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A map showing the route from Barnstaple to Ilfracombe in six vertical strips. Decorated in red, blue, green and yellow inks.
This strip map by John Ogilby shows 'The Road From Exeter to Barnstable & Thence to Ilfracomb', and dates back to c 1675.
Can you spot Exeter on the map? 🔍
📷 Townsend Maps T4; digitised by @dhlabexeter.bsky.social
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![A large full-page hand-coloured map of Cornwall, including the names of towns and villages. Sections of the map showing the sea include drawings of a sea monster and two ships. A coat of arms is drawn at the bottom of the page. Sections of the map showing the sea include drawings of sea monsters and ships. At the top of the page is framed text written in Latin: 'Factum est hoc opus An[no] D[o]m[ini] 1576 et D Elizabethe Reginae 18' [translated: This work was done in the year 1576 and the 18th of Queen Elizabeth], with illustrations of three ravens sitting above it.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:u3d3sbdevvp2kehpj6zyhzzn/bafkreic53oa4nzlje2canbu3pwslvxoucyqmyoy2tslgv5ozls7inmoveq)
A large full-page hand-coloured map of Cornwall, including the names of towns and villages. Sections of the map showing the sea include drawings of a sea monster and two ships. A coat of arms is drawn at the bottom of the page. Sections of the map showing the sea include drawings of sea monsters and ships. At the top of the page is framed text written in Latin: 'Factum est hoc opus An[no] D[o]m[ini] 1576 et D Elizabethe Reginae 18' [translated: This work was done in the year 1576 and the 18th of Queen Elizabeth], with illustrations of three ravens sitting above it.
Today we're dreaming of a holiday in Cornwall with this hand-painted map from 1576!
The map from our beautiful atlas was based on a survey undertaken by the cartographer Christopher Saxton.
📷 Rare books B 1590/SAX/XX; digitised by @dhlabexeter.bsky.social
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1. The Shrewsbury Canal that ran from Ditherington to Trench Lock 2. The Ketley Canal 3. The Wombridge Canal 4. The Marquis of Stafford's Canal - aka the Lilleshall Canal 5. The Shropshire Canal (not to be confused with the Shropshire Union Canal) 6. The Dawley Canal The Incline Planes of the system are shown in red and the three Tunnels of the Shropshire Canal in yellow.
For #mondaymaps an extract from Plate-V of Robert Baugh's 1808 map of Shropshire showing the various Tub Boat Canals and the Incline Planes & Tunnels of what is now Telford.
Not showing is the Newport Canal - this wasn't constructed until 1835.
More details of the Canals are provided in ALT
![Colour illustration bird's-eye-view of the Cathedral from the 1618 map 'Civitas Exoniae (vulgo Excester) urbs primaria in comitatu Devoniae', engraved by Frans Hogenberg. [Reference: Constable Maps 27]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:u3d3sbdevvp2kehpj6zyhzzn/bafkreihjjohr4yb5gse4c6inb7fn7nrxefxdrh5k5dgv2ecqxy2sv2euzy)
Colour illustration bird's-eye-view of the Cathedral from the 1618 map 'Civitas Exoniae (vulgo Excester) urbs primaria in comitatu Devoniae', engraved by Frans Hogenberg. [Reference: Constable Maps 27]
![View of the cathedral from a 1792 street plan of Exeter entitled 'Plan of the City & Suburbs of Exeter', engraved by Thomas Yeakell. [Reference: Townsend Maps T16f]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:u3d3sbdevvp2kehpj6zyhzzn/bafkreifj3ekjrrvwwmgksc6kidpxv5jpy4xsptwoisqqe6b4p5z3ujiiku)
View of the cathedral from a 1792 street plan of Exeter entitled 'Plan of the City & Suburbs of Exeter', engraved by Thomas Yeakell. [Reference: Townsend Maps T16f]
![Illustration of the East View of Exeter Cathedral with cattle in the foreground from an 1810 street plan of Exeter entitled 'Exeter', engraved by John Roper. [Reference: Townsend Maps T17]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:u3d3sbdevvp2kehpj6zyhzzn/bafkreibpwwrp4bgbwlodzydehnjtmje5xktbuqrj5d2jtktvruhsi7v6ay)
Illustration of the East View of Exeter Cathedral with cattle in the foreground from an 1810 street plan of Exeter entitled 'Exeter', engraved by John Roper. [Reference: Townsend Maps T17]
![Colour illustration of Exeter Cathedral with people in 19th century dress walking in the foreground, from a street plan (c 1851-1854) entitled 'Exeter', engraved by John Rapkin. {Reference: Townsend Maps T19f]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:u3d3sbdevvp2kehpj6zyhzzn/bafkreicfvqauywz6yals4ftxy3delm4pohxv7zu4tko2tbd2wculs5a5ie)
Colour illustration of Exeter Cathedral with people in 19th century dress walking in the foreground, from a street plan (c 1851-1854) entitled 'Exeter', engraved by John Rapkin. {Reference: Townsend Maps T19f]
Yesterday was the Feast of St Peter, the saint to whom @exetercathedral.bsky.social is dedicated.
These depictions (1618-1854) of the Cathedral Church of St Peter are from historic maps of Exeter in our collections.
