Geological Survey of England and Wales 1:63,360 geological map series [Old Series]

The first 1:63,360 geological map series produced by the Survey in England and Wales. Sheetlines are based on the Ordnance Survey 'One-inch Old Series map of England and Wales' series sheetlines. Consists of sheets 1-110 with Sheet 1 starting North-east of London and then sheet numbers increasing west to Cornwall and then North to the Scottish Border. Early sheets were issues as 'full sheets' later sheets were issues as 'Quarter sheets’ (NW,NE,SW,SE). Sheets are issues at the scale of one inch to one mile, 1:63,360. Sheets published without Glacial Drift are known as Solid Geology maps, others published with the Drift are known as the Drift Maps. Most early maps were issues hand-coloured, later sheets were colour-printed. In the Northern Counties the Quarter sheets of Sheets 91 to 110 are the same as Sheets 1-73 New Series, the geological maps of this area carry two numbers referring to the Old and the New Series respectively. Up to 1854, the geological mapping was undertaken on one-inch base maps, the largest scale available at the time. As the survey advanced northwards it found the six northern counties had been mapped on the six-inch scale so the survey adopted this larger scale as the basis for field-work. Availability of six-inch base maps also heralded the start of systematic drift surveying.

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Sheet number Sheet title Map type Published year Variant View record
1NE  [Chelmsford, Maldon, Ingatestone, Billericay.] Drift  1871  1  Full entry
1NE  [Chelmsford, Maldon, Ingatestone, Billericay.] Drift  1871  2  Full entry
1NE  [Chelmsford, Maldon, Ingatestone, Billericay.] Solid  1868  1  Full entry
1NE  [Chelmsford, Maldon, Ingatestone, Billericay.] Solid  1871  2  Full entry
1NW  [Hoddesdon, Waltham Abbey, Epping, Brentwood, Chipping Ongar.] Drift  1876  1  Full entry
1NW  [Hoddesdon, Waltham Abbey, Epping, Brentwood, Chipping Ongar.] Drift  1876  2  Full entry
1NW  [Hoddesdon, Waltham Abbey, Epping, Brentwood, Chipping Ongar.] Solid  1868  1  Full entry
1NW  [Hoddesdon, Waltham Abbey, Epping, Brentwood, Chipping Ongar.] Solid  1868  2  Full entry
1NW  [Hoddesdon, Waltham Abbey, Epping, Brentwood, Chipping Ongar.] Solid  1876  3  Full entry
1SE  [Langdon Hill, Gravesend; Rayleigh.] Drift  1871  1  Full entry
1SE  [Langdon Hill, Gravesend; Rayleigh.] Drift  1888  2  Full entry
1SE  [Langdon Hill, Gravesend; Rayleigh.] Drift  1888  3  Full entry
1SE  [Langdon Hill, Gravesend; Rayleigh.] Solid  1868  1  Full entry
1SE  [Langdon Hill, Gravesend; Rayleigh.] Solid  1871  2  Full entry
1SE  [Langdon Hill, Gravesend; Rayleigh.] Solid  1888  3  Full entry
1SE  [Langdon Hill, Gravesend; Rayleigh.] Solid  1888  4  Full entry
1SW  [Eastern Part of London, Woolwich, Dartford, Romford.] Drift  1872  1  Full entry
1SW  [Eastern Part of London, Woolwich, Dartford, Romford.] Drift  1872  2  Full entry
1SW  [Eastern Part of London, Woolwich, Dartford, Romford.] Drift  1872  3  Full entry
1SW  [Eastern Part of London, Woolwich, Dartford, Romford.] Drift  1892  4  Full entry
1SW  [Eastern Part of London, Woolwich, Dartford, Romford.] Solid  1872  1  Full entry
1SW  [Eastern Part of London, Woolwich, Dartford, Romford.] Solid  1892  2  Full entry
1SW  [Eastern Part of London, Woolwich, Dartford, Romford.] Solid  1892  3  Full entry
2  [Sheerness, Shoeburyness, Burnham.] Drift  1883  1  Full entry
2  [Sheerness, Shoeburyness, Burnham.] Solid  1868  1  Full entry
2  [Sheerness, Shoeburyness, Burnham.] Solid  1883  2  Full entry
2  [Sheerness, Shoeburyness, Burnham.] Solid  1883  3  Full entry
3  [Canterbury; Sittingbourne, Ashford, Margate, Ramsgate, Dover.] Drift  1872  1  Full entry
3  [Canterbury; Sittingbourne, Ashford, Margate, Ramsgate, Dover.] Drift  1875  2  Full entry
