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OS Quarter Inch Fourth Series 1934-36

The final (for now anyway!) bumper batch of 16 pre-war OS Quarter Inch Fourth Edition sheets based on the National Yard Grid have gone live today on SABRE Maps.

These additional editions in the England and Wales series are (by layer):

1934
* Sheet 7 (South Wales) revision 2534
* Sheet 10 (England, South West) revision 3035
* Sheet 11 (England, South) revision 4000/34
1935
* Sheet 1 (The Border) revision 2035
* Sheet 2 (North Central) revision 1535
* Sheet 3 (England, North East) revision 2335
* Sheet 4 (North Wales and Manchester) revision 2535
* Sheet 6 (North Midlands and Lincolnshire) revision 2535
* Sheet 8 (Midlands) revision 3035
* Sheet 12 (England, South East and London) revision 4535
1936
* Sheet 4 (North Wales and Manchester) revision 6036

And in the Scottish series:

1935
* Sheet 7 (Scotland North) revision 1535
1936
* Sheet 2 (Scotland, South West) revision 2536
* Sheet 3 (The Forth, Clyde and Tay) revision 2536
* Sheet 4 (Glasgow and the Middle West) revision 2536
* Sheet 5 (The Eastern Highlands) revision 2036

They can be found on the OS Quarter Inch section of SABRE Maps, on the 1934, 1935 and 1936 layers.

We're still missing a few pre-war editions of this series - could you help us acquire these, perhaps by scanning items in your personal collection?

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Image taken from the B992 SABRE Wiki page

B992

The B992 is a long B-road in central Aberdeenshire. Route Whitehouse - Insch The route starts on the A944 a couple of miles east of [{Alford]] at Whitehouse and heads north, skirting the eastern edge of the Howe of Alford. The road winds gently, along the base of the hills to the east, passing through fields and a couple of woods before dropping down to the River Don. The river immediately...

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