Maps of Gloucestershire

Maps of Gloucestershire

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Gloucestershire XXVII.15 (includes: Dowdeswell; Shipton; Whittington; Withington) - 25 Inch Map

1 : 2500 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
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Gloucestershire XXVII.15 (includes: Dowdeswell; Shipton; Whittington; Withington) - 25 Inch Map

1 : 2500 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
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Gloucestershire XXVII.15 (includes: Dowdeswell; Shipton; Whittington; Withington) - 25 Inch Map

1 : 2500 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
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Gloucestershire XXVII.15 (includes: Dowdeswell; Shipton; Whittington; Withington) - 25 Inch Map

1 : 2500 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
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Gloucestershire XXVII.SE - OS Six-Inch Map

1 : 10560 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
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Gloucestershire XXVII.SE - OS Six-Inch Map

1 : 10560 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
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Gloucestershire XXVII.SE - OS Six-Inch Map

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

1 : 10560 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
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SP01 - OS 1:25,000 Provisional Series Map

1 : 25000 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
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Cirencester (Outline) - OS One-Inch Revised New Series

1 : 63360 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
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Cirencester (Hills) - OS One-Inch Revised New Series

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

1 : 63360 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
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Oxford, Sheet 24 - 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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England & Wales [Bartholomew's "Half-inch to the mile" Map of]

J. Bartholomew
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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

1 : 280000 Amstelodami : apud Joannem Janssonium
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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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Herefordia Comitatus vernacule Hereford Shire. [Karte], in: Novus atlas absolutissimus, Bd. 7, S. 376.

1 Karte aus Atlas Janssonius Offizin
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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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Sheets 23-24. (Cary's England, Wales, and Scotland).

1 : 360000 Cary, John, ca. 1754-1835
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Oxonium Comitatus, Vulgo Oxford Shire. [Karte], in: Theatrum orbis terrarum, sive, Atlas novus, Bd. 4, S. 237.

1 Karte aus Atlas Blaeu, Joan Blaeu, Willem Janszoon
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Oxonium Comitatus Vulgo Oxford Shire. [Karte], in: Novus atlas absolutissimus, Bd. 7, S. 230.

1 Karte aus Atlas Janssonius Offizin
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Oxonium Comitatus, Vulgo Oxford 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. 209.

1 Karte aus Atlas Blaeu, Willem Janszoon und 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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