

Copy needed

In copyright
(copy available)

In copyright
(copy needed)

No map printed
(or empty cell)

Sheet	Name	1918	1919	1920	1921	1922	1923	1924	1925	1926	1927	1928	1929	1930	1931	1932	1933	1934	1935	1936	1937	1938	1939	1940	1941
1	River Tweed									N/A											15/37
2	Holy Island								N/A							3000/32					1537
3	The Cheviot Hills									N/A								2150/34				3038
4	Alnwick and Rothbury								N/A									2500/34				2038
5	Solway Firth and River Esk								N/A							3000/32
6	Hexham								N/A							3500/32						2538
7	Newcastle upon Tyne								N/A				500/29	1000/30		3500/32			2035	3036
8	Workington and Cockermouth								N/A							3000/32
9	Carlisle								N/A										1035	1536
10	Alston and Weardale								N/A									2200/34				2038
11	Durham and Sunderland								N/A							3000/32					537	2038
12	Keswick and Ambleside								N/A				2500/29					2200/34		3036		3038
13	Kirkby Stephen and Appleby								N/A					3300/30							1537		2039
14	Darlington								N/A					3300/30					1535			2038
15	Middlesbrough and Hartlepool								N/A						3750/31							2538
16	Whitby and Saltburn								N/A				3000/29			3000/32			3035		537	3038
17	Isle of Man				N/A			6000/24			5000/27				5500/31			4000/34				4038
18	Wasdale								N/A										1035			538	2039
19	Windermere and Ulverston								N/A			2500/28						2250/34		3036
20	Kirkby Lonsdale and Hawes								N/A				4000/29				3000/33		1535	2536	838	2538		1040
21	Ripon and Northallerton								N/A				3000/29						1535	25/36
22	Pickering and Thirsk								N/A					3800/30				3000/34			737		3039
23	Scarborough								N/A							3000/32			2035	3036
24	Lancaster and Barrow							N/A						3030/30					1535
25	Ribblesdale							N/A				3500/28				3500/32		3500/34			3037		3040	3500/40
Sheet	Name	1918	1919	1920	1921	1922	1923	1924	1925	1926	1927	1928	1929	1930	1931	1932	1933	1934	1935	1936	1937	1938	1939	1940	1941
26	Harrogate								N/A		3000/27		3000/29	500/30	4500/31				2035	3036			3039
27	York							N/A					3000/29						2035			638	2539
28	Great Driffield and Bridlington							N/A						2500/30	3000/31								3039
29	Preston, Southport and Blackpool							N/A				3500/28		2250/30								638	3039
30	Blackburn							N/A					6000/29				5000/33					3038
31	Leeds and Bradford								N/A			500/29	3000/29			3500/32			2035	3036
32	Goole and Pontefract							N/A										2000/34				2038
33	Hull							N/A							3000/31					1536
34	Mouth of the Humber							N/A															2039
35	Liverpool and Birkenhead						N/A				3500/27								2535		2537
36	Bolton and Manchester							N/A				500/28	2000/29		2500/31			3000/34			4037
37	Barnsley and Sheffield							N/A					500/29		4000/31					2536			3039
38	Doncaster						N/A						3000/29						2035				539	2000/40
39	Scunthorpe and Market Rasen						N/A												1535		1537
40	Grimsby and Louth						N/A												1035			2038
41	Anglesey					N/A					3500/27		500/29	6500/31	3750/31			3000/34		3036		538	3039
42	Llandudno and Denbigh					N/A						3500/28		2500/30	2300/31		3000/33			3036		3538
43	Chester							N/A			6000/27							3200/34		3036			3039	3400/40
44	Northwich and Macclesfield						N/A				500/27			3000/30				3000/34		3036			3039
45	Buxton and Matlock						N/A				1000/27			3000/30				3200/34		3036				3040
46	The Dukeries						N/A							3000/30		4000/32				3036				3040
47	Lincoln						N/A							2250/30				2500/34				2538
48	Horncastle and Skegness						N/A											2200/34					2039
49	Portmadoc and Criccieth					N/A					3000/27			3500/30			3700/33			4000/36		4038
50	Bala				N/A													2700/34			3037		2539	2500/40
Sheet	Name	1918	1919	1920	1921	1922	1923	1924	1925	1926	1927	1928	1929	1930	1931	1932	1933	1934	1935	1936	1937	1938	1939	1940	1941
