Historical Mapping

Please provide historical mapping detailing my property and the immediate surrounding area, prior to the dates that Ordnance Survey has already provided to me under reference FOI10117.

Thank you for your e-mail dated 10^th January 2011. We are pleased to provide you an attachment to this e-mail, which shows the area to which you refer in 1995.  This is the earliest date we hold information in this format.

Ordnance Survey closed our historic map archive in July 2008. However if you would like to view historic mapping of the area in question, you are still able to obtain information contained in historical mapping free of charge at your local library. A small charge may be made for a copy, if required. Licensing terms and conditions do apply for mapping which is still within copyright (mapping produced within the last 50 years).

Copyright libraries and The National Archive offer reading and copying facilities for customers willing to visit and carry out their own searches and I have detailed contact information for The National Archive and three copyright libraries below:

The National Archive

Web: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/maps/default.htm 

Contact via website: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/contact/form/
Tel: 020 8876 3444
The British Library

Web: http://www.bl.uk/collections/map_os.html

Email: maps@bl.gov.uk

Tel: 020 7412 7702

Bodleian Library Oxford

Web: http://www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/bodley/library/rooms/nbrr 

Email: maps@bodley.ox.ac.uk 

Tel: 01865 (2)77013

Cambridge University Library

Web: http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/deptserv/maps/ 

Email: library@lib.cam.ac.uk.

Tel: 012 2333 3000

Please note that your enquiry has been processed according to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000. As all requested information has been provided, we have determined that in all the circumstances of this case the Public interest consideration (section 17 FOIA) is not applicable in this instance.

If you are unhappy with our response, you may raise an appeal to our Appeals Officer at:

FOI Appeals Officer
Customer Service Centre
Ordnance Survey
Adanac Drive
SOUTHAMPTON
SO16 0AS

Please include the reference number below. The Appeals Officer will ensure that the process has been followed correctly, questioning any decisions taken regarding the original response and recommending disclosure of additional information if appropriate.

Thank you for your enquiry.

Reference number: FOI11130/January 2011