Old Ordnance Survey One-Inch Maps


These maps are taken from the famous OS "Inch to the Mile" Maps. Though obviously far less detailed than the large scale maps for which we are perhaps better known, they provide an invaluable overview of a wider area, typically 18 miles across by 12 miles down. For transport historians they are invaluable for showing old railways, while all historians need them for their close depiction of topography, including parish boundaries. These maps also mean that we can offer historical coverage for small villages where a large scale map would not be commercially viable. We intend to publish the whole of England and Wales in this series. Over 200 titles are now available and we aim to publish three new titles each month. The maps include historical notes and all (except the double-sided Tyneside title) also include a large scale map of a small town or village in the area.

The maps are neatly folded and each includes a specially written introduction to the area. Maps can be purchased on our On-line Mapshop where further information about titles is given. Visit the One Inch Page for a full list of Inch to the Mile Maps, or The Index Page for a full list to the series and details of Prices.

Here is information about Sheet 159:

  • One Inch Sheet 159 Wisbech & District 1907 - published 2007; introduction by Robert Malster

    This Inch to the Mile map covers parts of Cambridgeshire and Norfolk; coverage stretches from March (which is in the SW corner) northward to Tilney St Lawrence and eastward to Fincham. Features include the River Ouse, Old Bedford River, New Bedford River, Sixteen Foot Drain, Popham's Eau and River Nene, which all flow through the map. Wisbech and Downham Market are included in this fenland map, as are various now closed railways around Wisbech. On the reverse we include a detailed map of the village of Crimplesham, with a directory.

  • Cambridgeshire: Leverington, March, Newton, Outwell, Wisbech, Wisbech St Mary.
  • Norfolk: Crimplesham, Denver, Downham Market, Elm, Emneth, Fincham, Hilgay, Nordelph, Runcton Holme, Setchey, Shouldham, Shouldham Thorpe, South Runcton, Stow Bardolph, Stowbridge, Stradsett, Tilney St Lawrence, Tottenhill, Upwell, Walsoken, Watlington, Wereham, West Walton, West Dereham, Wiggenhall St Germans, Wiggenhall St Mary Magdalen, Wiggenhall St Mary the Virgin, Wiggenhall St Peter, Wimbotsham, Wormegay, Wretton.

    For a full list of Inch to the Mile maps go to the One Inch Page; or for a fuller list of local maps go to the Cambridgeshire or Norfolkpage.

    You can order maps direct from our On-line Mapshop. For other information and prices, and other areas, go to The Index Page.


    The Godfrey Edition / godfreyedition@btinternet.com / 12 November 2007