The Ordnance Survey Great Britain County Series maps were produced from the 1840s to the 1890s by the Ordnance Survey, with revisions published until the 1940s. The series mapped the counties of Great Britain at both a six inch and twenty-five inch scale with accompanying acreage and land use information. Following the introduction of the Ordnance Survey National Grid in the 1930s the County Series maps were replaced by a new series of maps at each scale.
The Ordnance Survey began producing six inch to the mile (1:10,560) maps of Great Britain in the 1840s, modelled on its first large-scale maps of Ireland from the mid-1830s. This was partly in response to the Tithe Commutation Act 1836 which led to calls for a large-scale survey of England and Wales.
From 1854, to meet requirements for greater detail, including land-parcel numbers in rural areas and accompanying information, cultivated and inhabited areas were mapped at 1:2500 (25.344 inches to the mile), at first parish by parish, with blank space beyond the parish boundary, and later continuously. [1] Early copies of 1:2500 maps were available hand-coloured. Up to 1879 the 1:2500 maps were accompanied by Books of Reference or "area books" that gave acreages and land-use information for land-parcel numbers. After 1879, land-use information was dropped from these area books; after the mid-1880s, the books themselves were dropped and acreages were printed instead on the maps. [2] After 1854, the six-inch maps and their revisions were based on the twenty-five inch maps.
The six-inch sheets covered an area of six by four miles on the ground; the twenty-five inch sheets an area of one by one and a half. One square inch on the twenty-five inch maps was roughly equal to an acre on the ground. In later editions the six-inch sheets were published in "quarters" (NW, NE, SW, SE), each covering an area of three by two miles on the ground.
The first edition of the two scales was completed by the 1890s. A second edition (or "first revision") was begun in 1891 and completed just before the First World War. From 1907 till the early 1940s, a third edition (or "second revision") was begun but never completed: only areas with significant changes on the ground were revised, many two or three times. [2] [3]
From the late 19th century to the early 1940s, the OS produced many "restricted" versions of the County Series maps and other War Department sheets for War Office purposes, in a variety of large scales that included details of military significance such as dockyards, naval installations, fortifications and military camps. Apart from a brief period during the disarmament talks of the 1930s, these areas were left blank or incomplete on standard maps. The de-classified sheets have now been deposited in some of the Copyright Libraries, helping to complete the map-picture of pre-Second World War Britain.
Both the 6 inch and 25 inch scale Ordnance Survey maps of Great Britain showed the boundaries of: [4] [5] [6] [7]
The maps included the area of most civil parishes and their detached parts, as well as extra-parochial areas and townships. Originally the area of these places was given in acres, roods and perches. [4] After about 1879 this was changed to solely acres, with area given to three decimal places. As boundary changes occurred throughout the late 19th century, reprints of map sheets would be updated with annotations detailing these changes.
