Ordnance Survey Books of Reference

Date range: 1855-1882 OCR quality: original OCR File types/numbers: 15,397 ALTO XML files; 15,397 image files; 22 METS files; 22 plain text files Description: This dataset represents a collection of Ordnance Survey Books of Reference. Sometimes called ‘Area Books’, or ‘Parish Area Books’, the Ordnance Survey Books of Reference were published between 1855-1882 to accompany the Ordnance Survey’s 25 inch to the mile maps. They record acreages of each land parcel shown on these maps and usually its land use (for example, categorising this as ‘arable’, ‘houses’, ‘gardens’, ‘woodland’). Collectively, they form the earliest, most complete estimate of land-use for the inhabited parts of Scotland in the 19th century.

时间范围：1855年至1882年
OCR质量：原始OCR
文件类型与数量：15397个ALTO XML格式文件、15397个图像文件、22个METS文件以及22个纯文本文件
数据集说明：本数据集收录了英国地形测量局参考手册（Ordnance Survey Books of Reference）的合集。该手册亦被称为“区域手册”或“教区区域手册”，于1855年至1882年间发布，配套英国地形测量局的25英寸对应1英里的地图使用。手册记录了对应地图上每块地块的面积，通常还标注其土地用途，例如将土地划分为“耕地”“住宅用地”“园地”“林地”等类别。整体而言，该套手册构成了19世纪苏格兰有人居住区域土地利用情况最早且最完整的估算数据集。