📷 Digitised by @dhlabexeter.bsky.social
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This map by Benjamin Donn was produced as part of a 12-sheet map of Devon in 1765. Donn was awarded £100 from the Royal Society for the Arts for the best 1 inch to a mile survey of an English county.
📷 Townsend Maps T8; digitised by @dhlabexeter.bsky.social
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Unfolded chromo-lithograph street plan of Exeter, titled 'Bacon's Plan of Exeter and Suburbs'. It can fold back into a small red cover. The plan shows the city of Exeter, as well as the surrounding countryside, indicating how the city was expanding.
This street plan of Exeter, dating back to around 1910, may not be as old as some of our other maps, but it is just as fascinating!
How does Exeter in 1910 differ to Exeter in 2025?
📷 Edmund maps 942.359/E30 BAC; digitised by @dhlabexeter.bsky.social
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Street plan of Exeter entitled 'The City of Exeter 1835'. In the four corners of the street plan are four illustrations of Exeter landmarks: the Exe Bridge, the Castle, the Cathedral, and the Guildhall. It shows the spread of houses into St Leonard's and St Thomas, and other new developments, including Summerlands on Heavitree Road and Higher Barracks.
This town plan of Exeter dates back to 1835.
Can you spot the illustration of Exe Bridge? This bridge replaced the medieval Exe Bridge in 1778, and was itself replaced in 1905.
📷 W. Schmollinger and R. Brown; Cartography Coll./A.3.a.iv
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Colour image of a mid seventeenth century map of Exeter. This bird’s-eye view from the southwest shows Exeter surrounded by a city wall with gates. Exeter is dominated by the cathedral of St Peter. At the top left is Rougemont Castle. Surrounding the city are hills, fields and the river Exe.
This colourful map by Rutger Hermannides shows a bird's eye view of Exeter and dates back to 1661.
Can you identify any landmarks that still exist today? 👀
📷 Townsend Maps T14f
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Large town planning map of Exeter with fold lines. Different areas of the city are highlighted in reds and greens to indicate agricultural areas, development areas, car parks etc. A reference key in the left hand corner lists the different types of areas and/or features.
This map was produced by Cook, Hammond and Kell for Exeter City Council in 1951. It provides fascinating insight into town planning and the rebuilding of Exeter in the post-war period.
📷 Edmund maps 942.359/E30 CIT
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An early 17th century map of Exeter. This bird’s-eye view from the southwest shows Exeter surrounded by a city wall with gates. Exeter is dominated by the Gothic cathedral of St Peter. At the top left is the castle of Rougemont. There are rolling hills in the background, and houses and trees dotted around the city. The title above the images reads: 'Immoderatus Amor In Teritum Callsat' and 'Excester in Engellandt'. In the foreground is an illustration of a serpent biting the head of another serpent. Beneath is written a verse in both Latin and German, which roughly concerns the dangers of love, which can lead to the female serpent biting off the male serpent's head.
This map, engraved by Eberhard Kieser in c 1638, shows a bird's eye view of Exeter.
The two serpents in the foreground, and the verse in German and Latin beneath, point out the danger of love!
📷 Excester in Engellandt: Townsend Maps T13
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Street plan of Exeter, with roads marked in yellow. 'Exeter' is typed in red ink at the top of the plan. Dotted around the edge of the street plan are six illustrations of Exeter landmarks, including the Guildhall, Exeter Cathedral, Northern Hay, the Post Office and St. Sidwell's Church. Two borders frame the street plan.
This plan of Exeter by John Rapkin dates back to c 1851-1854, and features illustrations of landmarks by Henry Winkles.
Which landmarks do you recognise? What has changed?
📷 Townsend Maps T19f; digitised by
@dhlabexeter.bsky.social
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Plan of Exeter, entitled 'A Plan of the City and Suburbs of Exeter'. Built-up areas are highlighted in red. Gardens, cemeteries and the countryside are highlighted in green. The river is highlighted in blue. A key on the right notes places of interest in Exeter, including 'Globe Tavern', 'Hurt's Alms Houses' and 'Fulling Mills'. Street names and many building names are also named on the plan. The plan extends as far as St Thomas in the south and to the top of Sidwell Street in the north.
This 'Plan of the City and Suburbs of Exeter' dates back to 1765 and is from Benjamin Donn's 'Map of the County of Devon'.
It was the first entirely new survey of Devon since the one undertaken by Christopher Saxton in the 16th century.
📷 Townsend Maps T15
#MapMonday #MondayMaps #MappingOurExeter
The lands of Euethia, a fantasy map
#JanuaryWorldbuilders #mondaymaps
So I'd like to take Mondays to share my collection of fantasy maps, as well as some real world ones as well.
Several of my projects take place here, on the continent of Euethia.
A map showing the route from Barnstaple to Ilfracombe in six vertical strips. Decorated in red, blue, green and yellow inks.
This strip map by John Ogilby shows 'The Road From Exeter to Barnstable & Thence to Ilfracomb', and dates back to c 1675.
Can you spot Exeter on the map? 🔍
📷 Townsend Maps T4; digitised by @dhlabexeter.bsky.social
#MapMonday #MondayMaps #Maps #MappingOurExeter #Exeter #Devon