County | No. of Sheets | Surveyed in | Index map |
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Bedfordshire | 35 | 1878-82 | |
Berkshire | 50 | 1867-78 | |
Buckinghamshire | 58 | 1868-81 | |
Cambridgeshire | 63 | 1877-86 | |
Cheshire | 67 | 1871-75 | |
Cornwall & Isles of Scilly | 90 | 1857-84 | |
Cumberland | 90 | 1863-65 | |
Derbyshire | 63 | 1874-82 | |
Devonshire | 139 | 1855-88 | |
Dorsetshire | 60 | 1862-89 | |
Durham | 58 | 1856-75 | |
Essex | 89 | 1862-76 | |
Gloucestershire | 78 | 1873-83 | |
Hampshire & Isle of Wight | 100 | 1856-75 | |
Herefordshire | 54 | 1883-87 | |
Hertfordshire | 47 | 1865-79 | |
Huntingdonshire | 28 | 1885-87 | |
Isle of Man | 19 | 1867-69 | |
Kent | 86 | 1858-72 | |
Lancashire | 118 | 1842-49 1888-93 (Revised & Re-Surveyed) | |
Leicestershire | 54 | 1881-86 | |
Lincolnshire | 154 | 1883-87 | |
Middlesex | 25 | 1862-71 | |
Norfolk | 111 | 1879-85 | |
Northamptonshire | 67 | 1882-86 | |
Northumberland | 111 | 1857-66 | |
Nottinghamshire | 54 | 1876-84 | |
Oxfordshire | 58 | 1872-80 | |
Rutland | 15 | 1883-84 | |
Shropshire | 84 | 1873-83 | |
Somersetshire | 95 | 1882-88 | |
Staffordshire | 75 | 1875-86 | |
Suffolk | 90 | 1882-86 | |
Surrey | 47 | 1861-71 | |
Sussex | 83 | 1869-75 | |
Warwickshire | 59 | 1882-86 | |
Westmorland | 51 | 1858-59 | |
Wiltshire | 78 | 1873-84 | |
Worcestershire | 64 | 1881-88 | |
Yorkshire | 301 | 1844-54 1888-93 (Revised & Re-Surveyed) | East R. North R. West R. north West R. south |
County | No. of Sheets | Surveyed in | Index map |
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Aberdeenshire | 113 | 1864-71 | |
Argyllshire & Buteshire | 267 | 1855-77 | |
Ayrshire | 74 | 1854-59 | |
Banffshire | 49 | 1865-70 | |
Berwickshire | 31 | 1855-57 | |
Caithness-shire | 44 | 1870-72 | |
Dumbartonshire | 29 | 1858-61 | |
Dumfries-shire | 69 | 1854-58 | |
Edinburghshire | 25 | 1850-52 | |
Elginshire | 34 | 1866-71 | |
Fifeshire & Kinross-shire | 41 | 1852-55 | East West |
Forfarshire | 55 | 1857-62 | |
Haddingtonshire | 22 | 1852-54 | |
Inverness-shire (Mainland) | 169 | 1866-76 | |
Inverness-shire (Hebrides) | 70 | 1876 | |
Inverness-shire (Isle of Skye) | 73 | 1874-77 | |
Kincardineshire | 28 | 1863-65 | |
Kirkcudbrightshire | 55 | 1845-50 | East West |
Lanarkshire | 55 | 1856-59 | |
Linlithgowshire | 12 | 1854-56 | |
Nairnshire | 13 | 1866-69 | |
Orkney & Shetland Islands | 127 | 1877-78 | North South |
Peebles-shire | 27 | 1855-58 | |
Perthshire & Clackmannanshire | 143 | 1859-64 | |
Renfrewshire | 20 | 1856-58 | |
Ross-shire & Cromartyshire (Mainland) | 135 | 1868-75 | |
Ross-shire & Cromartyshire (Isle of Lewis) | 49 | 1848-52 | |
Roxburghshire | 48 | 1856-59 | |
Selkirkshire | 22 | 1856-59 | |
Stirlingshire | 36 | 1858-63 | |
Sutherland | 113 | 1868-73 | |
Wigtownshire | 37 | 1843-47 | East West |
Town | County | No. of Sheets | Surveyed in |
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Ayr | Ayrshire | 11 | 1855 [17] |
Windsor & Eton | Berkshire/Buckinghamshire | 1871 | |
Stockport (1st edition) | Cheshire | 1851 | |
Stockport (2nd edition) | Cheshire | 1873 | |
Stockport (3rd edition) | Cheshire | 1895 | |
Dumfries (1st edition) | Dumfriesshire | 9 | 1850 [17] |
Darlington | Durham | 1856 | |
Dalkeith (1st edition) | Edinburghshire | 2 | 1852 [17] |
Edinburgh (1st edition) | Edinburghshire | 54 | 1849-53 [17] |
