Durham County Record Office County Hall Durham DH1 5UL Telephone: 03000 267619 Email: [email protected] Website: www.durhamrecordoffice.org.uk User Guide 12 – Maps and Plans Issue no. 5 July 2020 Contents Access to Plans and Maps ............................................................................................................................................ 2 Historic Maps of the County ...................................................................................................................................... 2 Ordnance Survey ...................................................................................................................................................... 2 25" and 6" County Series .......................................................................................................................................... 3 National Grid Series .................................................................................................................................................. 3 North Riding of Yorkshire, Northumberland, Westmorland ...................................................................................... 3 Geological, Land Use, Land Tax .............................................................................................................................. 3 Town Plans ............................................................................................................................................................... 3 Key Plans .................................................................................................................................................................. 3 Boundary Plans ......................................................................................................................................................... 3 Roads, Rivers and Railways ......................................................................................................................................... 3 Deposited Plans ........................................................................................................................................................ 3 Communication Routes............................................................................................................................................. 4 Turnpike Roads ......................................................................................................................................................... 4 Estate Plans .................................................................................................................................................................. 4 Parish/Township Plans .................................................................................................................................................. 4 Inclosure Plans ......................................................................................................................................................... 4 Tithe Plans ................................................................................................................................................................ 4 Manorial Records ...................................................................................................................................................... 4 Parish Boundary Maps.............................................................................................................................................. 4 Historic Plans of Durham City ................................................................................................................................... 5 Board of Health Reports ........................................................................................................................................... 5 Ordnance Survey Town Plans .................................................................................................................................. 5 Modern Town Plans .................................................................................................................................................. 5 Grave Plans ................................................................................................................................................................... 5 Building Plans ................................................................................................................................................................ 5 Planning Permission and Building Control ............................................................................................................... 5 Architects Plans ........................................................................................................................................................ 5 Mine and Quarry Plans ................................................................................................................................................. 5 Military Maps ................................................................................................................................................................. 6 Vehicle Designs............................................................................................................................................................. 6 Library Resources ......................................................................................................................................................... 6 Aerial Surveys ............................................................................................................................................................... 6 Topographical Drawings ............................................................................................................................................... 6 Introduction This guide is intended to give a broad introduction to the kinds of maps and plans held at Durham County Record Office, detailing some of the larger collections, and giving advice on how to identify and gain access to them. All technical drawings listed in our catalogues, whether of a topographic or architectural nature, are described as plans. To find any maps or plans through our online catalogue you should search, using the "all of these words" option, for an appropriate place name (perhaps with alternative spellings) plus the word "plan" or "plans": www.durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/Pages/AdvancedSearchCatalogue.aspx. HANDLISTS:UserGuide12MapsAndPlans.docx/14-Jul-20/16:39 page 1 There is an introduction to our map collections on our website: www.durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/Pages/Maps1.aspx. Where reference is given here to other guides produced by us then these will be found outside our Search Room and on our website under “Information leaflets”. User Guide 5 gives details of our publications mentioned below. Access to Plans and Maps Viewing The earliest Ordnance Survey plans are stored in the Search Room and can be seen simply by asking a staff member. All other plans are stored in strongrooms and must be ordered in the Search Room on a request slip. Please get in touch for an appointment to visit: www.durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/Pages/visitus.aspx. Early Ordnance Survey plans can also be browsed, together with aerial photographs, on our website Map Viewer: www.durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/Pages/AdvancedSearchMapSeries.aspx?layer=2. See the “Pictures in Print” website to see pre-1860 maps of County Durham held at Durham University Library (Archives and Special Collections), Durham County Record Office, Durham Cathedral Library, Sunderland Museum, Sunderland City Library and the British Library: valentine.dur.ac.uk/pip/index.html. Our catalogue gives a cross-reference to this site where appropriate. Library volume B 63/2 is a 1954 list of historic maps held at the University. Copying We can make high quality digital copies of all plans, other than the largest tithe plans, with our specialist overhead camera; please enquire about costs and media. Visitors can take photographs of plans, other than Ordnance Survey maps and tithe plans, by buying a daily licence. Printed sections of some Ordnance Survey plans can be made for you in the Search Room for a small charge. North East England Maps Our collection concentrates on County Durham but we do hold some regional maps, in particular those showing the northern coalfields or long-distance transport routes, which can be found along with the more local maps mentioned below. County Durham Maps Historic Maps of the County Our main collection of printed maps, published from the late 16th century to the 20th century, are chiefly found under catalogue sections D/CL 23 and D/XP. These begin with a photocopy of the earliest known County Durham map, c.1569, (D/CL 23/1) and a copy of Saxton’s map of 1576 (D/CL 23/2). Facsimile copies of John Speed’s map of 1611 (D/XP 26) and Jan Jansson’s map of 1652 (D/CL 23/6) can be bought from us. Many later maps of the county are derivative of these but notable later plans include the Armstrong/Jefferys plan of 1768 (D/Lo/P 239, in 6 sheets, and D/X 99/38, in 32 sheets, both with various annotations), Greenwood’s plan of 1820 (D/St/P 20/2 and also D/Br/P 298, D/XP 112/1 and D/X 1417/1) and Bell’s plans of the Great Northern Coalfield, 1843-50 (D/Lo/P 242-243). Ordnance Survey We have collected an almost complete set of the first four editions of Ordnance Survey County Series Maps of County Durham