Maps of South Gloucestershire

Maps of South Gloucestershire

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Gloucestershire LV.7 (includes: Ham and Stone; Hill) - 25 Inch Map

1 : 2500 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
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Gloucestershire LV.7 (includes: Ham and Stone; Hill) - 25 Inch Map

1 : 2500 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
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Gloucestershire LV.7 (includes: Ham and Stone; Hill) - 25 Inch Map

1 : 2500 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
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Gloucestershire LV.NE - OS Six-Inch Map

1 : 10560 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
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Gloucestershire LV.NE - OS Six-Inch Map

1 : 10560 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
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Gloucestershire LV - OS Six-Inch Map

1 : 10560 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
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ST69 - OS 1:25,000 Provisional Series Map

1 : 25000 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
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Chepstow

1 : 31680 Thomas Budgen surveyed the majority of the Welsh plans, and is probably author of this drawing of the Severn Estuary. The plan is a good example of the use of black and red ink to distinguish between wooden and masonry structures. Chepstow Bridge, on the River Wye, is illustrated with red piers and a black roadway. Budgen, Thomas
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Bristol and Newport - OS One-Inch Map

1 : 63360 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
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Bristol and Stroud - OS One-Inch Map

1 : 63360 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
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MONVMETHENSIS | COMITATVS. | Vernacule | MONMOVTH SHIRE.

I. Blaeu Exc.
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MONUMENTHENSIS Comitatus

This map of Monmouthshire 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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Monumethensis Comitatus. Vernacule Monmouth Shire. [Karte], in: Theatrum orbis terrarum, sive, Atlas novus, Bd. 4, S. 404.

1 Karte aus Atlas Blaeu, Joan Blaeu, Willem Janszoon
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Bath & Bristol, Sheet 28 - 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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Monumethensis Comitatus. Vernacule Monmouth 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. 350.

1 Karte aus Atlas Blaeu, Willem Janszoon und Blaeu, Joan Blaeu, Willem Janszoon
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Monumethensis Comitatus. Vernacule Monmouth Shire. [Karte], in: Theatrum orbis terrarum, sive, Atlas novus, Bd. 4, S. 404.

1 Karte aus Atlas Blaeu, Joan Blaeu, Willem Janszoon
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Glocestria dvcatvs; vulgo Glocester Shire

1 Karte : Kupferdruck ; 40 x 48 cm Blaeu Joan Blaeu
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WILTONIAE

This map of Wiltshire is from the 1583 edition of the Saxton atlas of England and Wales. TThis 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’s name appears in the decorative scale bar as does the name of the engraver of this map, Remigius Hogenberg ,one of seven English and Flemish engravers employed to produced 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 are indicated by groups of buildings. Here Stonehenge is marked by a pictorial representation and named The Stonadge’. Saxton, Christopher Ryther, Augustine
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Sheets 21-22. (Cary's England, Wales, and Scotland).

1 : 360000 Cary, John, ca. 1754-1835
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Glocestria dvcatvs, Monvmethensi comitatu

1 Karte : Kupferdruck ; 39 x 49 cm Valck; Schenk penes G. Valk et P. Schenk
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South Wales and the border in the 14th century

Rees, William Ordnance Survey
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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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Wiltonia sive Comitatus Wiltoniensis; Anglis Wilshire. [Karte], in: Le théâtre du monde, ou, Nouvel atlas contenant les chartes et descriptions de tous les païs de la terre, Bd. 4, S. 145.

1 Karte aus Atlas Blaeu, Willem Janszoon und Blaeu, Joan Blaeu, Willem Janszoon
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An accurate map of the counties Gloucester and Monmouth

1 Karte : Kupferdruck ; 51 x 66 cm Tinney; Bowles; Sayer; Bowles; Bowles printed for T. Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard Rob.t Sayer and John Tinney in Fleet Street and John Bowles and son in Cornhil
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Wiltonia sive Comitatus Wiltoniensis; Anglis Wil Shire. [Karte], in: Theatrum orbis terrarum, sive, Atlas novus, Bd. 4, S. 163.

1 Karte aus Atlas Blaeu, Joan Blaeu, Willem Janszoon
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Wiltonia sive Comitatus Wiltoniensis; Anglis Wil Shire. [Karte], in: Theatrum orbis terrarum, sive, Atlas novus, Bd. 4, S. 163.

1 Karte aus Atlas Blaeu, Joan Blaeu, Willem Janszoon
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Glocestria Ducatus, cum Monumethensi Comitatu = Glocester Shire & Monmouth Shire

1 : 280000 [Amstelodami] : [apud Joannem Janssonium]
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Wiltonia sive Comitatus Wiltoniensis. Anglis Wil Shire. [Karte], in: Novus atlas absolutissimus, Bd. 7, S. 170.

1 Karte aus Atlas Janssonius Offizin
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Bristol Channel and Severn Estuary

This is a chart showing the Bristol Channel and the River Severn. Sandbanks in the River Severn are indicated by stippling and the draughtsman has indicated the ‘Channell betweene the groundes’. The tributries of the Severn are indicated and figures along the banks record the distance in miles between their mouths. Locations of note, such as Bristol, Bath and Newport are represented by generalised perspective views of houses and churches. The map is thought to date from 1595, reflecting the fear that the Spanish were planning to invade the Bristol Channel in the 1590’s, rather than initiate a more obvious and direct attack via the English Channel. The Anglo- Spanish relationship had steadily deteriorated since the accession of the Protestant Elizabeth I. Raids on transatlantic shipping by English seamen such as Francis Drake and England’s support of the Protestant rebellion in the Spanish ruled Netherlands had brought tensions with Spain to a crescendo culminating in the events of the Spanish Armada. Although the Spanish Armada was defeated by the English in 1588, England remained at war with Spain for many years and further attempts to invade were made by Philip II. In 1595, the year this chart was produced, the Spanish attacked Mounts Bay, Newlyn and Penzance.
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