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This SABRE Maps Coverage Project is to provide online coverage of the OS One Inch New Popular Edition and associated maps.
Because only maps covering England and Wales were published, it's not possible to offer whole-GB coverage for this type of mapping, although the Scottish Popular Edition coverage project covers the equivalent mapping for Scotland.
The New Popular Edition is useful for us to have as it shows mapping at a relatively detailed scale during the post-war era up to the 1950s, when the One Inch Seventh Series coverage project comes into play. It is also the first mapping at the One Inch scale to fully use the familiar National Grid.
Which projection type are these maps?
The OS One Inch New Popular Edition uses the OSGB National Grid and should be georeferenced accordingly.
How do I find out the date of the map?
Annoyingly, the OS didn't actually put the exact date of the map on each map. 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 New Popular Edition sheets can be found located right at the bottom left of the map sheet, underneath the margin texts, and can be either a numeric code (such as that shown to the left), a letter code (such as that shown to the right), or a combination of the two (such as 8046/Cr). New Popular Edition map revision codes are somewhat arcane and fall under three general groups:
- During the immediate postwar period the revision codes include the print run size and the year of printing, so 18046/Ch being 18000 copies, printed in 1946 at Chessington.
- During the late 1940s and early 1950s, the OS switched to a unique code per printing, so 1001 can be found on one sheet, but 1002 on a totally different sheet.
- The final NPE maps have the familiar "letter codes" to indicate revisions, but generally they included the previous printings in their calculation. Just because there is an F revision doesn't mean that there is an E in existence!
Progress by every sheet ever printed
This table, with modifications, is taken from Lez Watson's Ordnance Survey Leisure Maps Summary Lists, which are the best online source available for all post-war OS map dating. Modifications for SABRE Maps use include where 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. Lez's site should be treated as the master list, not this.
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 | 1945 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 |
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64 | Berwick-upon-Tweed | 1001 | |||||||||||||||
71 | Alnwick | 1002 | B | ||||||||||||||
75 | Dumfries | 1003 | |||||||||||||||
76 | Carlisle | 1004 | |||||||||||||||
77 | Hexham | 1005 | |||||||||||||||
78 | Newcastle upon Tyne | 1006 | |||||||||||||||
82 | Keswick | 1007 | |||||||||||||||
83 | Penrith | 1008 | 1214 | ||||||||||||||
84 | Teesdale | 1009 | 1266 | ||||||||||||||
85 | Durham | 20547 | C | ||||||||||||||
86 | Redcar and Whitby | 1011 | 1240 | ||||||||||||||
88 | Barrow in Furness | 1013 | |||||||||||||||
89 | Lancaster and Kendal | 1014 | 1231 | ||||||||||||||
90 | Askrigg and Settle | 1015 | 1199 | C | D | ||||||||||||
91 | Ripon | 1016 | 1224 | ||||||||||||||
92 | Pickering | 1017 | 1198 | 1292 | |||||||||||||
93 | Scarborough | 1018 | B | ||||||||||||||
94 | Preston | 1019 | |||||||||||||||
