[Openstreetmap] Maps that Lye

[nick at hogweed.org]

On Monday 26 September 2005 10:29, Simon Hewison wrote:
> nick at hogweed.org wrote:
> >>Maps that Lye
> >
> > I wonder if the name "Lye Close" was chosen deliberately?
> >
> > I've seen what I'd imagine are Easter egg footpaths on Ordnance Survey
> > maps. They start in one place, go for about half a mile, then just end,
> > in the middle of a field, say - completely useless to anyone.
> >
> > A good example is on the Stafford and Telford sheet, just north of
> > Wellington at grid ref SJ665138.
>
> And of course, the rather vague bits around various government nuclear
> laboratories, but that's not for reasons of copyright ref SU680680,
> though it's interesting to note that Aldermasteron is now labelled
> "Depot" on the landranger maps (I'm sure I've seen a completely empty
> field there previously on the maps), with a pond called "Decoy Pond".

I'm sure I've seen a Decoy Pond or Decoy Covert somewhere in the New Forest on 
an OS map, wonder if that's really something else?

Nick