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Ordnance Survey
Large-scale Ordnance Survey maps
are very useful to family historians and those at a scale of 1:2500 (25 inches
to a mile) were produced for the Wolverhampton area in the following years:
1880s, 1902, 1919-23, 1938 (incomplete) and 1950s/60s. These can be very helpful
in locating streets to check in census records.
Since the 1960s/70s the mapping of urban areas like Wolverhampton has been
at the more detailed scale of 1:1250. It should be noted that Ordnance Survey
maps (or any maps based on them) that are less than 50 years old are still
in copyright and there are restrictions on copying extracts from these maps.
Ordnance Survey map 1 : 2500 1885
The town centre area
was also mapped in the 1880s at
a scale of 1:500 (126.7 inches to 1 mile) and the extra content possible
at this scale can be invaluable in family history research.
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Ordnance Survey
maps do not give any indication of the height of buildings or the presence
of cellars. Although some building names (e.g. of pubs, large houses and
factories) may be given on the larger scale maps (such as 1:2500), house
numbers are not generally included until the 1950s. It can sometimes be
possible to work out house numbers on a map by comparing the plan with census
records or street listings in trade directories.
