Maps of Leicester

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An accurate map of the counties of Leicester and Rutland

1 Karte : Kupferdruck ; 52 x 68 cm Bowen; Tinney; Bowles; Sayer; Bowles; Bowles printed for I. Tinney at the Golden Lion and R. Sayer at the Golden Buck in Fleet street T. Bowles in St. Paul's Church yard and I. Bowles and son at the Black Horse in Cornhill

Leicestrensis comitatvs cum Rvtlandiæ vulgo Leicester [and] Rutland Shire

1 Karte : Kupferdruck ; 42 x 52 cm Valck; Schenk penes Gerardum Valk et Petrum Schenk

Leicestrensis comitatvs

1 Karte : Kupferdruck ; 37 x 48 cm Blaeu Joan Blaeu

Melton Mowbray - OS One-Inch Map

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Derby and Leicester - OS One-Inch Map

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Leicester and Loughborough

1 : 31680 This plan covers part of Leicestershire, with the River Soar Valley forming the right-hand margin. In the middle of the sheet, the rocky peaks of Charnwood Forest are represented rising above the Leicestershire lowlands. Areas of ancient woodland and a significant proportion of wet woodland comprise the forest landscape. The underlying rocks are some of the oldest in England and Wales. The City of Leicester is depicted at middle-right along the banks of the Soar. Stevens, Henry

Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire

1 : 31680 This plan covers parts of Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire and Rutland, with the county borders indicated by a red dotted line. Down the left of the sheet is depicted the Fosse Way, the Roman road running from Exeter to Lincoln, via Bath, Cirencester, and Leicester. The Oakham Canal is shown following the course of the River Eye at middle right. Surveyed by Benjamin Bevan and opened in 1803, this entirely man-made waterway passed many Rutland villages on its circuitous route from Melton Mowbray to Oakham. Boyce

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

Nottingham 12

1 : 31680 This drawing covers,the border territory,of Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire, the county boundary being indicated by a red dotted line at lower right. The city of Nottingham and the broad floodplain,that characterises this part of the Trent Valley,are depicted at the top of the sheet., The undulating countryside of the Nottinghamshire Wolds is represented by soft brushwork interlining ('hachuring') in the lower part of the sheet. Stevens, Henry

Rvtlandia comitatvs

1 Karte : Kupferdruck ; 37 x 48 cm Blaeu Joan Blaeu

Hartshorn

1 : 31680 .The attention to communications routes shown on this map conforms well to the military and cartographic standards employed by the Survey. Sections of the Grand Trunk and Derby Canals are shown in blue, with individual locks distinguishable around Newton Solney. Woods are indicated,on this plan,by the use of a green tint, meadows by a lighter green and arable land by a brown shade. Some fields are named. This drawing is formally titled and the area of the land is recorded at the top left margin as,totalling 88 square miles. Stevens, Henry

Melton Mowbray (Hills) - OS One-Inch Revised New Series

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Melton Mowbray (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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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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Loughborough (Hills) - OS One-Inch Revised New Series

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Loughborough (Outline) - 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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Oakham

1 : 31680 .Burley Park, at the top of the plan, and Normanton Park, at middle right ,are interesting examples of the 17th-century development of formal park landscape, characterised by regular hedgerows and fishponds. At the top of the map, north of Oakham, is the Oakham Canal. An entirely manmade waterway, this circuitous canal was opened in 1803, and passes by many Rutland villages on its way from Melton Wharf to Oakham. Boyce

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

Kettering

1 : 31680 This finished drawing covers parts of Northamptonshire and Leicestershire, with Rockingham Forest to the north represented by stippled treetops. Situated between the Welland and Nene valleys, and the towns of Stamford and Kettering, the forest's varied landscape includes farmland, open pasture, villages and pockets of woodland. Boughton Hall is depicted in the middle of the sheet. Formerly a monastery, it was transformed into one of the great houses of Europe in the 17th century. Hyett, William

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

Coventry and Rugby - OS One-Inch Map

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