Old Map of Herefordshire by Robert Morden, 1695
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Herefordshire by Robert Morden, first published 1695
Herefordshire is exceptionally rewarding for the reader who enjoys the furniture of an engraved map. Its elaborate titlepiece is almost theatrical, yet elsewhere Morden has packed the sheet with close-set names, river courses and county subdivisions. This museum-quality giclée reproduction retains the antique map’s original lettering and ornament. Produced on textured fine-art paper with archival pigment inks; supplied unframed.
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About the map
Herefordshire is exceptionally rewarding for the reader who enjoys the furniture of an engraved map. Its elaborate titlepiece is almost theatrical, yet elsewhere Morden has packed the sheet with close-set names, river courses and county subdivisions.
Map Details
- Original title: Hereford Shire
- Cartographer: Robert Morden (c.1650–1703)
- First published: 1695, in Edmund Gibson’s edition of William Camden’s Britannia
- Area: Herefordshire
- Places to locate: Hereford, Leominster, Ross and Ledbury
What makes this engraving distinctive?
- An exuberant coloured cartouche at upper right includes a mask-like face, curling red ornament and the inscription Hereford Shire by Robt. Morden.
- The map names historic hundreds, including Wolphey, Radlow and Webtree, among numerous smaller settlements.
- Three horizontal mile scales appear near the lower right, while the River Wye and its tributaries thread through the border-country landscape.
History
The Wye runs through a county long shaped by both agriculture and its proximity to Wales. The map’s great density of place names is particularly striking around the central market towns. Hereford and Leominster stand out, but hundreds of smaller communities and local districts are recorded in the same engraved hand. The historic hundreds—administrative units that have little visibility in everyday life now—give the image much of its documentary value.
Around the area
Take time to look at the printed boundaries, because the map is not simply a portrait of natural features. Its shaded hills and colour-edged divisions show how the county was understood administratively at the end of the seventeenth century. The names Wolphey Hundred, Radlow Hundred and Webtree Hundred are among the useful clues for family and local historians. The engraving also includes the neighbouring shires, placing Herefordshire between Wales and the western Midlands. The three separate scale bars are a characteristic feature of Morden’s cartography and invite questions about the different mile conventions in use. This makes Herefordshire a good example of a map that is at once decorative, geographical and deeply concerned with local government.
Made as a fine-art print: Archival pigment inks on subtly textured paper; supplied unframed and carefully packed. The historic boundaries and spellings reflect the cartographer’s era, not present-day administrative geography.
For the cartographer’s own descriptions of Britain, read our article Robert Morden’s Britain in 1693: The Mapmaker’s Own Words.