Crickley in the 1590s

To my delight, I have discovered an embroidered map of the area dating from the 1590s now on show at the Bodleian.

"A huge Elizabethan tapestry map of Oxfordshire and the surrounding counties has gone on public display for the first time in more than a century. Visitors can see the map for free at the Bodleian’s Weston Library in Oxford where admission is free.

Woven in wool and silk, the map shows Oxfordshire as well as a vast area stretching from Cheltenham to central London and measures 3.5 by 5.5 metres. The map is only partially complete but what remains features beautiful and incredibly detailed illustrations of sixteenth-century towns and villages, rivers and streams, forests, castles and cathedrals."