Historic Digimap
Digital map data from the Landmark historic map collection.
This collection offers access to the collated Ordnance Survey mapping publications, dating back to the mid-19th century. The Ordnance Survey’s roots lie in the military mapping of the Scottish Highlands by English officers during the 18th century and the organisation that created the Scottish maps would later go on to become the Ordnance Survey board.
Historic Digimap features maps published from 1843 onwards and, with a break covering the period of the Second World War, also includes all National Grid maps up to the introduction of the Ordnance Survey’s digital Land-Line product.
How can this collection be used in teaching, studying and research?
Specific locations can be pinpointed and compared over time using the tools on this site, which is particularly useful for students and scholars of geography, geology, archaeology, history, agriculture, civil engineering and planning.
Highlights from this collection
Case studies within the collection include the National Fox Survey and an analysis of soft cliff recession at Holderness.
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Arts and Humanities, Geography and Environment, Geography, Environment, Humanities, History, Science, Engineering and Technology, Social Sciences
