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. Almost 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 187:

  • One Inch Sheet 187 South Huntingdonshire 1897 - published 2001; introduction by David Cozens

    This One Inch to the Mile map covers the area of southern Huntingdonshire around Huntingdon, St Ives and St Neots. Coverage stretches from Great Staughton eastward to Willingham, and from Alconbury southward to Caxton. The River Ouse and GNR run through the map and other railway features include the Kettering & Huntingdon Branch, Ely Sutton & St Ives Branch, and Cambridge & St Ives Branch. Ancient roads include Ermine Street and the Via Devana. On the reverse we include an extract from Hunts Sheet 22.03, covering Hemingford Abbots in 1900, with extracts from a directory.


    It is not possible to list the many hamlets, farmsteads and other topographical features shown on these maps. However, you might find it useful if we here list the majority of the principal villages and church parishes that are included on this map. Links are given for those for which detailed large-scale maps are also available.

  • Bedfordshire: Eaton Socon.
  • Cambridgeshire: Boxworth, Caxton, Conington, Croxton, Dry Drayton, Elsworth, Eltisley, Fen Drayton, Graveley, Knapwell, Lolworth, Long Stanton All Saints, Long Stanton St Michael, Madingley, Over, Papworth Everard, Papworth St Agnes, Swavesey, Willingham.
  • Huntingdonshire: Alconbury, Barham, Bluntisham, Brampton, Buckden, Buckworth, Colne, Diddington, Easton, Ellington, Eynesbury, Fen Stanton, Godmanchester, Grafham, Great Paxton, Great Staughton, Hail Weston, Hartford, Hemingford Abbots, Hemingford Grey, Hilton, Holywell, Houghton, Huntingdon, Kings Ripton, Little Paxton, Little Stukeley, Offord Cluney, Offord Darcy, Southoe, Spaldwick, St Ives, St Neots, Toseland, Woodhurst, Wyton, Yelling.

    For a full list of Inch to the Mile maps go to the One Inch Page, or for a full list of local maps go to the Cambridgeshire or Huntingdonshire pages. For other information and prices, and other areas, go to The Index Page.


    The Godfrey Edition / godfreyedition@btinternet.com / 29 January 2006