1:25000 (77) 1:50000 (110) archaeology (46) atlas (77) Britain (258) Cornwall (83) Cumbria (47) Devon (92) England (631) explorers (205) geography (49) history (88) Kent (52) Lake District (139) Landranger (346) London (74) map (3,124) maps (4,016) non-fiction (434) Ordnance Survey (404) OS (556) reference (235) Scotland (410) topography (58) travel (442) UK (75) Wales (301) walking (145) walks (51) Yorkshire (150)

Common Knowledge

Gender: n/a
Short biography: Ordnance Survey is Great Britain's national mapping agency.
Map Location: UK

Members

Discussions

Catalogue entries for OS maps in Maps and Atlases (September 2011)

Reviews

Featured Recent Thumbs

All Ratings
118
8
4
1
No Rating

All Languages
English182
English (UK)6

188 reviews

MiaCulpa 994 reviews

Ordnance Survey Motoring Atlas Britain 2000 (Road Atlas) by Ordnance Survey Great Britain.

Easily the best investment I've ever made. I found it in a remainder bin in the desolate Adelaide suburbs and have made it my primary reference for my subsequent trips around Old Blighty. Even when not planning holidays, I still found it endlessly useful, as I would titter at the sight of any rude-sounding villages.

Jul 11, 2018

MarieAlt 114 reviews

Exp 333 Kilmarnock & Irvine (Explorer Map) by Ordnance Survey

I received a copy of this from the Goodreads First Reads giveaway.

I'm sorry to give "the age of things unwritten" such a low rating. I'm a great supporter of poetry and I love the concept of the BlankVerseDead folio series.

First, while I don't mind the newprint pages, I do wish it had some kind of card-stock cover or any cover protection. Newspaper is so fragile.

As for the poetry, I don't know what it was trying to say. I don't know that it said anything at all. As close as I can come is show more some kind of relationship drama. Now I'm not saying poetry has to 'mean' something, or be otherwise significant. But if I can't take anything away from it—some form of discourse at least from the author to myself—what can I take from it? What most lets me down is that "the age of things unwritten" doesn't illuminate anything: not an image, not a moment, not an emotion or concept. So what's it for?

There are a few lines I enjoyed. VI: "it's not night enough for moonlight" VII: I'll be rakish in secret, unclothed in the dark"..."the way my pocket fits your hand" for example. You notice that neither of these make up a complete thought? Because of the poem does that, build line on line and never quite make a conclusion.

You can't just read it for the sound either. While a couple of the parts have sections that are readable aloud, these clunks just keep tripping up the tongue. It's possible this is deliberate, but I've read this little booklet several times (and aloud) and they don't seem to come at any stylistically/thematically important moment.

I'll probably leave this booklet on the library giveaway bookshelf, so maybe someone who will appreciate more than I do will find it. show less

Mar 31, 2013

Africansky1 156 reviews

Britain before the Norman Conquest by Ordnance Survey

Is this a book about a map or a map to accompany a book? Published in 1973 it is a handsome collaborative publication of Ordinance Survey It is the second in a series (the first was titled , Britain in the Dark ages), it takes the format of two large printed inserted loose maps in a rear folder showing the place names of villages, towns , settlements, defended fortresses, north and South of Britain before The Norman conquest , as Englsnd, Wales and Scotland were before 871 AD and 1066 AD. show more Comprising a relatively short text of only 29 pages, a bibliography , a gazeteer or index of places and The two map sheets . The purpose of the work is to offer a map of Britain as it was in the AngloSaxon period . The value of this project is in showing The interplay of three forces, Anglo Saxon , Scandinavian and Celtic . The Roman empire in Britain had long since collapsed and Rome had withdrawn but Roman roads and routes remained . Fortifications , mints, and burgesses in the towns of The 10th and 11th centuries were important differentiating features. London was in a class of its own, and the next seven important towns were York, Lincoln, Winchester, Chester , Norwich Exeter and Thetford . The Danelaw area and its five boroughs reflected the success of The Danish invasion of and settlement in the eastern part of Mercia, East Anglia and parts of Northumbria . Place names and archaeological evidence enable scholars to build a picture of Britain in that era. I found the chapter on the Christisn church in Britain particularly interesting with The founding of new monasteries, (eg Winchester and Glastonbury) and the organization of dioceses, churches and parishes explain much about The spread of Christianity . I learned that The earliest form of Manchesster (to me the heart of the 18th century industrial revolution ) goes back to the 10 th century and was called Mameceaster .
This is a good book for serious history and historical geography scholars and as it was reprinted in 1990s the original map and book of the 1970s are collectable and sought after, particularly if both map sheets are in tact .
a worthy addition to any cartography collection show less

Feb 2, 2014 (Edited)

reading_fox 2,096 reviews

Chiltern Hills North (Explorer Maps) by Ordnance Survey