An Historical Map of Winchester (Town & City Historical Maps)

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Martin Biddle

Atlases & Maps

The Historic Towns Trust

Map reverse carries an illustrated gazetteer of sites of interest: approx. 6,600 wordsMap cover carries inside a brief history of Hull: 1,300 words. Illustrations: coloured engravings and early views of buildings, monuments and street scenesA full colour map, based on an Ordnance Survey map of 1928, with buildings and sites of interest picked out.  Few cities have experienced Hull's uninterrupted position as one of Britain's leading centres of population and economic activity over nine centuries.  The variety and richness of its architecture are too often overlooked. The map shows the main medieval and post-medieval buildings in this remarkable and interesting city, the second-most historic city of Yorkshire.  The map's cover has a short introduction to the city's history, and on the reverse an illustrated and comprehensive gazetteer of Hull's main buildings and sites of interest, from medieval monasteries to cinemas and theatres, and the huge fortified citadel.

An Historical Map of Kingston Upon Hull (Historic City & Town Maps)

A full colour map showing London in about 1520 - its many churches, monasteries, legal inns, guild halls, and a large number of substantial private houses, in the context of the streets and alleyways that survived the Great Fire and can still be discovered. Dominating the city are the Tower of London in the east, the old St Paul's Cathedral in the west and London Bridge in the south. The city was largely contained within its medieval walls and ditches but shows signs of spilling out into the great metropolis it was destined to be. The map is a new version of a successful map of Tudor London first published in 2013, updated to include new information, completely redrawn and recoloured and at a larger scale. The map includes on the reverse a short introduction to the city's history, and an illustrated and comprehensive directory lists all the city's streets and its main buildings with a grid reference for easy finding.

Map of Tudor London

A full colour map showing London about 1270 to 1300 - its walls and gates, parish churches, early monasteries and hospitals, and a growing number of private houses. The city's streets and alleyways had been established. Dominating London are the Tower of London in the east, the old St Paul's Cathedral in the west and London Bridge in the south. Up-river in Westminster, the abbey and the royal palace had been well established, and the great Westminster Hall is very evident. London's playground in Southwark was beginning to grow.

A Map of Medieval London: The City, Westminster and Southwark

Caroline Barron

History

Bristol in 1480: A Medieval Merchant City

Historic Towns Trust

Europe

A full colour map, based on a digitised map of the city of Canterbury in 1907, with its Roman, Anglo-Saxon and medieval past overlain and important buildings picked out. Founded as the Roman town of Durovernum Cantiacorum, Canterbury grew to be more important than London. Canterbury Cathedral became a major European centre of pilgrimage following the murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket in 1170 and the centre of the Anglican church after the Reformation. Although damaged in the Second World War, its many surviving medieval buildings make it a major attraction for visitors and home to three UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The map shows a small cathedral city in 1907 with large buildings, surrounded by orchards and a remarkable military presence. The map’s cover has a short introduction to the city’s history, and on the reverse an illustrated and comprehensive gazetteer of Canterbury’s main sites of interest, from the city’s Roman theatre and forum to medieval monasteries, the city’s walls and its castle. Produced with Canterbury Archaeological Trust and Canterbury Christ Church University.

An Historical Map of Canterbury from medieval times to 1907 (Town & City Historical Maps)

Jake Weekes

A full colour map, based on digitised OS maps of Alnwick and Alnmouth of about 1920, with its Anglo\-Saxon and medieval past overlain and important buildings picked out. The map’s cover has a short introduction to the area’s history, and on the reverse an illustrated and comprehensive gazetteer of Alnwick’s and Alnmouth’s main sites of historic interest. The back of the map has coloured early views of buildings, monuments and street scenes of Alnwick and Alnmouth. The map has been created by a team of people representing the various historical societies of Alnwick and Alnmouth, a number of individuals with specific local knowledge and the curators of local historical collections, including the extensive archives of both the Duke of Northumberland and Bailiffgate Museum. Members of the team have previously produced works on particular aspects of the area’s history, including the town itself, local heritage heroes, the Abbey, the Shrovetide Football Game and the district during the Great War.

Historical Maps of Alnwick & Alnmouth from Earliest Times to 1918

Drawn from Alnwick’s Heritage Societies

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