95 | Blackburn and Burnley | 1020 | 1215 | ||||||||||||||
96 | Leeds and Bradford | 1021 | 1216 | D | |||||||||||||
97 | York | 1022 | |||||||||||||||
98 | Market Weighton | 1023 | |||||||||||||||
99 | Hull | 1024 | |||||||||||||||
Sheet | Name | 1945 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 |
100 | Liverpool | 1025 | |||||||||||||||
101 | Manchester | 1026 | 1241 | ||||||||||||||
102 | Huddersfield | 1027 | 1267 | ||||||||||||||
103 | Doncaster | 1028 | |||||||||||||||
104 | Gainsborough | 1029 | B | ||||||||||||||
105 | Grimsby | 20046 | |||||||||||||||
106 | Anglesey | 1031 | 1242 | ||||||||||||||
107 | Snowdon | 1032 | 1209 | 1243 | |||||||||||||
108 | Denbigh | 1033 | 1211 | 1244 | 1284 | ||||||||||||
109 | Chester | 1034 | 1217 | 1269 | |||||||||||||
110 | Stoke on Trent | 1035 | 1225 | 1285 | |||||||||||||
111 | Buxton and Matlock | 1036 | 1200 | 1261 | |||||||||||||
112 | Nottingham | 1037 | 1245 | ||||||||||||||
113 | Lincoln and Grantham | 1038 | |||||||||||||||
114 | Boston and Skegness | 1039 | |||||||||||||||
115 | Pwllheli | 1040 | |||||||||||||||
116 | Dolgelly | 1041 | 1246 | ||||||||||||||
117 | Bala and Welshpool | 1042 | 1251 | ||||||||||||||
118 | Shrewsbury | 1043 | 1247 | 1277 | |||||||||||||
119 | Stafford | 20046 | 1278 | ||||||||||||||
120 | Derby and Burton upon Trent | 1045 | |||||||||||||||
121 | Derby, Nottingham and Leicester | 20046 | 1238 | ||||||||||||||
122 | Melton Mowbray | 1047 | |||||||||||||||
123 | Spalding | 15046 | |||||||||||||||
124 | Kings Lynn | 15046/Cr | 1262 | 1301 | |||||||||||||
Sheet | Name | 1945 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 |
125 | Fakenham | 20046/Cr | 1253 | ||||||||||||||
126 | Norwich | 145/Ch | 8045 | 2500/7/46Wa | 1288 | ||||||||||||
127 | Aberystwyth | 1052 | |||||||||||||||
128 | Montgomery and Llandrindod Wells | 1053 | 1248 | ||||||||||||||
129 | Ludlow | 1054 | 1218 | ||||||||||||||
130 | Kidderminster | 1055 | 1226 | 1279 | |||||||||||||
131 | Birmingham | 1056 | 1219 | 1249 | |||||||||||||
132 | Coventry and Rugby | 20046 | 1220 | 1271 | |||||||||||||
133 | Northampton | 20046 | 1268 | ||||||||||||||
134 | Huntingdon and Peterborough | 20046 | 1186 | ||||||||||||||
135 | Cambridge and Ely | 20046 | 1286 | ||||||||||||||
136 | Bury St Edmunds | 20046 | |||||||||||||||
137 | Lowestoft | 30046 | B | ||||||||||||||
138 | Fishguard | 1063 | |||||||||||||||
139 | Cardigan | 1064 | |||||||||||||||
140 | Llandovery | 1065 | |||||||||||||||
141 | Brecon | 1066 | |||||||||||||||
142 | Hereford | 1067 | 1239 | 1263 | |||||||||||||
143 | Gloucester and Malvern | 30046 | 1227 | 1264 | 1297 | ||||||||||||
144 | Cheltenham and Evesham | 10046/Cr | 20046 | 1210 | 1221 | 1272 | |||||||||||
145 | Banbury | 15046/Cr | 1187 | ||||||||||||||
146 | Buckingham | 15046/Cr | 1176 | 1307 | |||||||||||||
147 | Bedford and Luton | 16046/Cr | 1188 | ||||||||||||||
148 | Saffron Walden | 16046/Cr | 1189 | ||||||||||||||
149 | Colchester | 10046/Cr | 20046 | 1206 | 1302 | ||||||||||||
Sheet | Name | 1945 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 |
150 | Ipswich | 15045/Cr | 15046/Cr | 1169 | 1207 | C | |||||||||||
151 | Pembroke | 20046 | |||||||||||||||
152 | Carmarthen and Tenby | 20046 | |||||||||||||||
153 | Swansea | 1078 | 1250 | ||||||||||||||
