Document of the Month
March 2010
Ordnance Survey map showing the Foss Way and Grantham Canal at Cropwell Butler, 1899
Reference: OS 6" 43 SW 1901
This map shows the area where the Foss Way crosses over the Grantham Canal to the west of the village of Cropwell Butler, in east Nottinghamshire. The map is a second edition Ordnance Survey map surveyed at a scale of 6 inches to the mile. The survey was originally undertaken in 1882-3 but was revised in 1899, and the map was published in 1901.
The Foss or Fosse Way is a Roman road which linked Exeter with Lincoln. Along much of the route between Lincoln and Leicester the modern A46 follows the Fosse Way.
The Grantham Canal was opened in 1797 and runs for 33 miles from Grantham to the river Trent in Nottingham. Its route takes it through the vale of Belvoir on the Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire border.
This area is of much interest today as the A46 is the subject of a road widening scheme. This plan shows what the area looked like over 100 years ago.
See the Ordnance Survey map in more detail here [PDF 1552 KB] 
Nottinghamshire Archives holds Ordnance Survey maps for a number of different scales and dates covering the whole of Nottinghamshire. Find out more about Ordnance Survey maps.
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