OS #54 Severn Valley & Arden. Solihull Worcester Stratford-upon-Avon 1831 map

CAPTION PRINTED BELOW PICTURE: Ordnance Survey sheet 54 [Bromsgrove, Droitwich, Frankley, Northfield, Henley-in-Arden, Solihull, Tamworth, Knowle, Worcester, Pershore, Claines, Dormston, Bradley, Stratford-on-Avon, Alcester, Exhall, Pebworth - Severn and Avon Vales, Arden, Dunsmore and Feldon, Worcestershire, Warwickshire]

The genesis of the Ordnance Survey's original one-inch per mile survey occurred in 1783 when the Royal Societies of Paris and London agreed to connect their two great cities by the use of triangulation to settle the dispute of their relative positions. This triangulation, completed by 1790, together with the outbreak of war with France in 1793, acted as a catalyst for the surveying of England. The survey began in Kent and by the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815 most of southern England had been mapped. By 1844, publication of the Old Series, one inch to one mile, was complete for the whole of Great Britain south of Preston and Hull. In spite of concerns about the cost of the survey, work continued until by 1870 the whole of England and Wales had been mapped.

DATE PRINTED: 1831    

IMAGE SIZE: Approx 65.5 x 75.5cm, 25.75 x 29.75 inches (Large); Please note that this is a folding map.

TYPE: Antique folding hand coloured survey map, dissected and laid down on linen

CONDITION: Good; suitable for framing. Please check the scan for any blemishes prior to making your purchase. Virtually all antiquarian maps and prints are subject to some normal aging due to use and time which is not obtrusive unless otherwise stated. We offer a no questions asked return policy.

AUTHENTICITY: This is an authentic historic print, published at the date stated above. It is not a modern copy.

VERSO: There is nothing printed on the reverse side, which is plain

FOLDING: This is a folding print.

ARTIST/CARTOGRAPHER/ENGRAVER: Engraved at the Ordnance Map Office, Tower of London. Engraved by Benjamin Baker and assistants. Writing by Ebenezer Bourne. Published by Thomas Frederick Colby.

PROVENANCE: Original Ordnance Survey one-inch per mile series