We all know something of the story of the Ordnance ... Survey in Ireland in the nineteenth century: perhaps we’ve remarked on a particularly unfortunate translation of a placename, or used a 6 ...

running from Abbey to Zincography – the latter a method of 19th-century printing by the Ordnance Survey for producing maps whereby the image was drawn on and printed from a zinc plate.

You can check out at any time. More info Soap’s most famous street has been put on the map after Ordnance Survey paid a visit to Weatherfield. The large scale map shows Coronation Street ...