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The copyright of Hunting Surveys Ltd is unclear - the successor company, Hunting Surveys and Consultants Ltd., was dissolved in 2003.
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| Description | A collection of aerial views covering most of the county of South Yorkshire, surveyed at different times during the period 1947 - 1973.
Summary description:
There is patchy coverage of surveys flown by the RAF in the immediate post war period, with oddments photographed in later years.
There are two main series of verticals which cover most of the county, both surveyed by Meridian Airmaps Ltd in 1966-1969 and 1971-1973.
Both the Meridian series omit all, or a substantial part of the Peak Park area within the county. There are, however, separate surveys by Meridian in 1968 (1:10,800) and by Hunting Surveys Ltd in 1973 (1:10,000), both of which cover the peak Park area.
Full description:
1947-1948 Air Ministry Survey
Barnsley / Cudworth (scale 1: 5,800)
Hoyland / Wath (scale 1:16,600)
Sheffield City Centre (scale 1:16,600)
Tankersley (scale 1:5,600)
1953 RAF
Worsbrough Reservoir
1962 RAF
Worsbrough Reservoir / Barnsley Area
1966-1969 Meridian Airmaps Ltd - West Riding Survey (scale: 1:10,000)
This series covers the majority of the county, including part of the Peak Park to the west of Penistone. Each photograph covers an area approx. 4 square kilometres.
1968 Meridian Airmaps Ltd - Peak Park
This survey covers the areas not photographed in the 1966 - 1969 series, but at a larger scale.
1971 - 1973 Meridian Airmaps Ltd - West Riding Survey (scale: 1:5,000)
These flights extended over the whole county, excluding the Peak park area. Each photograph covers an area approx. 1 square kilometre.
1973 Huntings Surveys ltd
This survey covers the Peak Park area omitted by the meridian survey, but at a smaller scale.
1975 RAF
Barnsley / Stocksbridge
Photographs must be requested by collection reference (SY796), year of survey, flight run, and print numbers(s).
For example:
Post-war survey of Hoyland Common = SY796/1947-1948/Hoyland/No. 4202 (note there are no run numbers in the 1947/8 survey - simply quote the area and the print number instead).
1966-1969 survey for Outighridge = SY796/1966-1969/Run 12/172
1968 Peak Park Survey for Woodland Reservoir: SY796/Peak Park/Run 1/183
1971 - 1973 survey of Mosbrough = SY796/1971-1973/Run 48/165-167
1973 Peak Park Survey for Upper Midhope / Langsett = SY796/1973 Peak Park/Run 39/3308.
Note there are no index maps showing coverage of the 1947/8 Air Ministry survey for Sheffield City Centre, or the subsequent RAF views. Additionally, there is slight coverage for Barnsley / Keresforth in 1948 which does not appear on the index map. If you wish to see any of these please request them by collection number (SY796), year / survey, and (for Air Ministry Survey only) place.
For example:
SY796/1947-8/Sheffield
SY796/1948/Barnsley
SY796/1953/RAF
SY796/1975/RAF
Several prints may be requested at a time. For consecutively numbered prints in a single run, one request slip should be used. For non-consecutively numbered prints separate request slips should be used. For prints from different runs, or different surveys, separate slips for each run and for each survey should be used. |