Sheet  55se, Old Series 1". 1853. First edition. Herefordshire, Worcestershire: Great Malvern near centre. Hand coloured engraving, 36.5 x 46cm. Topography 1831, geological dates omitted, issued 1853. Flat, linen-backed and linen is separating, age-toned, slightly soiled, colours dull. Marginal tear across legend without loss. Very worn. In poor condition.

 This is could be considered a corrected draft: (1) the legend is updated in manuscript using alpha-numeric shorthand later adopted; (2) there are manuscript pencil lines for proposed horizontal sections later published on Section sheet 13; (3) the colour selection is from an earlier specification, found on the earliest maps of Cornwall and Mid Wales, preceding the more familiar standard legend that soon followed. Principally, a pale green is used for alluvium and grey-green and olive green are used for Middle Silurian Limestone and granitic rocks that are now coloured shades of purple, orange, and red.