Gloucestershire is a richly detailed map incorporating town plans of Gloucester and
Bristol with notes on each, famous battles and a collection of Coates of Arms.
Note that a couple remain blank - some payment was required for their inclusion
and on this particular map not all the spaces were sold!
The River
Severn and the rich farming land in its floodplain dominated central Gloucestershire.
To the West was the forest Dean with its great Oak forests, and an abundance
of iron ore, making it one of the major centres for iron production in
Britain.
On the western side lay the Cotswolds with its many sheep yielding
the most highly prized wool in England. At the south of the county on the River
Avon, lay Bristol, one of the largest towns in England. It was a truly international
port trading with Spain and the Mediterranean and forging new links with
the newly colonised America.
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