Sheet 98sw, Old Series 1". 1877. First edition. Lancashire, Westmoreland: Ulverston, south end of L. Windermere. Hand-coloured

Sheet  98sw, Old Series 1". 1877. First edition. Lancashire, Westmoreland: Ulverston, south end of L. Windermere. Hand-coloured engraving, 40 x 54cm. In brackets, New Series 48. Topography 1864, geology 1877, railways 1883, issued 1910, coloured 1912. Flat, linen backed, trimmed without loss of marginalia. Old folds on left and right map edges from when abutted to adjacent sheets. Slightly soiled and age-toned, colours bright. Library stamp in upper right corner. In good condition.

About the England & Wales One Inch Old Series

The Geological Survey of England and Wales used the Old Series of the Ordnance Survey topographic map at a scale of one inch to the mile as its basemap, initially. These engraved basemaps were published and revised between 1805 and 1885; the sheet sizes varied and the layout and numbering system were eccentric. The Old Series geological maps were hand-coloured and without geological sections, which were published separately. The GS of E&W published the Old Series from 1850 to 1900, when it switched to the colour printing and the New Series one inch maps. However, old stock of the Old Series continued to be issued, hand-coloured, until the 1930s.

See also: Index Map for England & Wales One Inch Old Series.