Maps of Gloucestershire

Maps of Gloucestershire

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Glocestria dvcatvs; vulgo Glocester Shire

1 Karte : Kupferdruck ; 40 x 48 cm Blaeu Joan Blaeu
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Glocestria Ducatus, cum Monumethensi Comitatu = Glocester Shire & Monmouth Shire

1 : 280000 [Amstelodami] : [apud Joannem Janssonium]
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GLOCESTRIA, | DVCATVS; | Vulgo | GLOCESTER | SHIRE.

[Amsterdam : Joan Blaeu]
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Glocestria Ducatus; Vulgo Glocester 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. 202.

1 Karte aus Atlas Blaeu, Willem Janszoon und Blaeu, Joan Blaeu, Willem Janszoon
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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
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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
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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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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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Gloucester and Malvern - OS One-Inch Map

1 : 63360 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
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Hereford, Sheet 23 - 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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Cheltenham and Evesham - 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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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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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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Cirencester(002OSD000000020U00118000)

1 : 31680 This drawing covers the counties of Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Wiltshire, with their boundaries indicated by pecked lines. The Roman road to Bath is tinted yellow to highlight it as a major communication route. A dotted line leading from Sapperton indicates the Sapperton Tunnel, which was opened in 1789. Linked to the Thames and Severn Canal, it was, at that time, the longest tunnel in England. The Sapperton Tunnel enabled boats carry coal cheaply to Cirencester from mines in the north and west. Several trigonometrical points are marked by dots within circles. These were points from which the surveyor took angular measurements to determine the relative locations of prominent features of the landscape. Metcalf, Edward B.
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Swindon - OS One-Inch Map

1 : 63360 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
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New map of the county of Hereford, 4

1 Blatt : 71 x 58 cm s.n.
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Hereford 22

1 : 31680 Below the city of Hereford, near the top of the sheet, the River Wye flows,through a winding river channel,across a broad floodplain with few major settlements. The floodplain is mostly farmland, dotted by,very small areas of woodland and marsh., The main river banks are lined irregularly with tall alder and willow trees, illustrated on this plan. Budgen, Thomas
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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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Hereford - OS One-Inch Map

1 : 63360 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
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1 : 31680 .The Monnow Valley, down the right side of the sheet, forms a natural break in defences along the border of southern Wales.,Depicted along the valley are the Norman,castles of Grosmont, Skenfirth, Tregets and Monmouth, which,once guarded the routes between Herefordshire and Wales. ,Monmouth was of particular importance, lying exactly on the border where the river Monnow joins the Wye. Iron roads, the horse railroads pre-dating the locomotive era, feature at lower right. Highlighted,in ochre, these were probably added,to the plan some time after its official completion. Budgen Charles
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Pershore

This plan, covering parts of Worcestershire and Gloucestershire, shows the River Avon Valley near the centre of the sheet. The valley is characterised by meadows and wetlands. Moorings along the river course are indicated between Pershore and Evesham. Dawson, Robert
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Stroud

The stunning landscapes in this part of the Costwolds is captured by the skillful and artistic use of hachures, lines and color to indicate slope and landcover on the map. Crocker, E.
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Stratford on Avon (Outline) - OS One-Inch Revised New Series

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

1 : 63360 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
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Moreton in the Marsh (Outline) - OS One-Inch Revised New Series

1 : 63360 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
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Moreton in the Marsh (Hills) - OS One-Inch Revised New Series

1 : 63360 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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Swindon (Hills) - OS One-Inch Revised New Series

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

1 : 63360 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
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