Maps

Date ordered selection of Birmingham maps.


1630 Map of Warwickshire by John SPEED
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c. 1646 Map of Warwickshire by Jan JANSSEN
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1650s Map of Staffordshire (showing Birmingham) by Wenceslaus HOLLER
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1731 Map by William WESTLEY
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To see Bernard Sleigh's 1923 interpretation of this map, click here.
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1750 Map by Samuel BRADFORD
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1778 Map by Thomas HANSON
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1781 Map by Thomas HANSON (sculpt. R. HANCOCK)
This map appeared in William Hutton's History of Birmingham in 1782
See map on Library of Birmingham website: CLICK HERE


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1785 Map by Thomas HANSON (sculpt. R. HANCOCK)
Published for Charles Pye's Directory
See map on Library of Birmingham website: CLICK HERE


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1792 Map by Charles PYE
Published for Pye's Directory
See map on Library of Birmingham website: CLICK HERE


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1810 Map by John KEMPSON
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1814 Map possibly by Robert DAWSON
To see full map on the British Library website: CLICK HERE

Snippet of 1814 map.
A map of Sutton Coldfield by Robert Dawson in 1817 can be seen on the British Library website here.
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1819 Map by Charles PYE
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1839 Plan of Birmingham and its Environs
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1851 Map of Birmingham, here.
1899 Map of Birmingham, here.
1916 Map of Birmingham, here.
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A useful article about late eighteenth-century Birmingham maps by John Townley can be found here. Published by History West Midlands.