Maps of Worcestershire

Maps of Worcestershire

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VIGORNIENSIS Comitatus Sheet 21

This map of Worcestershire 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. Saxton, Christopher Ryther, Augustine
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Wigorniensis Comitatus et Comitatus Warwicensis; nec non Coventrae Libertas. Worcester, Warwik Shire. and The Liberty of Coventre. [Karte], in: Theatrum orbis terrarum, sive, Atlas novus, Bd. 4, S. 356.

1 Karte aus Atlas Blaeu, Joan Blaeu, Willem Janszoon
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Wigorniensis Comitatus et Comitatus Warwicensis; nec non Coventrae Libertas. Worcester, Warwik Shire. and The Liberty of Coventre. [Karte], in: Theatrum orbis terrarum, sive, Atlas novus, Bd. 4, S. 356.

1 Karte aus Atlas Blaeu, Joan Blaeu, Willem Janszoon
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Map of Worcestershire

This is a manuscript map of Worcestershire. The date and draughtsman are not known. 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. The dominant features of the landscape are the waterways and the parks which are shown by symbols of fenced enclosures. These were of central importance to any military campaign. The fastest way to move a lot of men and weaponry was by river and parks provided somewhere for troops to set up camp and for horses to graze. Lord Burghley has annotated the map. In the left margin he has added a list of residents of the area and what lands and properties they are associated with, inserting some of these into the map itself. This is a good indication of how detailed was the knowledge accumulated by Burghley. William Cecil, Lord Burghley
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Wigorniensis Comitatus et Comitatus Warwicensis; nec non Coventrae Libertas. Worcester, Warwik Shire, and The Liberty Of Coventre. [Karte], in: Le théâtre du monde, ou, Nouvel atlas contenant les chartes et descriptions de tous les païs de la terre, Bd. 4, S. 308.

1 Karte aus Atlas Blaeu, Willem Janszoon und Blaeu, Joan Blaeu, Willem Janszoon
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WIGORNIENSIS | Comitatus et Comitatus | WARWICENSIS| nec non | COVENTRÆ LIBERTAS | WORCESTER, WARWIK SHIRE. | and THE LIBERTY OF COVENTRE.

[Amsterdam : Joan Blaeu]
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Wigorniensis Comitatus cum Warwicensi; nec non Conventriae Libertas. [Karte], in: Novus atlas absolutissimus, Bd. 7, S. 342.

1 Karte aus Atlas Janssonius Offizin
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Wigorniensis Comitatus cum Warwicensi, nec non Conventriae Libertas

1 : 180000 Amstelodami : apud Joannem Janssonium
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Wigorniensis comitatus et comitatus Warwicensis; nec non Coventræ libertas

1 Karte : Kupferdruck ; 40 x 48 cm Blaeu Joan Blaeu
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Sheets 31-32. (Cary's England, Wales, and Scotland).

1 : 360000 Cary, John, ca. 1754-1835
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Herefordia Comitatus vernacule Hereford Shire. [Karte], in: Novus atlas absolutissimus, Bd. 7, S. 376.

1 Karte aus Atlas Janssonius Offizin
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Herefordia Comitatus vernacule Hereford Shire

1 : 280000 Amstelodami : apud Joannem Janssonium
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An accurate map of the county of Worcester

1 Karte : Kupferdruck ; 51 x 68 cm Bowen; Tinney; Bowles; Sayer; Bowles; Bowles sold by I. Tinney at the Golden Lion and R. Sayer at the Golden Buck in Fleet street T. Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard and I. Bowles and son at the Black Horse in Cornhill
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Kidderminster - OS One-Inch Map

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

1 : 63360 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
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HEREFORDIA | COMITATVS. | HEREFORD-SHIRE.

[Amsterdam : Joan Blaeu]
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The counti of Warwick the shire towne and citie of Coventre described

1 : 1
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An accurate map of Hereford Shire

1 Karte : Kupferdruck ; 51 x 69 cm Bowen; Tinney sold by I. Tinney at the Golden Lion in Fleet street
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Herefordia comitatvs

1 Karte : Kupferdruck ; 39 x 48 cm Blaeu Joan Blaeu
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Ordnance Survey of England. Sheet 168, Birmingham

1 : 63360 Ordnance survey. GB Southampton : Ordnance Survey Office
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New map of the county of Hereford, 2

1 Blatt : 71 x 58 cm s.n.
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Bromyard

Most of the common land in Hertsfordshire is included in this map, which covers Bromyard Down, Badley Wood, and Bringsty Common. Sutton Walls, an Iron Age hillfort, is north of the River Lugg. Budgen, T.
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Bromyard

Most of the common land in Hertsfordshire is included in this map, which covers Bromyard Down, Badley Wood, and Bringsty Common. Sutton Walls, an Iron Age hillfort, is north of the River Lugg. Budgen, T.
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Gloucester and Malvern - OS One-Inch Map

1 : 63360 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
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Cheltenham and Evesham - OS One-Inch Map

1 : 63360 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
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Tewkesbury

1 : 31680 This plan of the Vale of Gloucester is indicative of the draughtman's convention of "relative command": the indication of relative heights of hills by numbers; hill 3 being higher than hill 2, for example. Brushwork interlining ('hachuring') and ink washes further depict relief. Pencil rays intersect across the map, evidence of measurements taken by the surveyor between fixed triangulation points. Archaeological details, such as those at Bredon Hill (at the top right of the plan), are documented even though this did not become obligatory until 1816. The rivers Severn and Leadon and part of the Hereford and Gloucester Canal are described at the bottom left of the map, with Tewkesbury situated centrally at the confluence of the Severn and Upper Avon Rivers. Dawson, Robert
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Stow-on-the-Wold

1 : 31680 The Cotswold Hills dominate the landscape around Stow depicted in this plan. Rising gently from the broad, green meadows of the upper Thames, the hills form a dramatic limestone escarpment above the Severn Valley and Evesham Vale. The Jurassic limestone is widely used as building material throughout the Cotswolds, giving the area its distinctive appearance. Grassland habitats and ancient beech forests are other typical features documented on the plan. Anderson, James
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