Maps of Warwickshire

South Warwickshire

Baedeker Guide, 1897

Shows route from Stratford through Warwick and Kenilworth to Coventry. Map scale: 3 miles to the inch.

District Map

H. Snowden Ward

The Shakespearean Guide to Stratford-on-Avon, 1895

Mosaic of towns and villages in south Warwickshire at the end of the 19th century. Map scale: 2.5 miles to the inch. Area 20x13 miles.

Warwickshire

J. Archer

England and Wales Delineated, Thomas Dugdale, London, 1840

Map of county in the mid-19th Century. Note that Warwickshire then included Birmingham, Sutton Coldfield, Solihull and Coventry. The hundreds are identified by numbers and their boundaries are marked. Stratford's distance from London is given as 96 miles and it is designated as a Polling Place. The tramway to Moreton is conspicuous. Map scale: 6.2 miles to the inch.

Military Survey Map

Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Colby, Royal Engineers

Tower of London, 1831

Detail of the first Ordnance Survey map of the region, showing the topography by delineating the slopes as isoclines. The tramway bridge and line to Moreton had been built, but the map predates the West Midland Railway station and line to the south-west, and the Great Western Railway station and line to the north. Map scale: 1 inch to the mile. Area 4x4 miles.

Route Map

Carrington Bowles

Post-chaise companion or Travellers directory through England and Wales, London, 1782

Strip map of the route from Stratford to Bridgenorth, via Coughton, Bromsgrove and Kidderminster, and from Banbury to Campden via Shipston. Includes positions of milestones with Stratford shown as 98 miles from London. Bishopton and its chapel are marked. Map scale: 2.9 miles to the inch.

Route map

Emanuel Bowen

Britannia Depicta, John Owen, London, 1753 (4th Ed), p.30

Strip map of the route from Banbury to Coughton, through Nether Pillerton and Stratford (now the roads A422, A46 and B4090). This is a continuation of the route from Aylesbury to Buckingham on the reverse side of the page. Map scale: 2.3 miles to the inch.

Warwickshire

Robert Morden

Magna Britannia, Antiqua et Nova, Ward & Chandler, London, 1738

Early map of the county, with boundary outlined in red. Shows the four Hundreds: Hemlingford, Knightlow, Barlichway and Kington. Notable manors are circled, including Clopton near Stratford. Map scale: 5.5 miles to the inch.

Route map

Emanuel Bowen

Britannia Depicta, John Owen, London, 1736 (3rd Ed), p.184

Strip map of the route from Mickleton to Coventry, through Stratford and Warwick (now the roads B4632, A439. A46, A429 and B4113). The town is named 'Stretford ali[as] Stratford Sup Avon' and the bridge described as 'Stone Bridge 13 Great & 6 Small Arches, Avon Flu[men]'. This is a continuation of the route from Glocester to Campden on the reverse side of the page. Map scale: 2.3 miles to the inch.

Route map

John Senex

An Actual Survey of all the Principal Roads of England and Wales, London, 1719, p.13

Strip map of the roads from Banbury to Bridgenorth, via Stratford, Bromsgrove and Kidderminster, and from Banbury to Campden. Includes positions of milestones with Stratford shown as 98 miles from London. At Edg[e]hill is the note 'Here the Rebels fought K. Charles I army in 1642'. Map scale: 2.2 miles to the inch.

Warwickshire

Thomas Jenner

A direction for the English traviller by which he shal be inabled to coast about all England and Wales, London, 1643

The majority of the area of this engraving is taken up by a table of distances between principal towns in the county, with their distances from London on the diagonal. The tiny map, less than 2 inches square, has no roads, only rivers. This would have been used in the Civil War by officers of both armies in planning the logistics of troop movements. Map scale: 23 miles to the inch.