Ed’s Map Collection: Cirencester Area
Ordnance Survey Small-Scale Military & Aviation Maps
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Ordnance Survey Quarter-inch Map of England & Wales, Third Edition, RAF Edition (1932-c.1940?)
Ordnance Survey Quarter-inch Map of England & Wales, Third Edition, Civil Air Edition (1934-c.1940?)
GSGS 3957 [Quarter-inch Fourth Edition] (1937-1946?)
GSGS 3957 (Air) [Quarter-inch Fourth Edition] (1942-1946?)
GSGS 4628 / M521 [Quarter-inch Fourth Edition Post-War] (1948-1962?)
GSGS Misc. 1561 [Quarter-inch Exercise Surprise Packet Map] (1951)
M523 [1:250 000 Military Map of United Kingdom] (1961-1978?)
M523 Air [1:250 000 Military Map of United Kingdom] (1968-1978?)
GSGS 5344 [1:250 000 Aeronautical Charts] (197_?-present?)
GSGS 4369 [1:500 000 Aeronautical Map of Great Britain] (1942?-1951?)
Aeronautical Chart ICAO 1:500 000 (1972-present?)
GSGS 3993 [Ten-Mile Map of Great Britain] (1938-c.1955?)
M322 [1:625 000 Map of Great Britain] (1958-c.1992?)

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Ordnance Survey Quarter-inch Map of England & Wales, Third Edition, RAF Edition (1932-c.1940?)

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Sheet 8 - Midlands (S)
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- c.1937 Map image CFS Very Good ‘Air Information Correct to Notice to Airmen No. [1937] 124’. No borders on map therefore no print code. Cover slightly knocked and creased at edges. Map in very good condition, with very little wear.
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14200/38 c.1938 Map image CFS Very Good ‘Air Information Correct to Notice to Airmen No. [1937] 249’. Cover very slightly scuffed at edges and on rear. Map in very good condition, with very little wear. One very straight, light pencil line across part of map.
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16100/38 c.1938 Map image CFS Reasonable ‘Air Information Correct to Notice to Airmen No. [1938] 271 & A.M.O. [1938] 365’. Cover slightly worn at edges, creased, and with pencilled scrawlings. Map in reasonable condition, with some wear to folds and plenty of route marking in pencil.
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Sheet 11 - England, South
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15110/38 c.1938 Map image CFU Good ‘Air Information Correct to Notice to Airmen No. [1938] 271 & A.M.O. [1938] 365’. Slightly creased at edges and very slightly marked and dusty in places. Virtually no wear to folds.
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Ordnance Survey Quarter-inch Map of England & Wales, Third Edition, Civil Air Edition (1934-c.1940?)

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Sheet 8 - England, Midlands (S)
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14200/38 c.1938 Map image CFS Very Good ‘Air Information Correct to 28-2-38’. Cover neatly inscribed in ink, otherwise unmarked. Map in very good condition with virtually no wear.
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Sheet 11 - England, South
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3825/34. 3250/34. 1500/34. c.1934 Map image CFS Good ‘Air Information Correct to 6-11-34’. Cover slightly knocked and creased at edges. Map in good condition, slight scuffing to folds, some pencil lines on map face.
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GSGS 3957 [Quarter-inch Fourth Edition] (1937-1946?)

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Sheet 8 - Midlands
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W.O. 8000/37 1937 Map image CFU Good Map slightly scuffed at edges and with very minor wear to folds. Thin red crayon line - possibly a flight plan? - from south of Wantage, through Oxford, Banbury, Northampton, Thrapston, to Peterborough.
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W.O. 22400/39. 15000/39 1939 Map image PFU Good Map slightly creased in places, some minor wear to fold corners.
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W.O. 90,000/40
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1940 Map image CFU Poor Map very creased and with wear where folded. Well-used feel, and grubby to rear.
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30,000/9/41.L.R 1941 Map image CFS Good ‘War Revision 1940’. Cover very slightly scuffed at edges. Map in very good condition, with very little wear. Marked “Not to be Published”. With War Office Cassini Grid. Includes town plan sheet, print 6039: Birmingham, Coventry, Rugby, Worcester, Northampton, Kettering, Wolverhampton, Peterborough, Bedford, Luton, Cheltenham, Oxford, Swindon.
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50,000/2/43.A 1943 Map image CFU Good ‘War Revision 1940’. In good condition, slightly grubby, small amount of scuffing to folds. Military edition, with air bases printed. Marked “Not to be Published”.
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Sheet 11 - England, South
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W.O. 4500/39 1939 Map image CFU Very Good Map in very good condition, with very little wear.
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GSGS 3957 (Air) [Quarter-inch Fourth Edition] (1942-1946?)