Edinburgh (2nd edition) | Edinburghshire | 66 | 1876-77 [17] |
Musselburgh (1st edition) | Edinburghshire | 12 | 1853 [17] |
Cupar (1st edition) | Fifeshire | 9 | 1854 [17] |
Dunfermline (1st edition) | Fifeshire | 9 | 1854 [17] |
Kirkcaldy (1st edition) | Fifeshire | 7 | 1855 [17] |
St Andrews (1st edition) | Fifeshire | 4 | 1854 [17] |
Haddington (1st edition) | Haddingtonshire | 2 | 1853 [17] |
Southampton (1st edition) | Hampshire | 33 | 1845-46 [18] |
Kirkcudbright (1st edition) | Kirkcudbrightshire | 1 | 1850 [17] |
Accrington (1st edition) | Lancashire | 1851 | |
Aston-under-Lyne & Stayleybridge (1st edition) | Lancashire/Cheshire | 1851 | |
Aston-under-Lyne & Stayleybridge (2nd edition) | Lancashire/Cheshire | 1874 | |
Aston-under-Lyne & Stayleybridge (3rd edition) | Lancashire/Cheshire | 1893-94 | |
Bacup (1st edition) | Lancashire | 1852 | |
Blackburn (1st edition) | Lancashire | 1848 | |
Bolton le Moors (1st edition) | Lancashire | 1849 | |
Burnley (1st edition) | Lancashire | 1851 | |
Bury (1st edition) | Lancashire | 1849 | |
Chorley (1st edition) | Lancashire | 1848 | |
Clitheroe (1st edition) | Lancashire | 1849 | |
Clitheroe (2nd edition) | Lancashire | 1886 | |
Colne (1st edition) | Lancashire | 1851 | |
Fleetwood (1st edition) | Lancashire | 1851 | |
Haslingden (1st edition) | Lancashire | 1849 | |
Heywood (1st edition) | Lancashire | 1851 | |
Lancaster (1st edition) | Lancashire | 1849 | |
Liverpool (1st edition) | Lancashire | 1850 | |
Manchester & Salford (1st edition) | Lancashire | 1850-51 | |
Middleton (1st edition) | Lancashire | 1851 | |
Oldham (1st edition) | Lancashire | 1848-51 [19] | |
Ormskirk (1st edition) | Lancashire | 1851 | |
Prescot (1st edition) | Lancashire | 1852 | |
Preston (1st edition) | Lancashire | 1849 | |
Rochdale (1st edition) | Lancashire | 1851 | |
St Helens (1st edition) | Lancashire | 1851 | |
Ulverston (1st edition) | Lancashire | 1852 | |
Warrington (1st edition) | Lancashire | 1851 | |
Wigan (1st edition) | Lancashire | 1848-64 | |
Linlithgow | Linlithgowshire | 4 | 1856 [17] |
Brentford | Middlesex | 1867 | |
London (1st edition) | Middlesex/Surrey/Essex/Kent | 326 | 1863-71 |
London (2nd edition) | Middlesex/Surrey/Essex/Kent | 759 | 1893-96 [20] |
Selkirk | Selkirkshire | 6 | 1865 [17] |
Kingston upon Thames | Surrey | 1869 | |
Richmond & Kew | Surrey | 1871 | |
Stranraer (1st edition) | Wigtownshire | 4 | 1847 [17] |
Stranraer (2nd edition) | Wigtownshire | 4 | 1863-77 [17] |
Stranraer (3rd edition) | Wigtownshire | 4 | 1893 [17] |
Wigtown (1st edition) | Wigtownshire | 1 | 1848 [17] |
Wigtown (2nd edition) | Wigtownshire | 1 | 1894 [17] |
Barnsley (1st edition) | Yorkshire | 1852 | |
Beverley (1st edition) | Yorkshire | 1853-54 | |
Bingley (1st edition) | Yorkshire | 1852 | |
Bradford (1st edition) | Yorkshire | 1852 | |
Bridlington (1st edition) | Yorkshire | 1853 | |
Dewsbury & Batley (1st edition) | Yorkshire | 1852 | |
Doncaster (1st edition) | Yorkshire | 1852 | |
Halifax (1st edition) | Yorkshire | 1852 | |
Howden | Yorkshire | 1851 | |
Huddersfield (1st edition) | Yorkshire | 1851 | |
Keighley (1st edition) | Yorkshire | 1852 | |
Kingston upon Hull (1st edition) | Yorkshire | 1856 | |
Knaresborough (1st edition) | Yorkshire | 1851 | |
Leeds (1st edition) | Yorkshire | 1850 | |
Malton (1st edition) | Yorkshire | 1853 | |
Middlesbrough (1st edition) | Yorkshire | 1858 | |
Pontefract (1st edition) | Yorkshire | 1852 | |
