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 Sheets 354 & 355:
This Inch to the Mile map will perhaps appeal to those interested in cartographic curiosities as much as to historians. The main map, Sheet 355, covers the coastal area of Devon around Bigbury Bay, Bolt Tail and Holt Head. It includes Salcombe and Kingsbury, and coverage stretches from Ringmore and Bigbury SE to Prawle Point. On the reverse we include most of a very strange OS map, Sheet 354, which covered the Eddystone Rocks and nothing else. In his entertaining introduction Richard Oliver asks "why did the OS go to the trouble of preparing this sheet..." and then (perhaps ominously for the present publisher) remarks that "Sheet 354 cannot have been very saleable". But we all like curiosities and hopefully you will find Sheet 355, with its depiction of the area around Salcombe, worth our modest price.
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.
For a full list of Inch to the Mile maps go to the One Inch Page; or for larger scale maps go to the South West page.
You can order maps direct from our On-line Mapshop. For other information and prices, and other areas, go to The Index Page.