Antique Map of Warwickshire with Birmingham, Coventry and Warwick, 1885

This is an original antique map of Warwickshire, printed by lithography with original hand coloring and dated 1885 by the atlas it comes from. The title at the upper right reads "WARWICKSHIRE.", followed by "BY EDWD WELLER,F.R.G.S.", "REDUCED FROM THE ORDNANCE SURVEY" and "Divided into 5 mile squares", with a scale of British Statute Miles and a key to parliamentary boroughs, boundaries, divisions, railways and stations.

The county fills a tall sheet. The north is washed by hand in pale green and the south in rose. Crimson borough washes mark Birmingham at the upper left, Tamworth at the top, Coventry to the right of center, and Warwick with Leamington Priors just below the center. Sutton Coldfield, Coleshill, Atherstone, Nuneaton, Rugby, Southam, Stratford, Kineton and Shipston on Stour are lettered. Staffordshire is named at the upper left, Leicestershire along the northeast side with Hinckley and Lutterworth, Northamptonshire down the right with Daventry, and Oxfordshire at the lower right with Banbury. Gloucestershire and Worcestershire run along the lower left with Evesham and Chipping Campden. Railways and canals cross the county in every direction, and the sheet is divided into five mile squares with letters and figures in the border.

A printed note explains that "The official names of Railway Stations are all engraved in a special character, thus, Clayton; except where indicated by the name of the town being in bold letters and identical with the name of the Station." A sheet number in the lower right corner is cut by the trimmed edge.

It comes from The New Large Scale Ordnance Atlas of the British Isles, published in London by G. W. Bacon and Co., and is dated 1885 by the volume it was taken from; no date is printed on the sheet itself. Edward Weller (1819 to 1884) was a London map engraver and draftsman and a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.

Vertical fold down the center from binding. Light uneven toning, browner towards the edges. Handling soiling along the left and right edges. A few small foxing spots in the margin. Slight wear at the top left corner.

This is an original antique map, not a modern reproduction. This item is sold unframed.