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 237:

  • One Inch Sheet 237 Thame & District 1886 - published 2000; introduction by Elizabeth Lockwood

    This map, which is split between Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, covers the area from Cowley eastward to the west edge of Aylesbury, and from Chinnor northward to Ludgershall. The towns on the map are Thame and Princes Risborough. Of the great estates the Rothschild's Waddesdon is the most celebrated on the map but Elizabeth Lockwood also reminds us of Waterperry House, Horsendon House and Notley Abbey. Railways include the Chinnor branch, the long-closed Thame-Oxford route and the line from Aylesbury to Quainton Road. At the west of the map villages lilke Cowley and Headington show the influence of nearby Oxford.

    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: Aston Sandford, Bledlow, Boarstal, Brill, Chearsley, Chilton, Cuddington, Dinton, Dorton, Haddenham, Hardwick, Horsendon, Ickford, Ilmer, Kingsey, Long Crendon, Lower Winchendon, Ludgershall, Monks Risborough, Oakley, Princes Risborough, Saunderton, Shabbington, Stone, Towersey, Upper Winchendon, Waddesdon, Worminghall, Wotton Underwood.
  • Oxfordshire: Albury, Ambrosden, Beckley, Charlton on Otmoor, Chinnor, Cowley, Cuddesdon, Elsfield, Emington, Foresthill, Garsington, Great Haseley, Great Milton, Headington, Holton, Horsepath, Merton, Noke, Oddington, Piddington, Sandford, Stanton St John, Sydenham, Tetsworth, Thame, Toot Baldon, Waterperry, Waterstock, Weston on the Green, Wheatley, Wood Eaton.

    For a full list of maps for the county go to the Buckinghamshire or Oxfordshire pages; or to the Thames & Chilterns page for a full list for the area.

    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 / 18 January 2006