Ripon (1st edition) | Yorkshire | 1854 | |
Rotherham (1st edition) | Yorkshire | 1853 | |
Scarborough (1st edition) | Yorkshire | 1852 | |
Selby (1st edition) | Yorkshire | 1849 | |
Sheffield (1st edition) | Yorkshire | 1853 | |
Skipton (1st edition) | Yorkshire | 1852 | |
Todmorden (1st edition) | Yorkshire | 1852 | |
Wakefield (1st edition) | Yorkshire | 1851 | |
Whitby (1st edition) | Yorkshire | 1852 | |
York (1st edition) | Yorkshire | 21 | 1849-51 |
Town | County | No. of Sheets | Surveyed in |
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Birkenhead | Cheshire | 1879-81 | |
Chester | Cheshire | 1875 | |
Nantwich | Cheshire | 1876 | |
Barnard Castle | Durham | 1863 | |
Stockton-on-Tees (1st edition) | Durham | 1857 | |
Sunderland | Durham | 35 | 1859 [21] |
Chelmsford | Essex | 1874-76 | |
Merthyr-Tydfil | Glamorganshire | 67 | 1875-76 [22] |
Hitchin | Hertfordshire | 1881 | |
Ware | Hertfordshire | 1880 | |
Margate | Kent | 1873-74 | |
Sheerness | Kent | 1864 | |
Woolwich | Kent | 1895 | |
Ashby-de-la-zouch | Leicestershire | 1882-3 | |
Hornsey | Middlesex | 1894 | |
Uxbridge | Middlesex | 1866 | |
Alnwick | Northumberland | 1866 | |
Berwick-upon-Tweed | Northumberland | 17 | 1852 [17] |
Tynemouth, North & South Shields (1st edition) | Northumberland | 1857-60 |
Town | County | No. of Sheets | Surveyed in |
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Aberdeen | Aberdeenshire | 55 | 1866-67 [17] |
Peterhead | Aberdeenshire | 16 | 1868 [17] |
Holyhead | Anglesey | 22 | 1888-89 [22] |
Campbeltown | Argyllshire | 12 | 1865 [17] |
Oban | Argyllshire | 17 | 1867-68 [17] |
Girvan | Ayrshire | 9 | 1857 [17] |
Irvine | Ayrshire | 5 | 1859 [17] |
Kilmarnock | Ayrshire | 15 | 1857-59 [17] |
Maybole | Ayrshire | 5 | 1856-57 [17] |
Rothesay | Ayrshire | 8 | 1862-63 [17] |
Bedford | Bedfordshire | ||
Biggleswade | Bedfordshire | 10 | |
Dunstable | Bedfordshire | ||
Leighton Buzzard | Bedfordshire | ||
Luton | Bedfordshire | ||
Abingdon | Berkshire | ||
Maidenhead | Berkshire | 5 | 1875 [23] |
Newbury | Berkshire | ||
Reading | Berkshire | ||
Wokingham | Berkshire | ||
Brecon | Brecknockshire | 10 | 1888 [22] |
Aylesbury | Buckinghamshire | ||
Buckingham | Buckinghamshire | ||
Great Marlow | Buckinghamshire | ||
High Wycombe | Buckinghamshire | ||
Alloa | Caithness-shire | 10 | 1861-62 [17] |
Wick | Caithness-shire | 16 | 1872 [17] |
Bangor | Carnarvonshire | 18 | 1889 [22] |
Caernarfon | Carnarvonshire | 10 | 1888-89 [22] |
Llandudno | Carnarvonshire | 19 | 1889 [22] |
Cambridge | Cambridgeshire | ||
Ely | Cambridgeshire | ||
March | Cambridgeshire | ||
Wisbech | Cambridgeshire | ||
Aberystwyth (1st edition) | Cardiganshire | 14 | 1887 [22] |
Aberystwyth (2nd edition) | Cardiganshire | 11 | 1905 [22] |
Carmarthen | Carmarthenshire | 17 | 1888 [22] |
Llanelly | Carmarthenshire | 23 | 1880 [22] |
Altrincham | Cheshire | ||
Congleton | Cheshire | ||
Crewe | Cheshire | ||
Hyde | Cheshire | ||
Macclesfield | Cheshire | ||
Northwich | Cheshire | ||
Runcorn | Cheshire | ||
Bodmin | Cornwall | ||
Camborne | Cornwall | ||
Falmouth | Cornwall | ||
Liskeard | Cornwall | ||
Penzance | Cornwall | ||
Redruth | Cornwall | ||
St Austell | Cornwall | ||
St Ives | Cornwall | ||
Truro | Cornwall | ||
Carlisle | Cumberland | ||
Cockermouth | Cumberland | ||
Maryport | Cumberland | ||
Penrith | Cumberland | ||
Whitehaven | Cumberland | ||