3  [Canterbury; Sittingbourne, Ashford, Margate, Ramsgate, Dover.] Drift  1889  3  Full entry
3  [Canterbury; Sittingbourne, Ashford, Margate, Ramsgate, Dover.] Drift  1889  4  Full entry
3  [Canterbury; Sittingbourne, Ashford, Margate, Ramsgate, Dover.] Drift  1889  5  Full entry
3  [Canterbury; Sittingbourne, Ashford, Margate, Ramsgate, Dover.] Solid  1866  1  Full entry
3  [Canterbury; Sittingbourne, Ashford, Margate, Ramsgate, Dover.] Solid  1868  2  Full entry
3  [Canterbury; Sittingbourne, Ashford, Margate, Ramsgate, Dover.] Solid  1872  3  Full entry
3  [Canterbury; Sittingbourne, Ashford, Margate, Ramsgate, Dover.] Solid  1885  4  Full entry
3  [Canterbury; Sittingbourne, Ashford, Margate, Ramsgate, Dover.] Solid  1889  5  Full entry
3  [Canterbury; Sittingbourne, Ashford, Margate, Ramsgate, Dover.] Solid  1889  6  Full entry
4  [Country between Folkestone and Rye, including the whole of Romney Marsh and Dungeness.] Solid  1863  1  Full entry
4  [Country between Folkestone and Rye, including the whole of Romney Marsh and Dungeness.] Solid  1863  2  Full entry
4  [Country between Folkestone and Rye, including the whole of Romney Marsh and Dungeness.] Solid  1863  3  Full entry
4  [Country between Folkestone and Rye, including the whole of Romney Marsh and Dungeness.] Solid  1863  4  Full entry
5  [Winchelsea, Hastings, Eastbourne, Seaford, Newhaven, Lewes, Battle.] Drift  1893  1  Full entry
5  [Winchelsea, Hastings, Eastbourne, Seaford, Newhaven, Lewes, Battle.] Solid  1864  1  Full entry
5  [Winchelsea, Hastings, Eastbourne, Seaford, Newhaven, Lewes, Battle.] Solid  1864  2  Full entry
5  [Winchelsea, Hastings, Eastbourne, Seaford, Newhaven, Lewes, Battle.] Solid  1893  3  Full entry
5  [Winchelsea, Hastings, Eastbourne, Seaford, Newhaven, Lewes, Battle.] Solid  1893  4  Full entry
6  [Bromley, Chatham, Maidstone, Tunbridge Wells, East Grinstead, Cranbrook.] Drift  1889  1  Full entry
6  [Bromley, Chatham, Maidstone, Tunbridge Wells, East Grinstead, Cranbrook.] Drift  1889  2  Full entry
6  [Bromley, Chatham, Maidstone, Tunbridge Wells, East Grinstead, Cranbrook.] Solid  1864  1  Full entry
6  [Bromley, Chatham, Maidstone, Tunbridge Wells, East Grinstead, Cranbrook.] Solid  1865  2  Full entry
6  [Bromley, Chatham, Maidstone, Tunbridge Wells, East Grinstead, Cranbrook.] Solid  1889  3  Full entry
7  [Western part of,London St,,Albans,Wendover, High Wycombe, Windsor, Staines, Uxbridge.] Drift  1877  1  Full entry
7  [Western part of,London St,,Albans,Wendover, High Wycombe, Windsor, Staines, Uxbridge.] Drift  1885  2  Full entry
7  [Western part of,London St,,Albans,Wendover, High Wycombe, Windsor, Staines, Uxbridge.] Solid  1861  1  Full entry
7  [Western part of,London St,,Albans,Wendover, High Wycombe, Windsor, Staines, Uxbridge.] Solid  1865  2  Full entry
7  [Western part of,London St,,Albans,Wendover, High Wycombe, Windsor, Staines, Uxbridge.] Solid  1869  3  Full entry
7  [Western part of,London St,,Albans,Wendover, High Wycombe, Windsor, Staines, Uxbridge.] Solid  1885  4  Full entry
7  [Western part of,London St,,Albans,Wendover, High Wycombe, Windsor, Staines, Uxbridge.] Solid  1885  5  Full entry
7  [Western part of,London St,,Albans,Wendover, High Wycombe, Windsor, Staines, Uxbridge.] Solid  1885  6  Full entry
8  [Wokingham, Kingston, Croydon, Farnham Guildford, Dorking, Reigate, Hindhead.] Drift  1887  1  Full entry
8  [Wokingham, Kingston, Croydon, Farnham Guildford, Dorking, Reigate, Hindhead.] Drift  1887  2  Full entry
8  [Wokingham, Kingston, Croydon, Farnham Guildford, Dorking, Reigate, Hindhead.] Solid  1868  1  Full entry
8  [Wokingham, Kingston, Croydon, Farnham Guildford, Dorking, Reigate, Hindhead.] Solid  1868  2  Full entry
8  [Wokingham, Kingston, Croydon, Farnham Guildford, Dorking, Reigate, Hindhead.] Solid  1887  3  Full entry
