A first-edition O.S. map of the eastern edge of the Cotswolds and adjacent parts of Oxfordshire, including Charlbury, Chadlington, Ascott-Under-Wychwood, Woodstock, and Witney. Blenheim Palace and Park is also prominently marked. Virtually every building, farm, wood, estate, road, and track is marked on the map, a testament to the exceptional work of the Ordnance Survey's early surveyors.

Known as the 'Old Series', the first edition of the Ordnance Survey's One-Inch maps of England and Wales were published between 1805 and 1869. This map is the southwest quarter of Sheet 45 of the One-Inch Series (after 1833 the larger O.S. map sheets were broken down into quarters for commercial sale). The map bears the imprint of James Gardner, a London engraver and map seller who was awarded the title of sole commercial agent for the Ordnance Survey from 1823 until his retirement around 1840.

Original hand-colour. [OXON560]