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1930 - 1949

Year	Title	Notes
1930	Glasgow sheet Popular Edition by ORDNANCE SURVEY	This map shows Glasgow and the greater surrounding area with the traffic system clearly highlighted.
1930	Plan of Glasgow by L. R. ROBERTS	This colourful map shows the city on one sheet, with Corporation Tram and Bus routes, railways and stations, and the city boundary clearly marked. Postal Districts are outlines and numbered.
1930	Kelly's Plan of the county of the city of Glasgow by KELLY’S DIRECTORIES	This map shows the city on one sheet with ward boundaries and names clearly marked, and tram and bus routes shown.
1930	Pocket Plan of Glasgow by John BARTHOLOMEW	Public buildings such as hospitals, churches, businesses, and stations are coloured red on this street map of the city.
1932-34	Glasgow on 6 Inch 2^nd Edition 3^rd Revision by ORDNANCE SURVEY	This map shows the whole city on four quarter sheets with good detail.
1932-34	Glasgow on 25 Inch plan 2^nd Edition 3^rd Revision by ORDNANCE SURVEY	This large-scale map series covers many sheets, showing the city in great detail.
1938	Glasgow on 6 Inch 2^nd Edition Special Emergency Edition by ORDNANCE SURVEY	The Special Emergency Edition was produced for Air Raid Precaution (ARP) planning. This map shows the whole city on four quarter sheets with good detail.
1939-40	Plan of the county of the city of Glasgow: constructed for the Post Office directory by John BARTHOLOMEW	Municipal wards and boundaries are highlighted on this map, which accompanied the Post Office Directory of the same year.
1940	Plan of the city of Glasgow by KELLY’S DIRECTORIES	This map shows wards, tram, and bus routes around the city.
1941	Stadtplan von Glasgow by VERMESSUNGSWESEN	This map by the German Department for War Maps and Surveying was marked for official use only and annotated with industries and buildings/areas of note. It includes a list of items whose exact location could not be determined by the German Army. The map was corrected after aerial photography had taken place the same year.
1947	Boundary Commission for Scotland: Glasgow and District by the BOUNDARY COMMISSION, Cmd 7270	This map shows County, Borough, District, Electoral Divisions, and Parliamentary areas for Glasgow and the surrounding areas.
1948	Plan of the county of the city of Glasgow: constructed for the Post Office directory by John BARTHOLOMEW	Municipal wards and boundaries are highlighted on this map, which accompanied the Post Office Directory of the same year.
1948-51	Administrative Areas Series, Glasgow sheets by ORDNANCE SURVEY	The city’s county, parish, burgh, district and ward boundaries are shown on this map.
1949-90	National Grid Plans, Glasgow sheets by ORDNANCE SURVEY	This incomplete set of 1118 sheets shows the greater Glasgow area at a very detailed scale of 1:1,250.