51	Wrexham and Oswestry				N/A											3000/32			2035		2037		3039
52	Stoke on Trent				N/A												3200/33						3039
53	Derby				N/A											3500/32			2535			638	3039
54	Nottingham				N/A										3000/31		3000/33			3036		3038
55	Grantham					N/A								3800/30								2038
56	Boston					N/A												2200/34					1539
57	Fakenham				N/A														1535			2038
58	Cromer					N/A							3500/29							1536		2038
59	Dolgelley and Lake Vyrnwy				N/A															2036				2040
60	Shrewsbury				N/A														1535	2036			2039
61	Wolverhampton				N/A												2700/33			2036		538	2539
62	Burton and Walsall				N/A												2700/33			2036			2539
63	Leicester				N/A									3000/30			2500/33			3036		3038
64	Peterborough					N/A								2500/30					1035		2037			2040
65	Wisbech and King's Lynn					N/A										3500/32
66	Swaffham and East Dereham				N/A
67	Norwich and Great Yarmouth				N/A			1000/24					500/29		3750/31				2535				2539
68	Barmouth and Aberystwyth					N/A							3000/29			3000/32			2035	4036			4039
69	Llanidloes					N/A												2700/34					2039
70	Bishop's Castle			N/A												3000/32			2000/35			2538	538
71	Kidderminster				N/A								3000/29					3200/34		3036		538	2539
72	Birmingham				N/A						3500/27				3500/31			4500/34		4036		5038
73	Rugby			N/A											3300/31	800/31				2036			2039
74	Kettering and Huntingdon			N/A										2500/30						2036		2038
75	Ely			N/A																	1537		2039
Sheet	Name	1918	1919	1920	1921	1922	1923	1924	1925	1926	1927	1928	1929	1930	1931	1932	1933	1934	1935	1936	1937	1938	1939	1940	1941
76	Thetford			N/A																	1537			2040
77	Lowestoft and Waveney Valley				N/A												2500/33			2037	1537	2538
78	Lampeter						N/A												1535			2038
79	Llandrindod Wells						N/A										2500/33					2538
80	Kington			N/A												3000/32						20/38
81	Worcester			N/A								5000/28								3036		3038
82	Stratford on Avon		N/A				1000/23							3500/30			3000/33		2535		4037			4040
83	Northampton		N/A					N/A	500/25					3000/30				1535	435	3036
84	Bedford		N/A					750/24						2500/30				1535	2036			2038
85	Cambridge			N/A									3000/29			3500/32			3036				3039
86	Bury St Edmunds and Sudbury				N/A														2735			2538
87	Ipswich				N/A												2700/33
88	St David's and Cardigan						N/A												1535		2037		3039
89	Carmarthen						N/A													2036				2540
90	Brecon and Llandovery						N/A								3500/31							2038		2040
91	Abergavenny		N/A		7.21			1000/24										2000/34			2537
92	Gloucester and Forest of Dean		N/A		6.21							3500/28					3000/33			3036			2539
93	Stow on the Wold		N/A		9.21									3000/30		3000/32			1535	3036	537	4038
94	Bicester		N/A		10.21							500/28		2500/30		3500/32						2038
95	Luton		N/A		10.21					500/26	500/27		3000/29		250/31	4500/32		375/34	3535
96	Hertford and Bishop's Stortford		N/A		6.21		2000/23							3000/30			3500/33			3036
97	Colchester				N/A											3500/32				2536		2538
98	Clacton on Sea and Harwich				N/A								3000/29			3000/32				3036			2039
99	Pembroke and Tenby					N/A								2750/30				3000/34			3037	4038
100	Llanelly						N/A									3500/32						3038
Sheet	Name	1918	1919	1920	1921	1922	1923	1924	1925	1926	1927	1928	1929	1930	1931	1932	1933	1934	1935	1936	1937	1938	1939	1940	1941
101	Swansea and Aberdare						N/A			N/A	500/27			500/30	3250/31				2035			2538
102	Newport		N/A					1000/24							3000/31			3000/34	2035		537	3038
103	Stroud and Chepstow		N/A		6.21							500/28	3000/29	500/30		200/32	3000/33		135	1036	2536	3038
104	Swindon and Cirencester		N/A		8.21								3000/29				3000/33				3036
105	Oxford and Henley on Thames		N/A		7.21				500/25	2500/26		3500/28			4500/31			3500/34			3036