Wigton | Cumberland | ||
Workington | Cumberland | ||
Denbigh | Denbighshire | 6 | 1874-76 [22] |
Wrexham | Denbighshire | 16 | 1872-81 [22] |
Belper | Derbyshire | ||
Buxton | Derbyshire | ||
Chesterfield | Derbyshire | ||
Derby | Derbyshire | ||
Glossop | Derbyshire | ||
Ilkeston | Derbyshire | ||
Long Eaton | Derbyshire | ||
Barnstaple | Devonshire | 25 | |
Bideford | Devonshire | 10 | |
Brixham | Devonshire | 5 | |
Crediton | Devonshire | 13 | |
Dartmouth | Devonshire | 13 | |
Dawlish | Devonshire | 9 | |
Exeter | Devonshire | 41 | |
Exmouth | Devonshire | 17 | |
Ilfracombe | Devonshire | 16 | |
Newton Abbot | Devonshire | 15 | |
Plymouth | Devonshire | 84 | |
Tavistock | Devonshire | 14 | |
Teignmouth | Devonshire | ||
Tiverton | Devonshire | 11 | |
Torquay | Devonshire | 18 | |
Totnes | Devonshire | 9 | |
Bridport | Dorsetshire | ||
Dorchester | Dorsetshire | ||
Poole | Dorsetshire | ||
Sherborne | Dorsetshire | ||
Weymouth | Dorsetshire | ||
Alexandria & Bonhill | Dumbartonshire | 11 | 1859 [17] |
Dumbarton | Dumbartonshire | 7 | 1859 [17] |
Kirkintilloch | Dumbartonshire | 6 | 1859 [17] |
Annan | Dumfriesshire | 16 | 1859 [17] |
Dumfries (2nd edition) | Dumfriesshire | 20 | 1893 [17] |
Bishops Auckland | Durham | ||
Durham | Durham | 9 | |
Gateshead | Durham | ||
Hartlepool | Durham | ||
Stockton-on-Tees (2nd edition) | Durham | ||
Dalkeith (2nd edition) | Edinburghshire | 7 | 1893 [17] |
Edinburgh (3rd edition) | Edinburghshire | 184 | 1893-94 [17] |
Musselburgh (2nd edition) | Edinburghshire | 11 | 1893 [17] |
Portobello | Edinburghshire | 8 | 1893-94 [17] |
Elgin | Elginshire | 13 | 1868 [17] |
Forres | Elginshire | 8 | 1868 [17] |
Braintree | Essex | ||
Brentwood | Essex | ||
Colchester | Essex | ||
Halstead | Essex | ||
Harwich | Essex | ||
Maldon | Essex | ||
Romford | Essex | ||
Saffron Walden | Essex | ||
Waltham Abbey | Essex | ||
Burntisland | Fifeshire | 7 | 1894 [17] |
Cupar (2nd edition) | Fifeshire | 11 | 1893-94 [17] |
Dunfermline (2nd edition) | Fifeshire | 11 | 1894 [17] |
Kirkcaldy (2nd edition) | Fifeshire | 26 | 1894 [17] |
St Andrews (2nd edition) | Fifeshire | 14 | 1893 [17] |
Holywell | Flintshire | 5 | 1871 [22] |
Mold | Flintshire | 6 | 1871-79 [22] |
Rhyl | Flintshire | 18 | 1872 [22] |
Arbroath | Forfarshire | 16 | 1858 [17] |
Brechin | Forfarshire | 9 | 1852 [17] |
Dundee (1st edition) | Forfarshire | 58 | 1857-58 [17] |
Dundee (2nd edition) | Forfarshire | 111 | 1871-72 [17] |
Forfar | Forfarshire | 8 | 1860-61 [17] |
Kirriemuir | Forfarshire | 2 | 1861 [17] |
Montrose | Forfarshire | 11 | 1861-62 [17] |
Aberdare | Glamorganshire | 19 | 1868 [22] |
Cardiff (1st edition) | Glamorganshire | 117 | 1880 [22] |
Cardiff (2nd edition) | Glamorganshire | 143 | 1900 [22] |
Neath | Glamorganshire | 13 | 1878 [22] |
Swansea | Glamorganshire | 35 | 1879-80 [22] |
Bristol | Gloucestershire | 182 | |
Cheltenham | Gloucestershire | 128 | |
Cirencester | Gloucestershire | 12 | |
Gloucester | Gloucestershire | 61 | |
Stroud | Gloucestershire | 14 | |
Tewkesbury | Gloucestershire | 9 | |
Haddington (2nd edition) | Haddingtonshire | 12 | 1893 [17] |
Aldershot | Hampshire | ||
Andover | Hampshire | ||
Basingstoke | Hampshire | ||
Bournemouth | Hampshire | ||
Christchurch | Hampshire | ||
Gosport | Hampshire | ||
Lymington | Hampshire | ||
Newport | Hampshire | ||
Petersfield | Hampshire | ||
Portsmouth | Hampshire | ||
Romsey | Hampshire | ||
