Maps of Warwickshire

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

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

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Coventry and Rugby - OS One-Inch Map

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Birmingham - OS One-Inch Map

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Northampton - OS One-Inch Map

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Sutton Coldfield

1 : 31680 This drawing of the area north-east of Birmingham was executed by Robert Dawson, who used different shades of green to distinguish land uses. Sutton Coldfield is depicted at lower right. Now a residential suburb of Birmingham, it was originally a market town with Sutton Park. The 970-hectare site was a private estate and one of Henry VIII's favourite hunting grounds. Areas of woodland, heathland and wetland make up the landscape of the park. Dawson, Robert

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

Burton Overy

1 : 31680 Light brushwork interlining ('hachuring')is used to represent the gently undulating clay vales and ridges that make up much of the area covered by this drawing. Enclosed farmland dominates the landscape. There are only small areas of woodland, indicated by dark green washes. Leicester is shown at middle left along the Fosse Way, the Roman road from Exeter to Lincoln, via Bath, Cirencester, and Leicester. Stevens, Henry

Rugby

1 : 31680 This plan covers part of East Warwickshire showing the Warwick and Oxford Canals at the top the sheet. Nearby is the intersection of two Roman roads: the Fosse Way and Watling Street. Coombe Abbey, depicted in the lower part of the sheet, had been one of the the most powerful and wealthy monasteries in Warwickshire. Following Henry VIII's dissolution of the monasteries, Sir John Harrington bought the abbey and built a new house on the property, incorporating much of the stonework from the disbanded monastery. The Craven family, who owned the property for the 300 years after Harrington's death, constructed the formal gardens, moat and lake depicted on the plan. Stevens, Henry

Market Harborough (Hills) - OS One-Inch Revised New Series

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Market Harborough (Outline) - OS One-Inch Revised New Series

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Henley-in-Arden

1 : 31680 This plan covers parts of Warwickshire and Worcestershire. Hill contours are described by brushwork interlining ('hachuring') combined with shaded bands of colour wash, which graduate to almost colourless at the summits. The order of ascending heights is expressed by rising numbers, a technique that became known as 'relative command'. Colour washes and symbols distinguish woods, meadows, common and arable land. Dawson, Robert

Welford

1 : 31680 This drawing depicts the boundary of Leicestershire and Northamptonshire. The county border is indicated at top left by a pecked line following the course of the River Avon. Relative relief is depicted by brushwork interlining ('hachuring') and ink wash. A section of the Watling Street is shown at bottom left. This Roman road ran from London to Wroxeter in Wales, via St. Albans and Leicester (where it intersected the Fosse Way, the Roman road from Exeter to Lincoln). Triangulation points and pencil rays used to plot the survey of the region are clearly visible at the top of the sheet. Stevens, Henry