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 219:

  • One Inch Sheet 219 Buckingham & District 1887 - published 2006; introduction by Barrie Trinder

    This map covers the area around and to the south of Buckingham, with coverage stretching from Middleton Stoney eastward to Whaddon, and from Stowe House southward to Quainton. Apart from Buckingham, Bicester, Brackley and Winslow are also included. Verney Junction is near the centre of the map, including the LNWR line to Brackley. On the reverse we include a detailed map of Stowe House in 1938, by which time it was Stowe School.

    It is not possible to list the many hamlets, farmsteads and other topographical features shown on these maps. However, you may find it useful if we list the towns and principal villages or church parishes that are included on this map:

  • Buckinghamshire: Addington, Adstock, Akeley, Barton Hartshorn, Beachampton, Buckingham, Charndon, Chetwode, East Claydon, Foscott, Gawcott, Grandborough, Great Horwood, Grendon Underwood, Hillesden, Hoggeston, Hogshaw, Leckhampstead, Little Horwood, Maids Moreton, Marsh Gibbon, Middle Claydon, Mursley, Nash, North Marston, Oving, Padbury, Pitchcott, Preston Bisset, Quainton, Radclive, Shalstone, Steeple Claydon, Stowe, Swanbourne, Thornborough, Thornton, Tingewick, Turweston, Twyford, Water Stratford, Westbury, Whaddon, Whitchurch, Winslow.
  • Northamptonshire: Brackley, Croughton, Evenley, Hinton in the Hedges.
  • Oxfordshire: Ardley, Bicester, Blackthorn, Bucknell, Caversfield, Chesterton, Cottisford, Finmere, Fringford, Godington, Hardwick, Hethe, Launton, Middleton Stoney, Mixbury, Newton Purcell, Shelswell, Stoke Lyne, Stratton Audley, Wendlebury.

    For a full list of maps for the area go to the Buckinghamshire or Oxfordshire page.

    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 / 15 Sept 2006