Maps of Somerset

Maps of Somerset

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Somerset L.SW - OS Six-Inch Map

1 : 10560 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
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Somerset L.SW - OS Six-Inch Map

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Somerset L.SW - OS Six-Inch Map

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Somerset L.SW - OS Six-Inch Map

1 : 10560 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
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Somerset L.9 (includes: Cannington; Charlynch; Durleigh; Spaxton; Wembdon) - 25 Inch Map

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Somerset L.9 (includes: Cannington; Charlynch; Durleigh; Spaxton; Wembdon) - 25 Inch Map

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Somerset L.9 (includes: Cannington; Charlynch; Durleigh; Spaxton; Wembdon) - 25 Inch Map

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Somerset L.13 (includes: Cannington; Charlynch; Durleigh; Enmore; Goathurst; Spaxton) - 25 Inch Map

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Somerset L.13 (includes: Cannington; Charlynch; Durleigh; Enmore; Goathurst; Spaxton) - 25 Inch Map

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Somerset L.13 (includes: Cannington; Charlynch; Durleigh; Enmore; Goathurst; Spaxton) - 25 Inch Map

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Somerset L.10 (includes: Bridgwater; Chilton Trinity; Durleigh; North Petherton; Wembdon) - 25 Inch Map

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Somerset L.10 (includes: Bridgwater; Chilton Trinity; Durleigh; North Petherton; Wembdon) - 25 Inch Map

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Somerset L.10 (includes: Bridgwater; Chilton Trinity; Durleigh; North Petherton; Wembdon) - 25 Inch Map

1 : 2500 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
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Somerset L.14 (includes: Bridgwater; Durleigh; Goathurst; North Petherton) - 25 Inch Map

1 : 2500 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
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Somerset L.14 (includes: Bridgwater; Durleigh; Goathurst; North Petherton) - 25 Inch Map

1 : 2500 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
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Somerset L.14 (includes: Bridgwater; Durleigh; Goathurst; North Petherton) - 25 Inch Map

1 : 2500 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
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ST23 - OS 1:25,000 Provisional Series Map

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Bridgewater

This drawing covers the coastal area of Burnham on Sea. A careful study has been made of the coastline, noting sand banks and low watermarks and a lighthouse at Burnham. Faint pencil lines radiate from a mark near Westonzoyland. This shows the point from which angular measurements were taken to plot topographical features. The drawing is unfinished, roads and settlements in the lower half being left unnamed. Attention given to the accurate delineation of the road network sets these maps apart from earlier county plans and is a further reflection of the serious military emphasis of the Survey as a whole.
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Taunton (Hills) - OS One-Inch Revised New Series

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Taunton (Outline) - OS One-Inch Revised New Series

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Weston-Super-Mare - OS One-Inch Map

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Cary's Improved Map of England and Wales

Cary, George, & Cary, John London : G. & J. Cary
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An improved map of the county of Somerset

1 Karte : Kupferdruck ; 51 x 68 cm Bowen; Hinton sold by I. Hinton at the Kings Arms in St. Pauls Church Yard
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Somersettensis comitatvs

1 Karte : Kupferdruck ; 36 x 48 cm Valck; Schenk apud G. Valk et P. Schenk
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Somersettensis comitatvs

1 Karte : Kupferdruck ; 37 x 48 cm Blaeu Joan Blaeu
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Dorset, Sheet 34 - Bartholomew's "Half Inch to the Mile Maps" of England & Wales

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COMITATVS | DORCESTRIA, | sive | DORSETTIA; | Vulgo Anglice | DORSET SHIRE.

[Amsterdam : Joan Blaeu]
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DORCESTRIAE Comitatus

This is a map of Dorset by Christopher Saxton, datingfrom 1575. 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 added several place names. In the lower margin there are notes concerning 'Dangerous places for landing of men in the county'. These notes were probably written by an assistant of Lord Burghley and show the concern felt about the south coasts vulnerability to invasion. Due to the presence of a Protestant Queen in the form of Elizabeth I, England was under threat from a catholic crusade from Philip II of Spain. This threat culminated in the events of the Spanish Armada in 1588. Saxton, Christopher William Cecil, Lord Burghley
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A coloured chart of "The coste of England uppon Severne," being the whole north coast of Somersetshire; with the forts erected thereon; temp. Henry VIII ca. 1540

This is a pictorial representation of the north coast of Somerset. It shows the coast from the mouth of the River Avon near East Bristol to west Porlock and can be dated to 1539. At the top of the drawing round towers represent proposed blockhouses in the neighbourhoods of Porlock and Western-super-Mare on the north coast of Somerset. The intention to mount guns on platforms at Minehead and to the north of the Parrat is also represented in this drawing. Inlets are indicated and towns are shown schematically, an emphasis on the nature of the coast is evident as the draughtsman has recorded outcrops of rocks. The existence of this drawing and the proposals it contains can be imputed the threat of invasion which became probable in 1538 after a peace treaty was signed by Francis I of France and Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor King of Spain. England and France were ancient enemy’s and the Catholic Charles V, nephew of Catherine of Aragon, was angered by Henry VII’s decision to divorce her. In the event, the works proposed here were not carried out. The paper upon which this map is drawn bears a watermark of a double headed eagle bearing a shield.
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DORCESTRIAE

This map of Dorset 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. Here the strap work cartouche is mounted by the Elizabethan coat of arms. The Seckford arms of appear at the bottom of the map, adjacent to the decorative scale bar which houses Saxton’s name. The adjacent counties are named but lack any internal detail, recording only the path of rivers that cross county boundaries. 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 are indicated by groups of buildings. Here Portland castle is marked by a castle symbol of two connected towers. Rivers, streams, parks and woodlands are also depicted carefully. Woods are shown by small tree-symbols, with clusters representing forests, and parklands enclosed with ring fences. Great decorative effect is provided by the detailed images of ships in the stippled sea. Saxton, Christopher Ryther, Augustine
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