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A new improved map of Hartford Shire

1 Karte : Kupferdruck ; 51 x 64 cm Kitchin; Hinton; Walker sold by I. Hinton at the Kings Arms in St. Pauls Church yard
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HARTFORDIAE COMITATUS f.34

This is a map of Herefordshire by Christopher Saxton which dates from 1577. It forms part of an atlas that belonged to William Cecil Lord Burghley, Elizabeth I’s Secretary of State. Burghley used this atlas to illustrate domestic matters. This map is actually a proof copy of one which forms part of Christopher Saxton’s Atlas of England and Wales. This atlas was first published as a whole in 1579. It consists of 35 coloured maps depicting the counties of England and Wales. The atlas is of great significance to British cartography as it set a standard of cartographic representation in Britain and the maps remained the basis for English county mapping, with few exceptions, until after 1750. During the reign of Elizabeth I, map use became more common, with many government matters referring to increasingly accurate maps with consistent scales and symbols, made possible by advances in surveying techniques. Illustrating the increasing use of maps in government matters, Lord Burghley, who had been determined to have England and Wales mapped in detail from the 1550s, selected the cartographer Christopher Saxton to produce a detailed and consistent survey of the country. The financier of the project was Thomas Seckford Master of Requests at the Court of Elizabeth I, whose arms appear, along with the royal crest, on each map. Lord Burghley has added several place names to the map. This map was engraved by Nicholaus Reynoldus one of a team of seven English and Flemish engravers employed to produced the copper plates for the atlas. Saxton, Christopher Reynoldus, Nicholaus
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A topographical map of Hartford-Shire

1 Karte : Kupferdruck ; 52 x 70 cm Dury; Andrews Andrew Dury
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HARTFORDIAE COMITATUS Sheet 13

This map of Hertfordshire is from the 1583 edition of the Saxton atlas of England and Wales. This atlas was first published as a whole in 1579. It consists of 35 coloured maps depicting the counties of England and Wales. The atlas is of great significance to British cartography as it set a standard of cartographic representation in Britain and the maps remained the basis for English county mapping, with few exceptions, until after 1750. During the reign of Elizabeth I map use became more common, with many government matters referring to increasingly accurate maps with consistent scales and symbols, made possible by advances in surveying techniques. Illustrating the increasing used of maps in government matters, Lord Burghley, Elizabeth I’s Secretary of State, who had been determined to have England and Wales mapped in detail from the 1550s, selected the cartographer Christopher Saxton to produce a detailed and consistent survey of the country. The financier of the project was Thomas Seckford Master of Requests at the Court of Elizabeth I, whose arms appear, along with the royal crest, on each map. A decorative scale bar houses Saxton’s name and the name of the engraver Remigius Hogenberg, one of seven English and Flemish engravers employed to produce the copper plates for the atlas. Relief, in the form of uniform rounded representations of hills, is the main topographical feature presented in the maps. Rather than provide a scientific representation of relative relief these give a general impression of the lie of the land. Settlements and notable buildings are also recorded pictorially; a small building with a spire represents a village, while more important towns, such as Hereford are indicated by groups of buildings. Saxton, Christopher Ryther, Augustine
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HERTFORDIA | COMITATVS. | Vernacule | HERTFORDSHIRE.

[Amsterdam : Joan Blaeu]
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Hertfordia comitatvs vernacule Hertfordshire

1 Karte : Kupferdruck ; 37 x 48 cm Blaeu Joan Blaeu
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Middelsexiæ cum Hertfordiæ comitatu

1 Karte : Kupferdruck ; 42 x 52 cm Valck; Schenk apud G. Valk et P. Schenk
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Bedford and Luton - OS One-Inch Map

1 : 63360 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
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Hertford& St Albans

Ordnance Survey
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Luton

The boundaries of the counties of Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Hertfordshire are marked on this plan by pecked red lines. Red dots within circles indicate trigonometrical points from which the surveyor took angular measurements to plot topographical features of the landscape. Hyett, William
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London passenger transport map

Ordnance Survey
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London passenger transport map

Ordnance Survey
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Hatfield

1 : 31680 This map is not drawn with north at the top. Potters Bar appears at the bottom left, almost on a level with Hertford at the bottom right. The remains of the Old Royal Palace of Hatfield are shown near the centre of the map. This was the home of Elizabeth I (1533-1603) prior to her accession to the throne. Also featured is Hatfield, the house built in 1611 by the first Earl of Salisbury, Robert Cecil (1563-1612). A poorhouse is marked just outside the town. Hyett, William
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Hemel Hempstead

1 : 31680 This drawing describes a section of the Grand Junction Canal. The prehistoric Icknield Way appears at the top left of the plan. Hill-shading techniques and the attention given to communications routes conform to the military and cartographic standards employed by the Survey. Some name corrections are visible in faded ink in the centre of the map around Bovingdon. Harefield Common is also revised. Hyett, William
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Hitchin (Hills) - OS One-Inch Revised New Series

1 : 63360 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
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Hitchin (Outline) - OS One-Inch Revised New Series

1 : 63360 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
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Hertford (Outline) - OS One-Inch Revised New Series

1 : 63360 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
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Hertford (Hills) - OS One-Inch Revised New Series

1 : 63360 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
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Watford to Rickmans Worth to Amersham, Watford to St. Albans.

1 : 63360 Cary, John
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A topographical map of Hartford-Shire, 2

1 Blatt : 53 x 72 cm A. Dury
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A topographical map of Hartford-Shire, 5

1 Blatt : 53 x 72 cm A. Dury
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A topographical map of Hartford-Shire, 4

1 Blatt : 54 x 72 cm A. Dury
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A topographical map of Hartford-Shire, 8

1 Blatt : 53 x 72 cm A. Dury
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A topographical map of Hartford-Shire, 6

1 Blatt : 53 x 72 cm A. Dury
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Ware 2

1 : 31680 .Much consideration is given in this map to the detailed representation of trees., Woodland could provide either hindrance or cover for a regiment on the move., Trees are drawn with small vertical stems and a shadow at the base., Planted avenues are depicted in this fashion at Ware Park, above Hartford, and Eastwich Hall, at the bottom of the map., A pattern of open dotting depicts the untilled agricultural land dominating the valleys of the Rivers Rib and Ash.
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A topographical map of Hartford-Shire, 3

1 Blatt : 53 x 72 cm A. Dury
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Chipping Barnet

1 : 31680 The most obvious features of this plan are major roads coloured yellow, with their cumulative lengths noted at intervals of one mile. North is not orientated towards the top. As a result,Watford appears to the left of St Albans, and the boundary between Middlesex and Hertfordshire (a dashed black-ink line)runs from the top left of the map down through Elstree to Hadley. The paper carries a watermark from the James Whatman Turkey Mill. Hyett, William
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A topographical map of Hartford-Shire, 9

1 Blatt : 53 x 72 cm A. Dury
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A topographical map of Hartford-Shire, 7

1 Blatt : 53 x 72 cm A. Dury
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