Antique Ordnance Survey Map Ashbourne Derbyshire 1880 Victorian Folding Map

Original Victorian Ordnance Survey folding map covering Ashbourne, Derbyshire, and surrounding parts of Staffordshire. The map includes Ashbourne, Rocester, Mayfield, Yeaveley, Brailsford, Longford, Alton and surrounding villages and countryside. Published under Colonel Colby with an original 1830s publication date, it bears a printed statement confirming an electrotype taken in 1880. The map is mounted on a folding backing and shows considerable age-related discolouration, staining, creasing and wear along the folds, as photographed.

Original antique Ordnance Survey map

Scale of one inch to one statute mile

Area covering Derbyshire and Staffordshire

Includes Ashbourne, Rocester, Alton, Mayfield and surrounding locations

Original publication dating to the 1830s

Printed from an electrotype taken in 1880

Engraved at the Ordnance Map Office, Tower of London

Associated with Colonel Colby

Folded size approximately 15 x 13.5 inches

Mounted on a folding backing with cloth reinforcement

Heavy discolouration, staining and wear to fold lines

Some splitting and damage along folds

See photographs for condition and geographical coverage

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