9  [Brighton, Worthing, Chichester, Midhurst, Haslemere, Horsham.] Drift  1893  1  Full entry
9  [Brighton, Worthing, Chichester, Midhurst, Haslemere, Horsham.] Solid  1864  1  Full entry
9  [Brighton, Worthing, Chichester, Midhurst, Haslemere, Horsham.] Solid  1864  2  Full entry
9  [Brighton, Worthing, Chichester, Midhurst, Haslemere, Horsham.] Solid  1864  3  Full entry
9  [Brighton, Worthing, Chichester, Midhurst, Haslemere, Horsham.] Solid  1893  4  Full entry
10  [Isle of Wight, Lyrnington, part of Portsmouth Harbour.] Solid  1856  1  Full entry
10  [Isle of Wight, Lyrnington, part of Portsmouth Harbour.] Solid  1884  2  Full entry
11  [Winchester, Southampton, Portsmouth, Petersfield, Romsey, Lymington.] Solid  1858  1  Full entry
11  [Winchester, Southampton, Portsmouth, Petersfield, Romsey, Lymington.] Solid  1865  2  Full entry
11  [Winchester, Southampton, Portsmouth, Petersfield, Romsey, Lymington.] Solid  1868  3  Full entry
12  [Newbury, Hungerford, Kingsclere, Andover, Basingstoke, Alresford, Alton.] Solid  1860  1  Full entry
12  [Newbury, Hungerford, Kingsclere, Andover, Basingstoke, Alresford, Alton.] Solid  1885  2  Full entry
13  [Oxford, Reading, Wantage, Abingdon, Lambourn, Thame, Henley-upon-Thames.] Solid  1860  1  Full entry
13  [Oxford, Reading, Wantage, Abingdon, Lambourn, Thame, Henley-upon-Thames.] Solid  1868  2  Full entry
14  [Marlborough, Amesbury, Devizes, Westbury, Warminster.] Solid  1857  1  Full entry
14  [Marlborough, Amesbury, Devizes, Westbury, Warminster.] Solid  1857  2  Full entry
14  [Marlborough, Amesbury, Devizes, Westbury, Warminster.] Solid  1857  3  Full entry
15  [Salisbury, Shaftesbury, Cranborne, Blandford, Ringwood, Wimborne Minster.] Solid  1856  1  Full entry
15  [Salisbury, Shaftesbury, Cranborne, Blandford, Ringwood, Wimborne Minster.] Solid  1856  2  Full entry
15  [Salisbury, Shaftesbury, Cranborne, Blandford, Ringwood, Wimborne Minster.] Solid  1856  3  Full entry
15  [Salisbury, Shaftesbury, Cranborne, Blandford, Ringwood, Wimborne Minster.] Solid  1856  4  Full entry
16  [Christchurch, Bournemouth, Poole, including Swanage and Kimeridge in the Isle of Purbeck.] Solid  1855  1  Full entry
16  [Christchurch, Bournemouth, Poole, including Swanage and Kimeridge in the Isle of Purbeck.] Solid  1855  2  Full entry
16  [Christchurch, Bournemouth, Poole, including Swanage and Kimeridge in the Isle of Purbeck.] Solid  1855  3  Full entry
17  [Bridport, Dorchester, Weymouth, the Isle of Portland.] Solid  1850  1  Full entry
17  [Bridport, Dorchester, Weymouth, the Isle of Portland.] Solid  1855  2  Full entry
17  [Bridport, Dorchester, Weymouth, the Isle of Portland.] Solid  1855  3  Full entry
17  [Bridport, Dorchester, Weymouth, the Isle of Portland.] Solid  1855  4  Full entry
18  [Wincanton, Sherborne, Beaminster, Langport, Ilchester, Yeovil, Crewkerne, Ceme Abbas.] Solid  1850  1  Full entry
18  [Wincanton, Sherborne, Beaminster, Langport, Ilchester, Yeovil, Crewkerne, Ceme Abbas.] Solid  1850  2  Full entry
18  [Wincanton, Sherborne, Beaminster, Langport, Ilchester, Yeovil, Crewkerne, Ceme Abbas.] Solid  1875  3  Full entry
19  [Bath, Frome, Axbridge, Wells, Glastonbury, Bruton, Mere, Somerset Coalfield, and southern part of Bristol Coalfield.] Solid  1845  1  Full entry
19  [Bath, Frome, Axbridge, Wells, Glastonbury, Bruton, Mere, Somerset Coalfield, and southern part of Bristol Coalfield.] Solid  1856  2  Full entry
19  [Bath, Frome, Axbridge, Wells, Glastonbury, Bruton, Mere, Somerset Coalfield, and southern part of Bristol Coalfield.] Solid  1873  3  Full entry
19  [Bath, Frome, Axbridge, Wells, Glastonbury, Bruton, Mere, Somerset Coalfield, and southern part of Bristol Coalfield.] Solid  1873  4  Full entry

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