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 313:

  • One Inch Sheet 313 The Blackmore Vale 1903 - published 2006; introduction by Alan Godfrey

    This Inch to the Mile map covers the area of north Dorset known as the Blackmore Vale, with smaller portions of Somerset to the NW and Wiltshire to the NE. Coverage stretches from North Wootton and Folke eastward to Win Green and Tarrant Hinton, and from Shaftesbury southward to Winterborne Stickland. Several small towns are shown: Blandford Forum, Shaftesbury, Sturminster Newtown, Milborne Port. There are many literary connections, especially with William Barnes and Thomas Hardy (the early chapters of Tess are set here). The area of Wiltshire in the NE corner includes Ferne and Ludwell though no full parishes are shown. The old Somerset & Dorset railway runs through the map. On the reverse we include a detailed map of the small town of Stalbridge.

    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. Links are given for those for which detailed large-scale maps are also available.

  • Dorset: Ashmore, Belchalwell, Bishops Caundle, Blandford Forum, Blandford St Mary, Buckland Newton, Caundle Marsh, Child Okeford, Compton Abbas, Durweston, East Orchard, East Stour, Fifehead Magdalen, Fifehead Neville, Fontmell Magna, Goathill, Hammoon, Hanford, Haselbury Bryan, Haydon, Hinton St Mary, Holnest, Holwell, Ibberton, Iwerne Courtney or Shroton, Iwerne Minster, Kington Magna, Langton Long Blandford, Lydlinch, Manston, Mappowder, Margaret Marsh, Marnhull, Melbury Abbas, North Wootton, Okeford Fitzpaine, Pimperne, Pulham, Purse Caundle, Shaftesbury, Shillingstone, Stalbridge, Steepleton Iwerne, Stoke Wake, Stour Provost, Stourpaine, Stourton Caundle, Sturminster Newton, Sutton Waldron, Tarrant Gunville, Tarrant Hinton, Tarrant Rawston, Todber, Turnworth, West orchard, West Stour, Winterborne Houghton, Winterborne Stickland, Woolland, Wootton Glanville.
  • Somerset: Charlton Horethorne, Henstridge, Horsington, Milborne Port, Stowell, Templecombe.

    For a full list of Inch to the Mile maps go to the One Inch Page; or for local large scale maps go to the Dorset or Somersetpage.

    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 / 1 February 2006