James, Henry

Henry James (1803-1877) was director-general of the Ordnance Survey between 1854 and 1875, in which capacity he oversaw the maps produced for the 1867 Boundary Commission. 196 plans of English Boroughs and 51 of Welsh Boroughs were produced, of which we stock a selection. The boundary maps were prepared under the direction of Captain R M Parsons by lithographic transfer with overprinted colour representing the parliamentary boundary of 1832, the proposed Parliamentary boundary of 1868, the municipal boundary, and the parish and township boundaries. During James’s tenure the standard 1:2500 scale was adopted. His advocacy of the new technique of photo-zincography led to it becoming a standard process in the production of Ordnance Survey maps.

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James, Henry

Tower Hamlets, London. JAMES. Parliamentary Boundary Commission 1868 old map

Truro, Cornwall. JAMES. Parliamentary Boundary Commission 1868 old antique map

Tynemouth & North Shields. JAMES. Parliamentary Boundary Commission 1868 map

Wakefield, Yorkshire. JAMES. Parliamentary Boundary Commission 1868 old map

Wallingford, Berkshire. JAMES. Parliamentary Boundary Commission 1868 old map

Walsall, Staffordshire. JAMES. Parliamentary Boundary Commission 1868 old map

Wareham, Dorset. JAMES. Parliamentary Boundary Commission 1868 old antique map

Warrington, Lancashire. JAMES. Parliamentary Boundary Commission 1868 old map

Warwick, Warwickshire. JAMES. Parliamentary Boundary Commission 1868 old map

Wednesbury, Staffordshire. JAMES. Parliamentary Boundary Commission 1868 map

Wenlock, Shropshire. JAMES. Parliamentary Boundary Commission 1868 old map

Westminster, London. JAMES. Parliamentary Boundary Commission 1868 old map

Weymouth & Melcombe Regis. JAMES. Parliamentary Boundary Commission 1868 map

Whitby, Yorkshire. JAMES. Parliamentary Boundary Commission 1868 old map

Whitehaven, Cumbria. JAMES. Parliamentary Boundary Commission 1868 old map

Wigan, Lancashire. JAMES. Parliamentary Boundary Commission 1868 old map

Wilton, Wiltshire. JAMES. Parliamentary Boundary Commission 1868 old map

Winchester, Hampshire. JAMES. Parliamentary Boundary Commission 1868 old map

Worcester, Worcestershire. JAMES. Parliamentary Boundary Commission 1868 map

High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. JAMES. Parliamentary Boundary Commission 1868 map

York, Yorkshire. JAMES. Parliamentary Boundary Commission 1868 old antique map

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