OS trig sketches
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2022 12:54 pm
As is commonly known, the Ordnance Survey donated all their Office File trig station documentation
(correspondence, location details, maps, sketches, details of sight lines to other trigs, etc)
to the National Archive at Kew. This happened several years ago but none of the documents
are yet available digitally. So unless you happen to live nearby, the options for getting a
copy of the trig details are limited. Its possible to request a digital copy from the Archive
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ but their charges are excessive (for me, anyway
)
Others, such as https://www.arcre.com/ and http://www.searcher-na.co.uk/
will do the job for a more reasonable fee.
Of the archive information that exists, the site sketches are of greatest interest to trig baggers.
I noticed that Jon Glew had added several sketches to the trig wiki (thanks Jon) so I've added a
some more. These can be found at http://trigpointing.uk/w/index.php?titl ... edirect=no
A few more to follow, hopefully.
(correspondence, location details, maps, sketches, details of sight lines to other trigs, etc)
to the National Archive at Kew. This happened several years ago but none of the documents
are yet available digitally. So unless you happen to live nearby, the options for getting a
copy of the trig details are limited. Its possible to request a digital copy from the Archive
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ but their charges are excessive (for me, anyway
)Others, such as https://www.arcre.com/ and http://www.searcher-na.co.uk/
will do the job for a more reasonable fee.
Of the archive information that exists, the site sketches are of greatest interest to trig baggers.
I noticed that Jon Glew had added several sketches to the trig wiki (thanks Jon) so I've added a
some more. These can be found at http://trigpointing.uk/w/index.php?titl ... edirect=no
A few more to follow, hopefully.