106	Watford			N/A	7.21			5500/24			3000/27	5000/28		500/30		8000/32		1000/34	1000/35	2000/36
107	NE London and Epping Forest			N/A	7.21				500/25	5000/26		5000/29	500/29	500/30	4500/31	8000/32		8000/34	2035
108	Southend and District				N/A					3500/26				3500/30	200/30	4500/32
109	Pontypridd and Barry					N/A					500/27				3500/31		3500/33			537	937	3038		3040
110	Cardiff and Mouth of the Severn		N/A					1000/24								2000/32				2036
111	Bath and Bristol		N/A		7.21	11.21			500/25		3500/27		3500/29			3500/32			2035	3036
112	Marlborough		N/A		5.21						500/27		4500/29		3000/31	4000/32			3035
113	Reading and Newbury		N/A		5.21					3000/26	3000/27		4000/29				1500/33	3200/34
114	Windsor			N/A	7.21		5000/23				5000/27		6000/29	500/29	2500/31	6500/32	10000/33
115	SE London and Sevenoaks			N/A	1.21	9.21		5000/24		5000/26		5000/28	5000/29	5000/30	8500/31		10000/33	8000/34
116	Chatham and Maidstone				N/A				5000/25	2000/25			5000/29			6500/32			2035	3036		3038	1239
117	East Kent			N/A			3000/23			3500/26			5500/29		6300/31				2035	4036		4038	1239
118	Barnstaple and Exmoor		N/A				2500/23				3500/27		4000/29			4500/32		3500/34
119	Exmoor	N/A				1500/22	1500/23		3500/25			3500/28			6500/31					600/36	500/36
120	Bridgwater and Quantock Hills	N/A								2500/26			3000/29		4500/31				2535	2036
121	Wells and Frome		N/A		5.21				7.21			500/28			2800/31			2000/34			2037
122	Salisbury and Bulford		N/A		6.21	12.21					3500/27				3500/31				2035		2037	538
123	Winchester		N/A		12.21		2000/23						3500/29			3500/32				800/36		500/38
124	Guildford and Horsham			N/A			5000/23			3000/26	3000/27	3000/28	6000/29		6500/31	8000/32			1000/35		1037
125	Tunbridge Wells			N/A				3500/24			5000/27		2000/29	4000/30		4000/32		3400/34	1500/35	2000/36		2038
Sheet	Name	1918	1919	1920	1921	1922	1923	1924	1925	1926	1927	1928	1929	1930	1931	1932	1933	1934	1935	1936	1937	1938	1939	1940	1941
126	Weald of Kent				N/A						3500/27				4500/31				2535		3037	3038
127	River Torridge		N/A				500/23				1000/27	2500/28		500/30	2500/31			2500/34
128	Tiverton	N/A		N/A														500/34	835
129	Chard and Axminster		N/A		1.21							500/28			2300/31				835	436	1037
130	Yeovil and Blandford		N/A		9.21							500/28			2800/31				1535	2535
131	Wimborne and Ringwood		N/A		10.21							500/28	2000/29	2000/30		6500/32					637
132	Portsmouth and Southampton		N/A		7.21		4000/23		2000/25			3000/28	5000/29			5000/32			4035			2538
133	Chichester and Worthing			N/A			2500/23	3000/24		3500/26		3500/28	6000/29	500/30	4500/31		5000/33		3000/35	5000/36	1037	4038
134	Brighton and Eastbourne			N/A			4000/23			3500/26	3500/27	5000/28		5500/30			5500/33			2000/36	3036	3038	1239
135	Hastings				N/A					3500/26		5000/28					3500/33		3035		3037				3041
136	Boscastle and Padstow		N/A		9.21							3000/28			3800/31			3500/34
137	Dartmoor, Tavistock and Launceston		N/A		1.21							3500/28				1200/32	3000/33
138	Dartmoor and Exeter		N/A						3000/25		5000/27				3300/31	1000/32	2500/33			1000/36
139	Sidmouth and Bridport		N/A			6.22		2000/24				3500/28				4000/32	5000/33				2537
140	Weymouth and Dorchester		N/A			11.22		1000/24						3000/30			2000/33	2034		2036
141	Bournemouth and Swanage		N/A				4000/23			3500/26		5000/28			5500/31		5000/33		2535	3036	3037
142	Isle of Wight		N/A	12.20			4000/23			4000/26		4500/28		6500/30		6000/32			3035
143	Truro	N/A	11.19					1000/24	1000/25		3500/27			4000/30	5500/31
144	Plymouth		N/A			6.22					5000/27				2000/31		3500/33
145	Torquay and Dartmouth		N/A		10.21				2000/25	4000/26			4000/29		5000/31			3500/34
146	Land's End and Lizard		N/A		N/A				2000/25	3000/26		5000/28			5500/31		3000/33
Sheet	Name	1918	1919	1920	1921	1922	1923	1924	1925	1926	1927	1928	1929	1930	1931	1932	1933	1934	1935	1936	1937	1938	1939	1940	1941

