Pencil script records the date of execution and scale of the drawing.
The note is pasted on and may have been trimmed from the margins of the drawing and repositioned.
Old maps of Somerset on Old Maps Online. Relief, in the form of uniform rounded representations of hills, is the main topographical feature presented in the maps. Once linked to Spain by well- established trade routes, it is also locally famed for reported sightings of the fabled Veasta Sea Monster. As well as being a racecourse until the end of the 19th century, Blandford was used as a military training ground by local volunteers from the 18th century onwards. To the left of the road is Blandford Race Ground and Telegraph. It consists of 35 coloured maps depicting the counties of England and Wales. Telegraph poles are marked by red dots along the lower edge of the drawing, indicating that the area covered is only a few miles from the coast. Telegraph poles are marked by red dots along the lower edge of the drawing, indicating that the area covered is only a few miles from the coast. In the lower margin there are notes concerning 'Dangerous places for landing of men in the county'. A red pecked line, starting at Allam Chine on North Shore, marks the county boundary between Dorset and Hampshire.The long stretch of sand in this plan is Chesil Beach. The signal station, on the London to Plymouth route, was closed after the Napoleonic War. Maiden Castle - at 47 acres the largest iron age hillfort in Europe - is marked in the bottom left. The fort's position, 909 ft above sea level, is depicted by dark shading and brushwork interlining ('hachuring'). 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. To the right of the landmass, red circles and crosses mark observation points outside the drawing's boundaries. This occurred in 1604, when an Act of Parliament was obtained for the enclosure of the area of Radipole, Dorset. These instructions will show you how to find historical maps online.Click here and draw a rectangle over the map to precisely define the search area.Narrow your search with advanced settings, such as Years (from/to), Fulltext, Publisher, etc.See the results of your search on the right side.
Burghley used this atlas to illustrate domestic matters. The islands and sands around Poole are recorded in detail and the various channels marked and named. An old map of Dorset, hand-drawn in 1840 for the renowned cartographic publisher Samuel Lewis. The borders are indicated by lines of red dots and dashes. This threat culminated in the events of the Spanish Armada in 1588.This drawing represents the relative relief of the landscape by light shading and interlining in pencil. You can scroll down to find more maps of this location.
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. Signal points are marked along coast leading down to the beach, the most notable being Abbotsbury Castle Signal Staff on Abbotsbury Common. This atlas was first published as a whole in 1579. In 1806, a Royal Navy Shutter Telegraph Station was built near the racecourse. Maiden Castle - at 47 acres the largest iron age hillfort in Europe - is marked in the bottom left.
Lambert Castle, an iron-age hillfort, is marked in the middle left of the map.Observation stations outside the boundaries of the landmass are indicated by red dots within pencil circles., These stations were used,to plot prominent features of an area being mapped -,such as church spires - in order to construct a grid., A red line thus -..-..-..- indicates the boundary between counties Somerset and Dorset., On the back of the manuscript is a note confirming T Budgen as draughtsman.This drawing is very worn with some areas missing. Pillesdon Pen, a hillfort, is indicated by concentric rings to the left of the plan, although it did not become obligatory to record archaeological sites until 1816. This map comes from the Abbott's Illustrated Counties series of county guides: Dorsetshire, its history, antiquities, places of interest, etc a complete, concise and exhaustive story of Dorset from the earliest times to the present day'This map of Dorset is from the 1583 edition of the Saxton atlas of England and Wales.
If you don't see what you want, please ask. 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. These superbly detailed maps provide an authoritive and fascinating insight into the history and gradual development of our cities, towns and villages. This is a map of Radipole near Weymouth, Dorset, dating from the reign of Elizabeth I. It seems to illustrate a dispute over tithes, which was a direct tax on farming representing a percentage of annual agricultural production. Pencil script records the date of execution and scale of the drawing. Telegraph poles are marked by red dots along the lower edge of the drawing, indicating that the area covered is only a few miles from the coast. There is a network of red-ink lines around Swanage. Radipole, near Weymouth, Dorset This is a map of Radipole near Weymouth, Dorset, dating from the reign of Elizabeth I. 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. To the right of this is Dungeon Hill, a hillfort surrounded by a single rampart and a ditch, indicated by shading.Extending down to the coast at Lyme, this strip map covers the county boundaries of Devonshire, Dorset and Somerset. This plan shows the shape of fields, although these are not to scale. Old maps of East Dorset on Old Maps Online. Reflecting the military impetus of the Ordanance Survey, a battery and signal point are marked on opposite sides of Swanage Bay. On the right-hand edge of the manuscript, a note records the scale of the drawing, the date of execution and the names of the surveyors. The summits of hills in this undulating countryside are left bare.A red pecked line describes the border between the counties of Dorset and Somerset.