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Descriptive words on OS maps
Article by David Hawgood, with 19704 words, 1,670 images and viewed 21,755 times.
Updated 25 days ago.
... maps, as words, abbreviations, symbols or plans. In this article we have selected and illustrated those represented by words.
Note ... | 244837 | on 25,50K |
| Abbey | 1404630 | With Abbey/cathedral symbol on 25K, World Heritage symbol on 50K |
| Abbey Grounds | 3889912 | on 25K |
| Aber | ...
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Carman Hill
Article by Lairich Rig, with 21343 words, 212 images and viewed 6,355 times.
Updated 13 months ago.
... (' for degrees, doubled to " for minutes) was used to show that these symbols were being employed as digits rather than letters.
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| α' | β' | γ' | δ' | ε' | ϝ'/ϛ' ... moors above Greenock) are included below by way of illustration, and for comparison:
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Oast Houses
Article by Oast House Archive, with 3897 words, 245 images and viewed 39,693 times.
Updated 25 months ago.
... .
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By far the most common is the 'Invicta' prancing horse, the symbol of Kent.
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Tatlingbury Oast in Five Oak Green shows a hunting ... at £400,000, in a competition.
According to an article in The Illustrated London News in 1886, an oast house at Sharsted Court in Newnham ...
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Mains of Cardross and Castle Hill
Article by Lairich Rig, with 7303 words, 22 images and viewed 1,981 times.
Updated 27 months ago.
... new flagstaff is octagonal in cross-section, and is not spliced. The symbolic weather vane, with its battle axe and crown, has been retained.
... seen from a distance, it currently presents a platform-like appearance, as illustrated in the two pictures below. It should be noted, though, that quarrying ...
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OS 50K Symbols - Roads and paths
Article by David Hawgood, with 766 words, 88 images and viewed 25,583 times.
Updated 44 months ago.
... 9815'
Road generally less than 4m wide
194793 (This example has gradient symbols as well)
194793 'SD 9782 7412'
Unfenced
330077
330077 'TF ... is also used for dismantled railways.
79224
79224 'TL 4915 0125' | Illustrating symbols for roads and paths on Ordnance Survey 1:50,000 maps | OS ...
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OS 50K Symbols - Rights of Way and Access
Article by David Hawgood, with 781 words, 34 images and viewed 41,543 times.
Updated 75 months ago.
... Distance Route, Long Distance Route, Recreational Route have the same symbol. Note that the symbol is the red diamond - it may appear along a ... '
Number for Regional Cycle Network
180574
180574 'SP 5910 1222'
| Illustrating symbols for rights of way and other public access on Ordnance Survey 1 ...
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OS 50K Symbols - Land features
Article by David Hawgood, with 887 words, 86 images and viewed 35,611 times.
Updated 75 months ago.
... Commission)
329927 'TF 086 765'
Natural Resources Wales
5195361 5195361 Symbol from about 2016 [img=https://media.geograph.org.uk/files/ ... this shows that grid north is not quite true north. | Illustrating symbols for land features on Ordnance Survey 1:50,000 maps | OS ...
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Talk on OS Abbreviations and words
Article by David Hawgood, with 752 words, 14 images and viewed 1,821 times.
Updated 76 months ago.
... examples into articles.
We have photos illustrating every type of symbol on 1:50,000 scale maps, ... as a basis for the article listing and illustrating abbreviations - we have examples of most of ... will be able to compile an article showing and illustrating symbols on 1:25,000 scale maps.
David Hawgood ...
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Dumbarton Cemetery
Article by Lairich Rig, with 8049 words, 118 images and viewed 15,790 times.
Updated 77 months ago.
... Vault.[br/](middle) John Brown.[br/](right) James Oliphant. |
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An illustration of the Janet McIntyre stone also appears in Donald MacLeod's "Dumbarton ... notes (in another work) that, in addition to the usual symbols of mortality, one of their number was further adorned with scissors and ...
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The Vale of Rheidol Light Railway
Gallery started by John Lucas, with 35 posts, 865 images and viewed 10,673 times.
Updated 85 months ago.
