UK Map Collections Archive
​This directory lists the major map collections in the UK. It is freely available subject to the Society's Terms and Conditions.
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Armagh Robinson Library
armaghrobinsonlibrary.co.uk
An independent foundation established in 1771 by Act of Parliament and under the control of a Board of Governors and Guardians.
Collection: 1835-1840 Ireland Ordnance Survey maps, atlases, local maps.
Map Library
BP Exploration Operating Co. Ltd.
Approx. 55,000 maps and 200 atlases forming an extensive world-wide geological, topographic, hydrologic and thematic coverage of relevance to hydrocarbon exploration.
Note: The extensive, collection of satellite imagery, satellite photography, and aerial photography has now been relocated with the National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC). This means that for the first time, this archive, which covers a large part of the world's oil exploration area is now available to other companies on a commercial basis. For further details contact: National Remote Sensing Centre, Ltd., Delta House, Southwood Crescent, Southwood, FARNBOROUGH, Hants. GU14 0NL. (Tel: 01252-362033)
Archives and Local Studies Department
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
Circa 2,000 sheets and about 80 atlases. Mainly OS maps covering local area at 1:10,560 and 1:2,500. Complete set of OS at 1:50,000. Also some original and duplicate tithe and enclosure maps for the area.
St Bartholomew's Hospital Archives
Barts Health NHS Trust
Circa 500 items (including 9 plan books). Maps and plans of St. Bartholomew's Hospital and its estates (17th-20th centuries). The estates were principally in the Home Counties and in London.
Also some maps and plans relating to other former hospitals in the City and East London and their estates.
Bath Central Library
Bath and North East Somerset Council
Circa 800 maps and plans. County maps of Somerset, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire. Town plans of Bath. 0.S. maps for local area.
Bath and North-East Somerset Record Office
Bath and North-East Somerset Council
Manuscript and printed maps and plans of Bath and the surrounding district only.
Local Studies Library
Bedfordshire County Council
Circa 4,000 OS and other maps covering Bedfordshire, current and historical. Original maps and prints from 16th century onwards. Also land use and geographical maps. Sets of 1:10,560 OS maps from 1st ed. to 1960, and of 1:10,000 thereafter for Bedfordshire; 1:2,500 (1949 and 1955) for the county; 1:1,250 for Bedford only.
Set of aerial photographs for Bedfordshire taken in 1991.
Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard Libraries have collections of historical maps relating to their own areas. See web site for more details.