Key

Available on SABRE Maps

Online, but needs replacement source

Unconfirmed Revision

Within the pipeline

Pipeline
(Military edition)

Acquired but not scanned

Copy needed

In copyright
(copy available)

In copyright
(copy needed)

No map printed
(or empty cell)

Special, District and Tourist sheets

Note: Special, District and Tourist sheets are not covered within the standard reference work, and so this table is necessarily work in progress; though every sheet either online or within the pipeline is included.

Key

Available on SABRE Maps

Online, but needs replacement source

Unconfirmed Revision

Within the pipeline

Pipeline
(Military edition)

Acquired but not scanned

Copy needed

In copyright
(copy available)

In copyright
(copy needed)

No map printed
(or empty cell)

Sheet	Name	1918	1919	1920	1921	1922	1923	1924	1925	1926	1927	1928	1929	1930	1931	1932	1933	1934	1935	1936	1937	1938	1939	1940s
	Aldershot District (North)		N/A
	Aldershot District (South)		N/A
	Barnsley and District
	Birmingham and Wolverhampton										3000/27
	Bolton, Bury and District
	Brighton and District					N/A
	Bristol District
	Central Chilterns												2000/29
	Cheltenham and District
	Chichester
	Chilterns, The																		6035
	Dartmoor
	Derby and District																							5000/1/43
	Dorking and Leith Hill
	Exmoor Forest										3000/27
	Forest of Bowland																			5036
	Hastings and Bexhill
	Hertford and St Albans
	Huddersfield
	Ilkley District
	Isle of Wight
	Lake District, The
Sheet	Name	1918	1919	1920	1921	1922	1923	1924	1925	1926	1927	1928	1929	1930	1931	1932	1933	1934	1935	1936	1937	1938	1939	1940s
	Land's End					N/A
	Leeds District
	Leicester District																			5036
	Liverpool District
	London
	London (North)
	London (South)
	Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells
	Manchester District
	Middle Thames, The
	Norfolk Broads
	NE Wales																					4037
	New Forest
	North Staffordshire
	Oxford and District
	Peak District, The
	Salisbury Plain
	Sidmouth, Budleigh Salterton and Exmouth District										2500/27					3000/32
	Snowdon District
	Weston super Mare												2000/29
	Worcester and Malvern District
	Wye Valley												5000/29
Sheet	Name	1918	1919	1920	1921	1922	1923	1924	1925	1926	1927	1928	1929	1930	1931	1932	1933	1934	1935	1936	1937	1938	1939	1940s