Sheet 85 Drift, Old Series 1". 1893. Lincolnshire, Yorkshire: Great Grimsby, Mouth of the Humber, Spurn Head. Topography 1824

Sheet  85 Drift, Old Series 1". 1893. Lincolnshire, Yorkshire: Great Grimsby, Mouth of the Humber, Spurn Head. Topography 1824, geology 1883, entirely drift., issued 1905, coloured 1908. Hand-coloured engraving, 68 x 101cm, flat, library stamp, stencilled sheet no. in upper left corner. Minor marginal tears. Clean, colours bright. 80% sea, legend and index map of relevant 6” scale maps in sea area. Slightly smudged in sea area, soiled along top edge. In very 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.