Sheet 89se drift, Old Series 1". 1874. First drift edition. Lancashire: Salford, Bolton, Bury. Hand-coloured

Sheet  89se drift, Old Series 1". 1874. First drift edition. Lancashire: Salford, Bolton, Bury. Hand-coloured engraving, 40 x 52cm. Topography 1843, geology 1874, railways not dated, issued 1901. Flat, linen-backed, old edge fold to right map edge from when abutted to adjacent sheets, trimmed without loss of marginalia. Slightly soiled and age-toned, colours clean, dull and transparent, small ink blot on title. Library stamp in upper right corner. In fair to 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.