Ryde | Hampshire | ||
Southampton (2nd edition) | Hampshire | 40 | 1868 [24] |
West Cowes | Hampshire | ||
Winchester | Hampshire | ||
Hereford | Herefordshire | ||
Leominster | Herefordshire | ||
Berkhamstead | Hertfordshire | ||
Bishop's Stortford | Hertfordshire | ||
Hemel Hempstead | Hertfordshire | ||
Hertford | Hertfordshire | ||
St Albans | Hertfordshire | ||
Tring | Hertfordshire | ||
Watford | Hertfordshire | ||
Huntingdon & Godmanchester | Huntingdonshire | ||
Inverness | Inverness-shire | 41 | 1867-68 [17] |
Douglas | Isle of Man | ||
Ramsey | Isle of Man | ||
Ashford | Kent | ||
Canterbury | Kent | ||
Dartford | Kent | ||
Deal | Kent | ||
Dover | Kent | ||
Faversham | Kent | ||
Folkestone | Kent | ||
Gravesend | Kent | ||
Maidstone | Kent | ||
Ramsgate | Kent | ||
Rochester, Chatham & Stood | Kent | ||
Sandwich | Kent | ||
Sevenoaks | Kent | ||
Tonbridge | Kent | ||
Tunbridge Wells | Kent | ||
Stonehaven | Kincardineshire | 7 | 1864 [17] |
Kirkcudbright (2nd edition) | Kirkcudbrightshire | 4 | 1893 [17] |
Airdrie | Lanarkshire | 8 | 1858 [17] |
Coatbridge | Lanarkshire | 10 | 1858 [17] |
Glasgow & Rutherglen (1st edition) | Lanarkshire | 206 | 1857-58 [17] |
Glasgow & Rutherglen (2nd edition) | Lanarkshire | 369 | 1892-94 [17] |
Hamilton | Lanarkshire | 15 | 1858 [17] |
Lanark | Lanarkshire | 4 | 1858 [17] |
Strathaven | Lanarkshire | 2 | 1858 [17] |
Accrington (2nd edition) | Lancashire | ||
Atherton (Chowbent) | Lancashire | ||
Bacup (2nd edition) | Lancashire | ||
Barrow-in-Furness | Lancashire | ||
Blackburn (2nd edition) | Lancashire | ||
Blackpool | Lancashire | ||
Bolton-le-Moors (2nd edition) | Lancashire | ||
Burnley (2nd edition) | Lancashire | ||
Bury & Radcliffe (2nd edition) | Lancashire | ||
Chorley (2nd edition) | Lancashire | ||
Clayton-le-Moors & Great Harwood | Lancashire | ||
Colne (2nd edition) | Lancashire | ||
Dalton-in-Furness | Lancashire | ||
Darwen | Lancashire | ||
Eccles | Lancashire | ||
Farnworth | Lancashire | ||
Fleetwood (2nd edition) | Lancashire | ||
Garston | Lancashire | ||
Haslingden (2nd edition) | Lancashire | ||
Heywood (2nd edition) | Lancashire | ||
Hindley | Lancashire | ||
Horwich | Lancashire | ||
Lancaster (2nd edition) | Lancashire | ||
Leigh | Lancashire | ||
Littleborough | Lancashire | ||
Liverpool (2nd edition) | Lancashire | ||
Lytham | Lancashire | ||
Manchester & Salford (2nd edition) | Lancashire | ||
Middleton (2nd edition) | Lancashire | ||
Morecambe | Lancashire | ||
Mossley | Lancashire | ||
Nelson | Lancashire | ||
Oldham (2nd edition) | Lancashire | 1879 [19] | |
Ormskirk (2nd edition) | Lancashire | ||
Padiham | Lancashire | ||
Prescot (2nd edition) | Lancashire | ||
Preston (2nd edition) | Lancashire | ||
Ramsbottom | Lancashire | ||
Rawtenstall | Lancashire | ||
Rishton | Lancashire | ||
Rochdale (2nd edition) | Lancashire | ||
Royton | Lancashire | ||
Southport | Lancashire | ||
St Helens (2nd edition) | Lancashire | ||
Swinton | Lancashire | ||
Tyldesley | Lancashire | ||
Ulverston (2nd edition) | Lancashire | ||
Warrington (2nd edition) | Lancashire | ||
Widnes | Lancashire | ||
Wigan (2nd edition) | Lancashire | ||
Withington | Lancashire | ||
Hinckley | Leicestershire | ||
Leicester | Leicestershire | ||
Loughborough | Leicestershire | ||
Melton Mowbray | Leicestershire | ||
Boston | Lincolnshire | ||
Gainsborough | Lincolnshire | ||
Grantham | Lincolnshire | 10 | |
