Ordnance Survey
Other Business Names:
- Board of Ordnance
- Roy, William
- Ordnance Geological Survey
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
- Southampton, City of Southampton, Hampshire, South East, England
Sectors:
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Publishing & printing
Map & chart engraving, printing & publishing
Notes:
Traced origins to 1740s when surveying of Highlands of Scotland was undertaken for military reasons. 1790s Board of Ordnance, which supplied the Army and Royal Navy with, inter alia, equipment and services, started a systematic survey of Britain for strategic reasons, commencing with southern England. First map published 1801. At this time, led by William Roy. Thereafter mapped entire country and on larger scales. 1835 Ordnance Geological Survey (later British Geological Survey) established as part of the Ordnance Survey. 1855 transferred to the War Office. Sometime transferred from London to Southampton. In recent years converted into an executive agency of British government. Outsourced printing and warehousing from 2010. Continues in 2013
Publications:
- Early Years of the Ordnance Survey; a reprint with an introduction by J B Harley by Close, Charles
- History of the Ordnance Survey by Seymour, W A (ed)
- Map of a Nation. A biography of the Ordnance Survey by Hewitt, Rachel
- Mapping the World. A history of the Directorate of Overseas Surveys, 1945-1985, for the Ordnance Survey by Macdonald, Alastair
- Ordnance Survey. Its history, organisation and work by Unknown
- Ordnance Survey. Official opening of the new headquarters building at Southampton by Her Majesty the Queen ... 1969 by Unknown
- The Ordnance Survey. Its history, organisation and work by Unknown
- The Ordnance Survey of the Kingdom. Its objects, mode of execution, history and present condition by Palmer, H S
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Board of Ordnance
- Roy, William
- Ordnance Geological Survey
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
- Southampton, City of Southampton, Hampshire, South East, England
Sectors:
- Publishing & printing Map & chart engraving, printing & publishing
Notes:
Traced origins to 1740s when surveying of Highlands of Scotland was undertaken for military reasons. 1790s Board of Ordnance, which supplied the Army and Royal Navy with, inter alia, equipment and services, started a systematic survey of Britain for strategic reasons, commencing with southern England. First map published 1801. At this time, led by William Roy. Thereafter mapped entire country and on larger scales. 1835 Ordnance Geological Survey (later British Geological Survey) established as part of the Ordnance Survey. 1855 transferred to the War Office. Sometime transferred from London to Southampton. In recent years converted into an executive agency of British government. Outsourced printing and warehousing from 2010. Continues in 2013Publications:
- Early Years of the Ordnance Survey; a reprint with an introduction by J B Harley by Close, Charles
- History of the Ordnance Survey by Seymour, W A (ed)
- Map of a Nation. A biography of the Ordnance Survey by Hewitt, Rachel
- Mapping the World. A history of the Directorate of Overseas Surveys, 1945-1985, for the Ordnance Survey by Macdonald, Alastair
- Ordnance Survey. Its history, organisation and work by Unknown
- Ordnance Survey. Official opening of the new headquarters building at Southampton by Her Majesty the Queen ... 1969 by Unknown
- The Ordnance Survey. Its history, organisation and work by Unknown
- The Ordnance Survey of the Kingdom. Its objects, mode of execution, history and present condition by Palmer, H S