SoLR Summer Update
Our summer update, includes the ticket release for the first ever land referencing conference, and updates from across our committees....
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Marcus Humphrey
May 244 min read
Scotland - Unidentified, not unregistered
From the most remote island or highland estate to a city centre tenement flat, Scotland can be a challenge when it comes to finding out...
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Simon Harth
Apr 153 min read
SoLR April Update
Welcome to our SoLR update for April 2024. 33 of our members are now actively collaborating to deliver SoLR's objectives as members of...
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Simon Harth
Feb 292 min read
SoLR Professional Engagement Sub-Committee
Preparing for a conference Following SoLR’s first Industry workshop in June 2023, the Professional Engagement Sub-Committee was...
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Simon Harth
Feb 93 min read
SoLR February Update
Our February update includes an opportunity to nominate for a prestigious award and updates from your Standards & Ethics, Professional...
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Ashley Parry Jones
Jun 30, 20234 min read
Armchair land referencing #20
I always tell my clients that WSP, being a multi-disciplinary consultancy, can provide pretty much all their needs to help them with...
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Ashley Parry Jones
Jun 23, 20234 min read
Armchair land referencing #19
A ‘hereditament’ is a word that means something that is capable of being inherited and, in land referencers’ more technical parlance, a...
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Ashley Parry Jones
Jun 8, 20235 min read
Armchair land referencing #18
Last week we looked at some places that have moved. Just as intriguing are places that don’t exist. You might recall in Armchair land...
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Ashley Parry Jones
May 26, 20233 min read
Armchair land referencing #17
Last time we looked at markers on the ground as well as the possible re-measurement and mapping of OS boundaries. This reminded me of a...
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Ashley Parry Jones
May 12, 20233 min read
Armchair land referencing #16
Last time we considered the history of the OS and how it all started with a baseline across Hounslow Heath that permitted, by means of...
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Ashley Parry Jones
Apr 28, 20234 min read
Armchair land referencing #15
In this article we shall consider the origins of Ordnance Survey, the national mapping agency for Great Britain (so excluding N Ireland...
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Ashley Parry Jones
Apr 14, 20234 min read
Armchair land referencing #14
This time and next I am going to examine the two main institutional data providers used in land referencing. In this article I’ll...
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Ashley Parry Jones
Mar 31, 20234 min read
Armchair land referencing #13
Last time I described how the history of promoting railways through Parliament is also the history of the modern land referencing...
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Ashley Parry Jones
Mar 17, 20234 min read
Armchair land referencing #12
Famously much of England was subject to a survey commissioned in 1085 by William I to ascertain the value of the lands he acquired by...
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Ashley Parry Jones
Mar 3, 20234 min read
Armchair land referencing #11
In the last edition I shared an image of a bridge over the Thames with houseboats moored under it. And, to illustrate how complicated...
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Ashley Parry Jones
Feb 17, 20233 min read
Armchair land referencing #10
Last time I asked if the ceremonial Isle of Wight becomes larger than the historic country of Rutland at every low tide. The answer is...
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Ashley Parry Jones
Feb 3, 20236 min read
Armchair land referencing #9
In Armchair land referencing #3 we discussed the significance and some quirks of parishes administrative areas, and referred to the City...
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Ashley Parry Jones
Jan 20, 20233 min read
Armchair land referencing #8
Last time I asked what sort of planning restriction may be determined by just looking at a UK phone box. Many of the classic red...
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Ashley Parry Jones
Jan 6, 20233 min read
Armchair land referencing #7
To identify people and places we use a series of unique references or identifiers. Some of these are automatically assigned in our GIS...
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Ashley Parry Jones
Dec 20, 20223 min read
Armchair land referencing #6
Highways are without doubt the most complicated issue land referencers face. This is because their ownership (public and private) and...
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