Antique Road Map. Islip to Gloucester, Worcester, c1757.

by Ogilby - Senex

Strip Maps from Islip through Enston, Chipping Norton in Oxfordshire; Mortoninmarsh and Broadway in Gloucestershire; Pershore and Worcester in Worcestershire; Hereford, Bramyard, Bridenbury and Hockley in Herefordshire.
The next listed map (reverse side, also with later colour, for same purchase) the road through Lempster in Herefordshire, Prestain and Riadergowy in Radnorshire; Brunant in Cardiganshire, ending at Aberistwith on the Irish Sea. "The Direct Horizontal distance (or distance in a straight line) of Aberistwith from London is 183 miles. The measured distance along the windings of the Road is 16 miles more."

These road maps are original copperplate engravings by John Senex c1757 after John Ogilby for The Roads through England Delineated, or Ogilby’s Survey, Revised, Improved & Reduced to a Size Portable for the Pocket by John Senex, F.R.S. Being an Actual Survey of all the Principal Roads of England, and Wales, Distinctly laid down on one hundred & one Copper Plates on which are delineated all the cities, Towns, villages, Hills, Rivers, Brooks, Churches, capital Seats, and every place worthy of Note, throughout each ROAD; WITH The Addition of some roads newly drawn, which were omitted by Mr Ogilby, and Several necessary Corrections made in others; Together with a great number of explanatory references, by which this Edition of the Roads is render'd of more general Use for TRAVELLERS. - Printed for John Bowles and Son at the Black Horse in Cornhill London 1757.

Approximate size of this map is 17 x 22cm (6 x 8.5 inches).