Instructions for map survey project: holy wells and crosses
1. Complete our contact form to ask to be allocated a group of maps to survey.
2. Visit this site [https://maps.nls.uk/os/25inch-england-and-wales/durham.html] and click on the map you need from the drop-down list.
3. You can zoom in and out using the +/- signs in the top left of the screen and move the map around by clicking and dragging.
4. What am I looking for? :You are looking sites that might be holy or healing wells – go our holy wells guide and our crosses guide to find out more about the clue that will help you identify possible sites.
5. If you find a well or spring that needs to be recorded – zoom in- hold down the ALT key and click with your mouse. This will open up a new map screen
6. On the new screen – make sure you cursor is over the point you want to record. If you look in the bottom-left corner of the screen you will see the Grid Reference: this will usually be in the form of two letters and two groups of five numbers e.g. NZ 12345 67890 – note this number down
7. Now open up the recording form here – fill in all the fields – including the grid reference and the name of the maps you’ve viewed and press submit. Bob’s your uncle!
1. Complete our contact form to ask to be allocated a group of maps to survey.
2. Visit this site [https://maps.nls.uk/os/25inch-england-and-wales/durham.html] and click on the map you need from the drop-down list.
3. You can zoom in and out using the +/- signs in the top left of the screen and move the map around by clicking and dragging.
4. What am I looking for? :You are looking sites that might be holy or healing wells – go our holy wells guide and our crosses guide to find out more about the clue that will help you identify possible sites.
5. If you find a well or spring that needs to be recorded – zoom in- hold down the ALT key and click with your mouse. This will open up a new map screen
6. On the new screen – make sure you cursor is over the point you want to record. If you look in the bottom-left corner of the screen you will see the Grid Reference: this will usually be in the form of two letters and two groups of five numbers e.g. NZ 12345 67890 – note this number down
7. Now open up the recording form here – fill in all the fields – including the grid reference and the name of the maps you’ve viewed and press submit. Bob’s your uncle!