Author: ORDNANCE SURVEY
Title: Four Ordnance Survey Maps of Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, & Part of Warwickshire Circa 1850
Description: London, Ordnance Survey. 1850. Book, Set of four Ordnance Survey maps of Gloucester Worcester and part of Warwickshire in slipcase:1.Ordnance Survey Map of Worcestershire (Sheet LV in the one-inch series) published by the Ordnance Survey under Colby at the Tower of London 1832. A later edition updated to include the early railways circa 1850. On folding linen in 21 sections size 84 by 66 cm. Folds into marbled covers. Covers an area in the north from Leintwardine across to Kidderminster and from Weobley to Great Malvern in the south. Some foxing to reverse.VG condition.2.Ordnance Survey Map of Warwickshire (Sheet LIV in the one-inch series) published by the Ordnance Survey under Colby at the Tower of London 1831. A later edition updated to include the early railways circa 1850. On folding linen in 21 sections size 84 by 66 cm. Folds into marbled covers. Covers an area from the Clent Hills across to Hampton-in-Arden in the north down to the Severn just south of Worcester across to Halford on the Fosse Way in the south. Some foxing to reverse. VG condition.3.Ordnance Survey Map of Gloucestershire (Sheet XLIII in the one-inch series) published by the Ordnance Survey under Colby at the Tower of London 1831. A later edition updated to include the early railways circa 1850. On folding linen in 21 sections size 84 by 66 cm. Folds into marbled covers. Includes Ross-on-Wye Hereford and Newent. Covers an area in the north from Byford across to Hanley Castle in the north down to Raglan across to Standish Park in the south. Some foxing to reverse. VG condition.4.Ordnance Survey Map of Gloucestershire and the Cotswolds (Sheet XLIV in the one-inch series) published by the Ordnance Survey under Colby at the Tower of London 1828. A later edition updated to include the early railways circa 1850. On folding linen in 21 sections size 84 by 66 cm. Folds into marbled covers.Includes Cheltenham Stow on the Wold and Burford. Covers an area from Upton on Severn across to Shipston on Stour in the north and from Painswick across to Burford in the south. Four small ink marks to reverse are partly visible on the linen between the folds but do not appear on the map. VG condition.With original slipcase scuffed but sound. Originally sold by a bookseller in Worcester in the 19th century and have their small label to one map cover. Images available.

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