The Sheldon Tapestry Map of Oxfordshire, which was woven in wool and silk, is on show at the Bodleian's Weston Library in Oxford. It is only partially complete but has illustrations of 16th Century ...

The mystery of Roanoke’s “lost colony” has survived for more than four centuries, but a faint symbol on a fragile Elizabethan map is now giving archaeologists their clearest lead yet. A tiny, hidden ...

Map of Worcestershire from 1590s describes mysterious event in the hills near ‘The Worldesend’ A 400-year-old tapestry map that depicts a mysterious event that happened among the villages, streams and ...

Chiswicke. Higat. Chelsey. Rislipp. Nope, our spellchecker's not on the blink; these are areas of London as they were named back when this stunning Elizabethan tapestry map was created. The ...

Ten Elizabethan-era maps depicting the Spanish Armada have been saved for the nation and will stay in the UK after a museum’s fundraising campaign amassed £600,000 to purchase the set. The hand-drawn ...

A rare Tudor map of a Devon town, hailed as a remarkable piece of Elizabethan history, is moving to Exeter. The 1586 map of Kingsbridge contains detailed depictions of many key features of the town as ...

Towns and villages can be seen on the map with their 16th Century spellings A "magnificent" Elizabethan map has gone on display for the first time in more than a century. The Sheldon Tapestry Map of ...