Old county maps and their makers

Abstract

Emphasizes the importance of old county maps to library local history collections. Describes the history of county map production in the United Kingdom beginning with Christopher Saxton in 1579 and proceeding through his successors to John Speed (1542‐1629). Discusses seventeenth‐and eighteenth‐century county maps and their makers covering up to Thomas Moule in the early nineteenth century. States the importance of strengthening local history map collections in libraries.

Citation

Harrison, K.C. (1995), "Old county maps and their makers", Library Review, Vol. 44 No. 4, pp. 36-41. https://doi.org/10.1108/00242539510089741