These are just a selection of the more common graphic features shown on these maps. For more information, please consult Richard Oliver's book Ordnance Survey maps: a concise guide for historians (London : Charles Close, 1993).

Buildings

	Carmine colour = brick or stone
	Grey colour = iron or wood
	Blue and/or cross-hatched = glass
	Roofed archway/alleyway/passageway/vennel/wynd
	Interior layout and seating for public buildings
	Brick or stone wall

 
Woodland

	Single tree - various styles
	Mixed woodland
	Mixed woodland - different style
	Mixed woodland - different style
	Fir trees
	Oak trees
	Birch trees
	Brushwood and Bushes
	Furze
	Osiers

 
Land

	Shingle/pebbles
	Sand
	Moor
	Cliff/escarpment/quarry
	Flat rocks
	Sloping masonry
	Cutting - sloping downwards to water
	Embankment - sloping upwards to central path

 
Heights (in feet, above mean sea level, Liverpool)

	Spot height/surface level of ground
	Benchmark (OS mark on building, wall, etc.)
	Arrow to show direction of flowing water

 
Antiquities and Trigonometrical points

 
Boundaries