Our Society
The Charles Close Society was founded in 1980 to bring together all those with an interest in the maps and history of the Ordnance Survey of Great Britain and its counterparts in the island of Ireland.
This site brings together all our publications for your browsing. See our recent publications below, and our full shop above behind the ‘Our Publications’ button.
Latest Publications & General Guides
Below are our most recent and most popular publications, including general guides to Ordnance Survey maps.
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MAPS FOR EMPIRE BY A. CRISPIN JEWITT, 2nd edition.
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ORDNANCE SURVEY SMALL SCALE MAPS
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ORDNANCE SURVEY INTERMEDIATE SCALE MAPS
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ORDNANCE SURVEY MAPS: A CONCISE GUIDE FOR HISTORIANS
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Maps from the Past
This section includes the latest map the Society has reproduced and all the other maps in the collection for purchase.
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Maps from the Past #1, London Passenger Transport Map, Sheet 106, 1934.
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Maps from the Past #2, City of York, 6 inches to 1 mile, Ordnance Survey, 1920.
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Maps from the Past #3, Crystal Palace and its environs, scale 1:2500. Available to Members only.
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Maps from the Past #4, Half-Inch Second series Sheet 37, Leicester, Ordnance Survey, 1960.
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Guides & Histories of the One Inch map
Books contained here are in chronological order and detail all the maps, printings and variants of the one inch Ordnance Survey. These are cartobibliographies.
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MILITARY MAPS: THE ONE INCH SERIES OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND
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THE FIRST ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP
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ONE-INCH ENGRAVED MAPS OF THE ORDNANCE SURVEY FROM 1847
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THE REVISED NEW SERIES COLOUR PRINTED ONE-INCH MAP OF ENGLAND & WALES 1897-1914
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Other Guides to Maps
Publications contained here detail maps published by the Ordnance Survey at different scales to the one inch. These are more cartobibliographies.
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A GUIDE TO THE ORDNANCE SURVEY 1:25,000 FIRST SERIES
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THE "TEN MILE" MAPS OF THE ORDNANCE SURVEY
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THE MAPS OF THE ORDNANCE SURVEY, A MID-VICTORIAN VIEW
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Other Books Published
Finally the books contained here are the other Society publications. These include the history of the Ordnance Survey through to the military maps produced.
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SaleMAPPING THE WINDMILL
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THE ORDNANCE SURVEY IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
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PROJECTIONS AND ORIGINS, COLLECTED WRITINGS OF BRIAN ADAMS
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