Maps of Shropshire

Maps of Shropshire

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An accurate map of Shrop Shire

1 Karte : Kupferdruck ; 51 x 68 cm Bowen; Hinton sold by J. Hinton at the Kings Arms in St. Pauls Church Yard
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Comitatvs Salopiensis; anglice Shrop Shire

1 Karte : Kupferdruck ; 37 x 48 cm Blaeu Joan Blaeu
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Map of Shropshire f. 75*

This is a manuscript map of Shropshire. It forms part of an atlat which belonged to Lord Burghley, Secretary of State to Elizabeth I, who used it to illustrate domestic matters. It shows only the principal towns, distinguishing between those with a castle and those without by means of a symbol of two connected towers with crenellations. The River Severn, marked Sabrina F, is charted. Lord Burghley has added a name adjacent to a place where the river is bridged. Lord Burghley was concerned with communication routes as revealed by his annotation. The draughtsman has indicated relief by hill symbols in two places. The map features a scale bar, but this is partly obscured by damage to the map.
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Comitatus Salopiensis; Anglice Shrop Shire. [Karte], in: Le théâtre du monde, ou, Nouvel atlas contenant les chartes et descriptions de tous les païs de la terre, Bd. 4, S. 322.

1 Karte aus Atlas Blaeu, Willem Janszoon und Blaeu, Joan Blaeu, Willem Janszoon
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SALOPIAE COMITATUS Sheet 22

This map of Shropshireis 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. Saxton, Christopher Ryther, Augustine
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SALOPIAE COMITATUS f.86

This is a map of Shropshire by Christopher Saxton dating 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. Burghley has annotated this map, adding several place names. The map was engraved by Remigius Hogenbergius, one of a team of seven English and Flemish engravers employed to produced the copper plates for the atlas. Saxton, Christopher Hogenbergius, Remigius
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COMITATVS | SALOPIENSIS; | Anglice | SHROP SHIRE.

[Amsterdam : Joan Blaeu]
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Shropshire, Sheet 17 - Bartholomew's "Half Inch to the Mile Maps" of England & Wales

1 : 126720 Topographic maps Bartholomew, John George John Bartholomew & Co
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Map of Shropshire f.93

This is a manuscript map of Shropshire, one of four in the same style and hand. Its most interesting feature is the castle shown at Clun, which dominates the town. Other topographical features are limited to hills and trees, giving a general impression of the relief of the land and its coverage. 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. Here Lord Burghley has added a place name adjacent the river, near to Lent Warden. Burghley was primarily interested in communication routes, an essential feature in any defence program for an area. Rivers were the most important of these communication routes as travel by water was often the fastest. Therefore a good knowledge of the locations along a particular river was essential for navigation and ultimately for the defence of the area. William Cecil, Lord Burghley
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Shrewsbury - OS One-Inch Map

1 : 63360 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
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Ludlow - OS One-Inch Map

1 : 63360 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
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Bishop's Castle

1 : 31680 The River Clun Valley dominates the right-hand section of this plan of Shropshire. To the left is Clun Forest, famous for the sheep of the same name. The plan shows a section of the Offa's Dike running from top left towards bottom right. Extending 176 miles along the English border from the northern Welsh coast south to Chepstow,this great earth bank is eight miles longer than Hadrian's Wall. Unlike Hadrian's Wall, it was never garrisoned. Budgen, Thomas
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Actual Survey of the County of Salop

Rocque, John
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Actual Survey of the County of Salop

Rocque, John
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Actual survey of the county of Salop, 3

1 Blatt : 71 x 53 cm John Rocque
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Actual Survey of the County of Salop

Rocque, John
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Actual survey of the county of Salop, 4

1 Blatt : 71 x 53 cm John Rocque
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Actual survey of the county of Salop, 1

1 Blatt : 71 x 53 cm John Rocque
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Presteigne

1 : 31680 The Roman road, south to Hereford and beyond, runs across the Arrow Valley and Shobdon Marshes from top to bottom of this plan., At lower right, the River Arrow joins the River Lugg south of Leominster., The surrounding countryside appears intensively farmed., Throughout this region of Herefordshire,,based on rich red clay, farmland,dominates,in a,landscape of,well-hedged fields scattered,with small woods and threaded by,streams and brooks. Budgen, Thomas
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Actual survey of the county of Salop, 2

1 Blatt : 71 x 53 cm John Rocque
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Actual Survey of the County of Salop

Rocque, John
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Much Wenlock

1 : 31680 This plan,of,part of East Shropshire is dominated by Wenlock Edge., Running from the bottom left of the drawing to the top right, this,heavily,wooded,limestone ridge,extends for 16 miles across Shropshire.,,It shelves steeply into the patchwork fields of Ape Dale on its,western face, and,slopes gently into the Corve Dale to the east., The remains of the ancient Long Forest are also noted. Stevens, Henry
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Shrewsbury

1 : 31680 The drawing of this,plan was,begun in 1817 and completed in 1827.,,Because of,many erasures and corrections, the drawing is cracked and dirty, and therefore hard to read. An area calculation table survives in black ink,in the,bottom left margin. Stevens, Henry
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Cleobury Mortimer

1 : 31680 The two smooth humps of Brown Clee Hill dominate the landscape east of Ludlow. With its summit rising to 1,772 ft, Brown Clee is the highest point in Shropshire and was,an iron-age settlement, hosting three hillforts.,Below Brown Clee, the plan shows another isolated hill fort at Titterstone Clee.,At an altitude of,1,750 ft,,this fort is one of the highest and largest in Britain. , Stevens, Henry
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Part of Shropshire containing 126 square miles. Surveyed and Drawn by H. Stevens R. M. D. 1816''

1 : 31680 .This is the first map to conform fully to the 1816 Ordnance Survey Circular, which stated that every plan was to,have an area title, survey and drawing date,,and a note of,its author's,name and rank.,The,map shows,a section of Offa's Dyke, the great earth bank running 176 miles along or near the English border from the North Wales coast south to Chepstow., Offa's Dyke is eight miles longer than Hadrian's Wall but, because it was not a stone construction, was never garrisoned., Its purpose was to mark rathen than defend the frontier. Stevens, Henry
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Market Drayton

1 : 31680 This plan covers the Shropshire,Northern Plain, near the border with Cheshire and Staffordshire. The area,is characterised by small woodlands, formal parkland, meres (lakes), mosses, pools and other wetland habitats. Mills are indicated near the town of Market Drayton, central towards the top,,where about two hundred workers were employed in the manufacture of horse-hair products. Stevens, Henry
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Nantwich (Outline) - OS One-Inch Revised New Series

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

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

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

1 : 63360 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
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