Grimsby | Lincolnshire | ||
Horncastle | Lincolnshire | ||
Lincoln | Lincolnshire | 31 | |
Louth | Lincolnshire | ||
Sleaford | Lincolnshire | 10 | |
Spalding | Lincolnshire | ||
Stamford | Lincolnshire | 19 | |
Abergavenny | Monmouthshire | 13 | 1881 [22] |
Monmouth | Monmouthshire | 10 | 1881 [22] |
Newport | Monmouthshire | 70 | 1883-84 [22] |
Pontypool | Monmouthshire | 10 | 1880-81 [22] |
Newtown | Montgomeryshire | 12 | 1885 [22] |
Welshpool | Montgomeryshire | 10 | 1885 [22] |
Nairn | Nairnshire | 12 | 1867-68 [17] |
Kettering | Northamptonshire | ||
Northampton | Northamptonshire | ||
Peterborough | Northamptonshire | 53 | |
Wellingborough | Northamptonshire | ||
Blyth | Northumberland | ||
Hexham | Northumberland | ||
Morpeth | Northumberland | ||
Newcastle upon Tyne & Gateshead | Northumberland | ||
Tynemouth, North & South Shields (2nd edition) | Northumberland | ||
Wallsend & Jarrow | Northumberland | ||
East Dereham | Norfolk | ||
Great Yarmouth | Norfolk | ||
King's Lynn | Norfolk | ||
Norwich | Norfolk | ||
Thetford | Norfolk | ||
East Retford | Nottinghamshire | 17 | |
Hucknall Torkard | Nottinghamshire | ||
Mansfield | Nottinghamshire | ||
Newark-on-Trent | Nottinghamshire | 12 | |
Nottingham | Nottinghamshire | ||
Sutton in Ashfield | Nottinghamshire | ||
Worksop | Nottinghamshire | ||
Banbury | Oxfordshire | ||
Henley-on-Thames | Oxfordshire | ||
Oxford | Oxfordshire | ||
Peebles | Peebles-shire | 9 | 1856 [17] |
Haverfordwest | Pembrokeshire | 16 | 1889 [22] |
Pembroke | Pembrokeshire | 8 | 1861 [22] |
Pembroke Dock | Pembrokeshire | 9 | 1864 [22] |
Tenby | Pembrokeshire | 18 | 1888-89 [22] |
Perth | Perthshire | 25 | 1860 [17] |
Greenock | Renfrewshire | 20 | 1857 [17] |
Paisley | Renfrewshire | 32 | 1858 [17] |
Port Glasgow | Renfrewshire | 7 | 1856-57 [17] |
Hawick | Roxburghshire | 13 | 1857-58 [17] |
Jedburgh | Roxburghshire | 9 | 1858 [17] |
Kelso | Roxburghshire | 9 | 1857 [17] |
Galashiels | Selkirkshire | 8 | 1858 [17] |
Falkirk | Stirlingshire | 14 | 1859 [17] |
Bridgnorth | Shropshire | ||
Ludlow | Shropshire | ||
Oswestry | Shropshire | ||
Shrewsbury | Shropshire | ||
Wellington | Shropshire | ||
Whitchurch | Shropshire | ||
Bath | Somersetshire | 86 | |
Bridgwater | Somersetshire | 33 | |
Clevedon | Somersetshire | 28 | |
Crewkerne | Somersetshire | 20 | |
Frome | Somersetshire | 27 | |
Shepton Mallet | Somersetshire | 19 | |
Taunton | Somersetshire | 49 | |
Wellington | Somersetshire | 24 | |
Wells | Somersetshire | 12 | |
Weston-super-Mare | Somersetshire | 35 | |
Yeovil | Somersetshire | 26 | |
Brierley Hill | Staffordshire | ||
Burslem | Staffordshire | [25] | |
Burton upon Trent | Staffordshire | [25] | |
Chesterton | Staffordshire | ||
Darlaston | Staffordshire | ||
Fenton | Staffordshire | [25] | |
Hanley | Staffordshire | [25] | |
Kidsgrove | Staffordshire | [25] | |
Leek | Staffordshire | ||
Lichfield | Staffordshire | [25] | |
Longton | Staffordshire | [25] | |
Newcastle-under-Lyme | Staffordshire | [25] | |
Stafford | Staffordshire | [25] | |
Stoke-on-Trent | Staffordshire | [25] | |
Stone | Staffordshire | [25] | |
Tamworth | Staffordshire | [25] | |
Tunstall | Staffordshire | [25] | |
Walsall | Staffordshire | [25] | |
Wednesbury | Staffordshire | [25] | |
West Bromwich & Smethwick | Staffordshire | [25] | |
Wolverhampton | Staffordshire | ||
Stirling | Stirlingshire | 15 | 1858 [17] |
