Shropshire Maps

12x18 cm

SHROPSHIRE
Map set below a decorative cartouche containing the title and details of the road from London to Shrewsbury.
Engraved by Emanuel Bowen (1693?-1767) and published in the pocket road book Britannia Depicta by Thomas Bowles from 1720 to 1764. The county maps were based on Robert Morden's small series published in The New Description and State of England... from 1701. Text descriptions compiled by John Owen.
Road map of the first part of the route from Meriden to Shrewsbury commencing at Meriden, Coventry, on the London to Holyhead road verso.
Very good example in neat ater hand colour.

For full description of the road, go to category: Maps > British Isles > RoadMaps > Owen & Bowen. 

 
For more information on Britannia Depicta, see the category heading under Road Maps > Owen & Bowen.