Sheet 87nw, Old Series 1". 1877. Yorkshire: Wakefield, Pontefract. Hand-coloured engraving,

Sheet  87nw, Old Series 1". 1877. Yorkshire: Wakefield, Pontefract. Hand-coloured engraving, 45 x 60cm. Topography 1841, geology 1877, railways 1890, coloured 1925. Flat, old quarter folds show, clean, age-toned, colours difficult to read through, Upper Mag. Limestone blue is opaque. Tears along folds with old cellotape repairs. Library stamp in upper right corner. In fair condition but rated poor because of poor transparency of colours.

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.