Maps of Stratford-on-Avon

Warwickshire XL.4 (includes: Napton on The Hill; Southam; Stockton) - 25 Inch Map

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Warwickshire XL.4 (includes: Napton on The Hill; Southam; Stockton) - 25 Inch Map

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Warwickshire XL.NE - OS Six-Inch Map

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Warwickshire XL.NE - OS Six-Inch Map

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SP46 - OS 1:25,000 Provisional Series Map

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Ladbroke

1 : 31680 This part of Warwickshire is dominated by enclosed land, characterised by regular hedgerows and fish ponds for watering stock. A section of the Oxford Canal, between Napton and Croperdy, is depicted in blue along the right side of the sheet. Completed in 1790, the canal was used to ferry coal from the north to Oxford. At top left, forming the boundary of the surveyed area, is the Fosse Way. This Roman road ran from Exeter to Lincoln via Bath, Cirencester and Leicester (where it intersected the Watling Street from London). At lower right, the county border between Warwickshire and Northamptonshire is indicated by a red dotted line. Stevens, Henry

Daventry

1 : 31680 Daventry is at lower right in this plan of part of Northamptonshire, situated near large canal-feeder reservoirs. Turnpike roads are highlighted in buff throughout the area. The money raised by such toll roads, established during the coaching era of the 18th century, raised money that contributed significantly to the development of the transport infrastructure of the county. Transport links in this area were further developed by the opening of the Oxford, Warwick and Grand Junction canals (highlighted in blue), which allowed new settlements and trades to flourish. Stevens, Henry

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

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Warwick (Hills) - OS One-Inch Revised New Series

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Coventry and Rugby - OS One-Inch Map

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The counti of Warwick the shire towne and citie of Coventre described

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Birmingham, Leicester, Sheet 18 - Bartholomew's "Half Inch to the Mile Maps" of England & Wales

1 : 126720 Topographic maps Bartholomew, John George John Bartholomew & Co

An accurate map of Northampton Shire

1 Karte : Kupferdruck ; 68 x 51 cm Bowen; Hinton sold by I. Hinton at the Kings Arms in Newgate street

Comitatvs Northantonensis vernacule Northamton Shire

1 Karte : Kupferdruck ; 37 x 49 cm Valck; Schenk prostant in officina penes Gerardi Valk et Petri Schenk

Comitatvs Northantonensis; vernacule Northamton Shire

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

Wigorniensis Comitatus cum Warwicensi, nec non Conventriae Libertas

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Wigorniensis comitatus et comitatus Warwicensis; nec non Coventræ libertas

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

Sheets 33-34. (Cary's England, Wales, and Scotland).

1 : 360000 Cary, John, ca. 1754-1835

WIGORNIENSIS | Comitatus et Comitatus | WARWICENSIS| nec non | COVENTRÆ LIBERTAS | WORCESTER, WARWIK SHIRE. | and THE LIBERTY OF COVENTRE.

[Amsterdam : Joan Blaeu]

Map of Northhamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Huntigdonshire and Rutland

This is a manuscript map of Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire and Rutland, a page from an atlas that belonged to William Cecil Lord Burghley, Elizabeth I’s Secretary of State. Burghley used this atlas to illustrate domestic matters.It is in a hand pre dating 1570 and may be the work of John Rudd. Rudd was the man to whom Christopher Saxton was an apprentice to in 1570. John Rudd was Vicar of Dewsbury from 1554 to 1570. Rudd had a keen interest in cartography and had been engaged in the 1550’s in making a platt’ of England. In 1561 Rudd was granted leave to travel further to map the country and it is likely that Saxton accompanied him, acquiring his skills for surveying. Rudd, John

COMITATVS | NORTHANTO- | NENSIS; | Vernacule | NORTHAMTON SHIRE.

[Amsterdam : Joan Blaeu]

GLOCESTRIA, | DVCATVS; | Vulgo | GLOCESTER | SHIRE.

[Amsterdam : Joan Blaeu]

Comitatus Northantonensis vernacule Northamton Shire

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Oxonii, buckinghamiae et berceriae Comitatuum

This map of Oxfordshire and the neighbouring counties of Buckinghamshire and Berkshire 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

STAFFORDIAE Comitatus

This is a map of Staffordshire by Christopher Saxton which dates 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. This map was engraved by Franciscus Scatterus, one of a team of seven English and Flemish engravers employed to produce the copper plates for the atlas. Saxton, Christopher Scatterus, Franciscus

GLOCESTRAE Sive Claudiocestriae Comitat

This map of Gloucestershire 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

GLOCESTRIAE Sive Claudiocestriae Comitat.

This is a map of Gloucestershire 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 place names along the river Sabrina Flu and at points on other rivers near Bristol. Dotted lines have also been added, possibly indicating communication routes. Black marks have been added at tributary mouths. These additions to the waterways of the area possibly reflect a concern that enemy invaders could sail up the Bristol Channel. At this time England was under threat of invasion from Catholic Spain, a threat which culminated in the events of the Spanish Armada. The map was engraved by Augustinus Ryther, the most accomplished of a team of seven English and Flemish engravers employed to produce the copper plates for the atlas. Saxton, Christopher Ryther,Augustinus