OS One-Inch Old Series / First Edition Map Viewer (Sheet 1)

Ordnance Survey One-Inch First Edition Old Map of Middlesex, Essex, Surrey, Kent: Old Series map of OS Old Series Map Sheet 1 (London District inferred).

Please note that the modern reference map on the split screen is intended as a guide only.

Old Series Map Index

 

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Landscape and Archaeological Assessment

Landscape Classification

This sheet represents a metropolitan river basin landscape, characterised by capital city, Lower Thames estuary, forest, marshland and suburban villages.

Archaeological Landscape

The primary archaeological theme is .

High Visibility Locations

Terrain Archaeology

The terrain is interpreted using .

Main Geographic Information

River Thames clearly visible; bounds inferred due to unreadable graticule labels

Main Landscape Features

Sheet 1 shows a mixed area of metropolitan river basin capital city, Lower Thames estuary, forest, marshland and suburban villages . The map is useful for studying early 19th Century historic settlement patterns, Roman road alignments, early archaeological site indentification, how roads, old tracks, lanes and paths, villages, waterways and field systems related to the wider nineteenth-century landscape.

Main Geographic Features

Archaeological Predictions

Archaeological Hotspots

Historic Routes, Crossings and Connections

Historic Gateways and Crossing Places

Main Places