Beccles | Suffolk | ||
Bury St Edmunds | Suffolk | ||
Ipswich | Suffolk | ||
Lowestoft | Suffolk | ||
Newmarket | Suffolk | ||
Stowmarket | Suffolk | ||
Sudbury | Suffolk | ||
Woodbridge | Suffolk | ||
Chertsey | Surrey | ||
Croydon | Surrey | ||
Dorking | Surrey | ||
Farnham | Surrey | ||
Guildford | Surrey | ||
Redhill | Surrey | ||
Reigate | Surrey | ||
Brighton | Sussex | ||
Chichester | Sussex | ||
Eastbourne | Sussex | ||
Hastings | Sussex | ||
Horsham | Sussex | ||
Lewes | Sussex | ||
Petworth | Sussex | ||
Rye | Sussex | ||
Worthing | Sussex | ||
Atherstone | Warwickshire | ||
Birmingham & Smethwick | Warwickshire | ||
Coventry | Warwickshire | ||
Leamington | Warwickshire | ||
Nuneaton | Warwickshire | ||
Rugby | Warwickshire | ||
Stratford-upon-Avon | Warwickshire | ||
Warwick | Warwickshire | ||
Appleby | Westmorland | ||
Kendal | Westmorland | ||
Bradford-on-Avon | Wiltshire | 13 | |
Chippenham | Wiltshire | 24 | |
Devizes | Wiltshire | 12 | |
Salisbury | Wiltshire | 17 | |
Swindon | Wiltshire | 28 | |
Trowbridge | Wiltshire | 18 | |
Warminster | Wiltshire | 14 | |
Bromsgrove | Worcestershire | ||
Droitwich | Worcestershire | ||
Dudley | Worcestershire | ||
Evesham | Worcestershire | ||
Kidderminster | Worcestershire | ||
Malvern | Worcestershire | ||
Oldbury | Worcestershire | ||
Redditch | Worcestershire | ||
Stourbridge | Worcestershire | ||
Worcester | Worcestershire | ||
Barnsley (2nd edition) | Yorkshire | ||
Beverley (2nd edition) | Yorkshire | 1892 [26] | |
Bingley (2nd edition) | Yorkshire | 1891 [26] | |
Birstall | Yorkshire | ||
Bradford (2nd edition) | Yorkshire | 1891 [26] | |
Bridlington (2nd edition) | Yorkshire | ||
Brighouse | Yorkshire | ||
Castleford | Yorkshire | ||
Cleckheaton | Yorkshire | 1891 [26] | |
Dewsbury & Batley (2nd edition) | Yorkshire | 1890 [26] | |
Doncaster (2nd edition) | Yorkshire | [26] | |
Elland | Yorkshire | ||
Farsley, Pudsey & Stanningley | Yorkshire | 1891 [26] | |
Goole | Yorkshire | 1891 [26] | |
Great Driffield | Yorkshire | ||
Halifax (2nd edition) | Yorkshire | 1890 [26] | |
Harrogate | Yorkshire | 1890 [26] | |
Hebden Bridge | Yorkshire | ||
Heckmondwike | Yorkshire | 1890 [26] | |
Huddersfield (2nd edition) | Yorkshire | ||
Idle | Yorkshire | 1891 [26] | |
Ilkley | Yorkshire | 1891 [26] | |
Keighley (2nd edition) | Yorkshire | 1891 [26] | |
Kingston upon Hull (2nd edition) | Yorkshire | 1891 [26] | |
Knaresborough (2nd edition) | Yorkshire | ||
Knottingley | Yorkshire | ||
Leeds (2nd edition) | Yorkshire | 1891 [26] | |
Malton (2nd edition) | Yorkshire | ||
Middlesbrough (2nd edition) | Yorkshire | 1894 [26] | |
Mirfield | Yorkshire | ||
Morley | Yorkshire | ||
Otley | Yorkshire | 1890 [26] | |
Pontefract (2nd edition) | Yorkshire | 1891 [26] | |
Ravensthorpe | Yorkshire | ||
Richmond | Yorkshire | ||
Ripon (2nd edition) | Yorkshire | 1891 [26] | |
Rotherham (2nd edition) | Yorkshire | 1889 [26] | |
Saltaire & Shipley | Yorkshire | 1891 [26] | |
Scarborough (2nd edition) | Yorkshire | 1892 [26] | |
Selby (2nd edition) | Yorkshire | 1891 [26] | |
Sheffield (2nd edition) | Yorkshire | ||
Skipton (2nd edition) | Yorkshire | 1891 [26] | |
Sowerby Bridge | Yorkshire | ||
Todmorden (2nd edition) | Yorkshire | ||
Wakefield (2nd edition) | Yorkshire | ||
Whitby (2nd edition) | Yorkshire | ||
York (2nd edition) | Yorkshire | 35 | 1889-91 [26] |
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