[OSM-talk] Administrative boundaries (UK)

[graham]

Bob Hawkins wrote:
> 
> I wonder from where most people obtain their administrative boundaries 
> to digitise for OSM?  

In my council the council puts its name and the old parish name (no 
longer existing formally) on street signs. Elsewhere you're stuck with 
common knowledge (eg the boundary goes along the river) or out of 
copyright maps with a lot of double checking on historical changes 
(abolition/merging of areas etc - where that hasn't happened boundaries 
seem to stay pretty stable).

Graham

The most prevalent source is Ordnance Survey, but
> that current data is copyrighted, of course.  I am particularly 
> interested in civil parish boundaries, then in local authority 
> boundaries to build up areas of interest and coverage.  Can anyone help?
>  
> With regards,
>  
> Bob Hawkins
> 
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