... little remains to show that the branch ever existed. The following photos illustrate how the route appears now, working from the harbour quay back to ... is another example of where the OS has incorrectly placed the station symbol on the Explorer map. The OS has it SN7295877793 whereas my observation ...
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OS 50K Symbols - Tourist information
Article by David Hawgood, with 413 words, 46 images and viewed 23,418 times.
Updated 85 months ago.
... will not appear on maps revised after February 2016. A similar red symbol for "Emergency telephone" is being introduced.
211160
211160 'NH 9538 ... 4479 1615 revB]
Youth hostel
267153
267153 'NX 6156 8830' | Illustrating symbols for tourist information on Ordnance Survey 1:50,000 maps | OS 50K ...
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OS symbols advanced quiz 1
Article by David Hawgood, with 685 words and viewed 11,231 times.
Updated 86 months ago.
... article Ordnance Survey Map Symbols and articles linked to it show the symbols used on OS maps, with geograph photos to illustrate them. This article shows ... map extracts, and invites you to identify symbols on them. For most there ...
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OS 50K Symbols - Water features
Article by David Hawgood, with 479 words, 61 images and viewed 26,644 times.
Updated 142 months ago.
... mark
317875 'NO 1039 2655'
Ford
176178 (with word "Ford"; symbol can be dashed or continuous lines with blue of water showing through ...
205042
205042 'SD 2815 0995'
Mud
84369
84369 'NO 1975 1915' | Illustrating symbols for water features on Ordnance Survey 1:50,000 maps | OS 50K ...
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OS 50K symbols - boundaries
Article by David Hawgood, with 266 words, 20 images and viewed 12,072 times.
Updated 159 months ago.
... Unitary authority, Metropolitan District and London Borough all have the same symbol; we have examples of each. Welsh counties and Scottish regional ... Westminster
325898 'TQ247820'
National Park
107697
107697 'SK262667'
| Illustrating boundary symbols on 1:50,000 Ordnance Survey maps | OS 50K ...
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OS 50K Symbols - Railways
Article by David Hawgood, with 514 words, 42 images and viewed 23,236 times.
Updated 159 months ago.
... which give photographs of features on the ground which have standard symbols
on Ordnance Survey 1:50,000 maps, with map extracts showing ... 7837 9117'
Railway cutting and embankment are shown under "land features" | Illustrating symbols for railways on Ordnance Survey 1:50,000 maps | OS 50K ...
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OS 50K Symbols - Heights and Rock Features
Article by David Hawgood, with 473 words, 25 images and viewed 14,613 times.
Updated 159 months ago.
... not visible on the ground, the examples show areas where the symbols appear on the map.
Heights
Contour and contour height
157208 ...
Cliff
354569
354569 'NM434379'
Scree
66210
66210 'NY 1525 0455' | Illustrations of Ordnance Survey symbols for heights and rock features | OS 50K ...
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OS 50K Symbols - Abbreviations
Article by David Hawgood, with 353 words, 20 images and viewed 22,712 times.
Updated 159 months ago.
... articles which give photographs of features on the ground which have standard symbols on Ordnance Survey 1:50,000 maps, with map extracts showing ... '
TH Town Hall, Guildhall, or equivalent
3932
3932 'SK 5373 1953' | Illustrating features which have abbreviations in the key on Ordnance Survey 1:50 ...
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Other Route with Public Access
Gallery started by David Hawgood, with 1 posts, 18 images and viewed 2,226 times.
Updated 183 months ago.
... types of route. There are a few examples with map illustrations in the Ordnance Survey symbols article onRights of way and access. I hope to collect ... other examples here.BradfordThere are many examples of this symbol around Bradford due to delay in creating the definitive map of public ...
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OV0000 a unique grid square at Beast Cliff
Article by Peter Standing, with 4539 words, 7 images and viewed 32,839 times.
Updated 184 months ago.
... website www.worked-all-britain.co.uk features an interesting and amusing illustrated account of OV by John Earnshaw known as John G4YSS in radio ... noted on the field plot and would indicate to the draughtsman what symbol(s) to show on the published map.
He explained more about the ...