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Sheet 8 - Midlands
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Sheet 11 - England, South
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20,000/3/44.Ch 1944 Map image PFU Very Good Map has virtually no wear, but slight dustiness to exposed panels.
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GSGS 4628 / M521 [Quarter-inch Fourth Edition Post-War] (1948-1962?)

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Sheet 8 - Midlands
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40,000/5/48 1948 Map image PFH Very Good Home-made hinged board cover, in good condition. Map in very good condition, slightly creased at bottom.
Coming soon... PFU
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30,000/10/52 1952 Map image PFU Reasonable Civilian edition ‘2038’. Overprinted with purple grid numbers and blue air information. Map slightly clumsily folded, with 20mm tears at two crease intersections.
Map image PFU Good Civilian edition ‘2038’. Overprinted with purple grid numbers and blue air information. Map slightly creased in places, slight wear to folds and fold intersections.
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Sheet 11 - England, South
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60,000/3/48 S.P.C. 1948 Map image PFH Very Good Home-made hinged board cover, in good condition. Map in very good condition, slightly creased at bottom. Map heading reads ‘Outline Edition’, despite the map being printed in standard colours.
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30,000/7/55. O.S. 1955 Coming soon... PFU
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5,000/4/62/6414/O.S. 1962 Map image PFU Very Good Civilian edition ‘E’. Map very slightly creased in some places in margin, but with very little wear.
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GSGS Misc. 1561 [Quarter-inch Exercise Surprise Packet Map] (1951)

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Exercise Surprise Packet [England South District Sheet]
14,000/8/51 S.P.C.,R.E. 1951 Map image PFU Good Some creasing to edges and slightly affected by damp at folded corners. Some minor wear to folds, one or two tiny holes at fold intersections.

M523 [1:250 000 Military Map of United Kingdom] (1961-1978?)

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Sheet 13 - The Midlands
25,000/5/62/6406/OS 1962 Not in collection
25,000/9/63/6563/OS 1963 Not in collection
25,000/9/64/6655/OS 1964 Not in collection
20,000/7/66/6827/OS 1966 Not in collection
8000/9/67/6970/OS 1967 Not in collection
3/68/7062/OS 1968 Not in collection
Sheet 16 - Southern England
25,000/2/63/6477/O.S. 1963 Map image PFU Good Civilian edition ‘A’. Map has some pinholes at corners, one horizontal tear to right margin. Little or no wear to folds.
65,000/6/64/6625/OS 1964 Not in collection
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2/69/7348/OS 1969 Not in collection

M523 Air [1:250 000 Military Map of United Kingdom] (1968-1978?)

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Sheet 13 - The Midlands
3/68/7067/OS 1968 Not in collection
9/70/8090/OS 1970 Not in collection
4/72/8520/OS 1972 Not in collection
5/73/730151 S 1973 Not in collection
8000/2/76/742721 S 1976 Map image PFU Good Civilian edition ‘E’. Map clean, but slightly creased in places. Three small breaks at fold intersections.
Sheet 16 - Southern England
2/69/7347/OS 1969 Not in collection
5/72/8523/OS 1972 Not in collection
5/73/730152 S 1973 Not in collection
5000/3/77/770166 S 1977 Not in collection

GSGS 5344 [1:250 000 Aeronautical Charts] (197_- ?)

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Sheet 13 [The Midlands]
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8-GSGS 5/96/950730S 1996 Map image PFU Good Air information current at 10 May 1996. Map slightly creased in places, but with virtually no wear.
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Sheet 16 [Southern England]
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8-GSGS 2/97/960840S 1997 Map image PFU Very Good Air information current at 21 January 1997. Map has virtually no wear.
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GSGS 4369 [1:500 000 Aeronautical Map of Great Britain] (1942?-1951?)

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Sheet 7 - S.W. England
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200,000/5/44. Wa. 1944 Map image PFU Good Map slightly creased at edges, minor ink staining to edges of one or two folds.
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150,000/10/44.A. 1944 Map image PFU Good Map very slightly rubbed at edges, very slight scuffing to folds.
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Aeronautical Chart ICAO 1:500 000 (1972- ?)

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Sheet 2171CD - Southern England and Wales
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7 1980 Coming soon... LFU Print code 12/80/801569 S
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14 1988 Map image LFU Good Map slightly creased at edges and fold intersections.
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GSGS 3993 [Ten-Mile Map of Great Britain] (1938-c.1955?)

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Sheet 2 [Southern GB]
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20,500/12/43 Wa. 1943 Map image PFU Good No relief shading on land. Map slightly dusty in places, folded rather untidily. Minor darkening to folds, although little wear. A few pinholes at the four corners. Marked ‘Not to be Published’.
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M322 [1:625 000 Map of Great Britain] (1958-c.1992?)

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South Sheet
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29500/1/89/882016 S 1989 Map image PFU Good Civilian edition ‘AA’. Map very slightly creased at edges, some very minor scuffing to fold edges.
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