248 Ma;ps of Wiltshire. 



Andrews' map is the finest map of the county produced before the 

 Ordnance Survey. It is on the same scale as the first Ordnance Survey, 

 which was made on the scale of two inches to the mile ; but reduced for 

 publication to one inch to the mile. 



Andrews' map shows towns, villages, hamlets, hundreds, hills (which 

 are named), barrows, downs, parks, ponds, wells, mansions (with names 

 of occupiers), rivers, mills, and bridges. All the roads are clearly shown 

 with the direction posts at the cross roads. The distances from London 

 on the main roads are given, and also from town to town, both on the 

 main and cross-roads. 



Top left-hand corner and the western side of the plate are bare, except 

 for the names of the adjoining counties. 



Bottom left-hand corner an elaborately engraved symbolical picture 

 showing the produce of the county. An oak tree forms the background 

 of the picture, in the front of which a child is milking a cow. The forepart 

 of the cow is hidden by a female figure holding, in her left hand, an oval 

 shield containing the dedication given above, and in her right hand a 

 spear. The foreground on the left is occupied by a sheaf of wheat, and 

 on the right by three sheep, a stag, and a bale of cloth. Below the 

 picture, " G. B. Cipriani inv. J. Caldwell sculp." A little to the right, the 

 scale of four miles. Top right-hand corner, the title plainly engraved in 

 six lines including the scale. Immediately below the title, a note referring 

 to the hundreds followed by a " List of Subscribers " printed in double 

 column. 



The eastern margin of the plate is bare except for the names of the 

 adjoining counties. 



On the middle bottom sheet. No. 17, a compass indicator, formed by 

 two crossed lines, the northern point having an arrow-head, the others, 

 E., S., W. 



The border is formed by a thickly-engraved line, with double lines 

 within, marked off into degrees and minutes of latitude and longitude. 

 Between the border lines on Sheet 18, at the bottom, "Minutes of Longitude 

 East from the Meridian of the Cathedral of Salisbury, " Below the border, 

 in the left-hand corner, " J. Andrews, sculp." The imprint is given below 

 the border on Sheet 17. 



John Andrews, geographer, surveyor, engraver, and map-seller, was 

 born in 1736, and died at Kennington, Surrey, in 1809. As a business 

 man he is said to have been a failure, and this is rather borne out by the 

 numerous addresses from which his various ventures emanated. 



In addition to his map of Wiltshire, he surveyed the county of Hertford, 

 assisted by Andrew Dury and William Herbert. The work was published 

 by zV, Dury and W. Herbert in 1766. 



In 1797 Andrews published Hintorical Atlas of England : Physical^ 

 Political, Astronomical, Civil, and Ecclesiastical, . . . from the Deluge 

 to the present time . . . London : Printed by J. Smeeton : sold hy the 

 Author No. 211, Facing Air Street, Picadilly . . . 1797. 



There are twelve maps in this work, which was, apparently, never 

 completed. The maps were " drawn and engraved by J. Andrews," 