154 | Cardiff | 1079 | |||||||||||||||
155 | Bristol and Newport | 30046 | |||||||||||||||
156 | Bristol and Stroud | 18046/Cr | 1185 | 1254 | |||||||||||||
157 | Swindon | 11040 | 4046/Cr | 8046 | 1147 | 1273 | B// | ||||||||||
158 | Oxford and Newbury | 8840 | 4045/Cr | 1148 | 1265 | F | |||||||||||
159 | The Chilterns | 10045/Ch | 20046 | 1202 | 1159 | 1252 | D | D/ | |||||||||
160 | London NW | 12045/Ch | 30046 | 1203 | 1160 | 1232 | F | F/ | |||||||||
161 | London NE | 11040 | 8046/Cr | 1137 | 1149 | 1255 | F | ||||||||||
162 | Southend-on-Sea | 10045/Ch | 20046/7/46 Wa | 1197 | 1274 | F | |||||||||||
163 | Barnstaple | 25046/Cr | 1195 | 1204 | 1237 | E | E/ | ||||||||||
164 | Minehead | 25046 | 1190 | 1303 | A/// | ||||||||||||
165 | Weston-super-Mare | 16046/Cr | 1177 | 1213 | 1223 | 1289 | D/ | ||||||||||
166 | Frome | 16046/Cr | 1178 | D | D/ | ||||||||||||
167 | Salisbury | 11040 | 6045/Cr | 1123 | 1150 | 1299 | D/ | D// | |||||||||
168 | Winchester | 10045/Ch | 25000/6/46/Wa | 1162 | D | D/ | |||||||||||
169 | Aldershot | (no code) | 10046/Cr | 1125 | 1151 | 1256 | F | F/ | |||||||||
170 | London SW | 20045/Ch | 30047 | 1142 | 1163 | 1230 | 1287 | B/// | B//// | ||||||||
171 | London SE | none | 8045/Cr | 30046 | 1152 | 1259 | E | E/ | |||||||||
172 | Chatham and Maidstone | 10046/Cr | 1153 | 1208 | 1293 | ||||||||||||
173 | East Kent | 12045/Ch | 20046 | 1184[1] | 1146 | 1164 | 1280 | E/ | E// | ||||||||
174 | Bude | 20046/Cr | 1191 | A// | |||||||||||||
Sheet | Name | 1945 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 |
175 | Okehampton | 20046 | 1212 | 1270 | C/ | ||||||||||||
176 | Exeter | 30046 | 1201 | 1275 | D | D/ | |||||||||||
177 | Taunton and Lyme Regis | 12045/Cr | 20047 | 1205 | 1257 | D | D/ | ||||||||||
178 | Dorchester | 15045/Cr | 25046 | 1228 | E | E/ | E// | ||||||||||
179 | Bournemouth | 11041 | 8046/Cr | 1154 | 1236 | E | E/ | ||||||||||
180 | The Solent | 12045/Ch | 10046/Cr | 40046 | 1183 | 1155 | 1233 | H | H/ | ||||||||
181 | Chichester | 10045/Ch | 25000/6/46Wa | 1194 | 1258 | D | D/ | ||||||||||
182 | Brighton and Worthing | 11040 | 5046/Cr | 7546 | 1156 | 1235 | E | E/ | |||||||||
183 | Eastbourne | no code | 4046/Cr | 1157 | 1291 | A/// | A//// | ||||||||||
184 | Hastings | 11041 | 5046/Cr | 5047 | 1158 | 1180 | E | E/ | |||||||||
185 | Newquay and Padstow | 15046/Cr | 1110 | C | |||||||||||||
186 | Bodmin and Launceston | 25046 | 1192 | C | |||||||||||||
187 | Plymouth | 25046 | 1179 | C | C/ | ||||||||||||
188 | Torquay | 30046 | 1193 | 1234 | D | D/ | |||||||||||
189 | Lands End | 40046 | 1222 | C | |||||||||||||
190 | Truro and Falmouth | 35046 | 1229 | 1304 | A/// | ||||||||||||
- | The Lake District | 3271 | 3631 |
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) |
Notes
- ↑ This revision is undated in the relevant reference works, and its unique print code would suggest it was printed after the revision carrying code 1164. However, its magnetic date (1945) suggests it was printed before revision 1146 which has a magnetic date of 1948. Fortunately, there is a copy of revision 1146 in the British Library which is annotated as to all of the changes made in that edition, and none of them appear in this printing, putting it firmly before 1146, which has a known date of 1948. It is therefore displayed on our 1947 layer.