NORTHUMBERLAND NAME BOOKS – PLACES & PEOPLE c.1860
The Ordnance Survey Name Books are the records of the fieldwork by Royal Engineers surveyors as a basis for the First Edition Six Inch maps and subsequent maps. As well as surveying, they collected information about places and place-names from local informants. The Northumberland Name Books project seeks to make this valuable resource available to researchers and the general public and will begin with a pilot phase of digitising and transcribing indexes and a selection of whole books. Transcription will be by volunteers, with initial training and guidance and checking throughout. The handwriting is in the main easily legible. Transcribers will ideally be able to work on their own computer.
There will be a preliminary meeting or anyone interested in transcribing on Thursday 21st April from 6.30pm to 8.00pm in the Commercial Union House (4th floor), Pilgrim Street, Newcastle upon Tyne. Any queries or offers to help to Diana Whaley on Diana.Whaley@ncl.ac.uk.
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