Maps of Gloucestershire

Maps of Gloucestershire

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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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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: 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 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 | 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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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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Glocestria dvcatvs; vulgo Glocester Shire

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

1 : 360000 Cary, John, ca. 1754-1835
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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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The counti of Warwick the shire towne and citie of Coventre described

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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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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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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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Chipping Camden

1 : 31680 This plan covers parts of Warwickshire and Worcestershire, with the Severn Valley depicted in the middle. The River Avon meanders north-eastwards from Tewkesbury (where it meets the River Severn) to Stratford on Avon, where, after 17 locks, it joins the Stratford-on-Avon Canal. Below the Avon, near the bottom of the sheet, the Cotswolds form a dramatic limestone escarpment above the Severn Valley and Evesham Vale. Jurassic limestone, used as a building material throughout the area, gives the Cotswolds its distinctive look. Dawson, Robert
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New map of the county of Hereford, 4

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

1 : 31680 In the top right hand corner of the drawing, a red cross marks Chipping Norton Church. This was a base used by the draughtsman for orientation purposes. In 1816, it became obligatory to record archaeological sites on the plans. Here ancient camps are marked at Farmington and near Charlton Abbots. The words "TP Gate" appear on several roads, notably at Wincombe towards the top, indicating a turnpike gate. The accurate and precise record these drawings provide of the road network sets them apart from earlier county maps. Stanley, William
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Cheltenham

1 : 31680 This finished plan is attributable to Robert Dawson (1771-1860). The attribution rests on his distinctive portrayal of relief. A dark wash is used for the lowland areas followed by bands of lighter colour, graduating to almost colourless at the top of hills - a technique that produces a strongly three-domensional effect. Black-ink numbers, clearly visible on the high spots, indicate the relative height of the hills: Hill 8 being higher than Hill 5. This method of notating contour, combined with brushwork interlining ('hachuring') drawn to indicate the steepness of relief, precedes the official introduction of contouring on Ordnance Survey maps in 1839-40. Rows of small neat trees depicting orchards proliferate around the Vale of Gloucester, at the top left of this map. Dawson, Robert
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Birmingham 24

1 : 31680 This drawing is attributed to Robert Dawson. Different shades of green are employed to distinguish different land uses, and darker tones to describe the bold undulation of the landscape. Birmingham is depicted top left, at the centre of a network of toll roads and canals. Prominently featured on the plan is the Grand Junction Canal. This waterway was at the heart of the Industrial Revolution in this region at the beginning of the 19th century, carrying raw materials to mills and industrial centres, and finished goods to markets throughout Britain. Dawson, Robert
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