Map of Brailes

Item date: 1600
Grant Value: 2,426
Item cost: 9,375
Item date acquired: 1995
Item institution: Warwickshire County Record Office
Town/City: Warwick
County: Warwickshire

A coloured map, commissioned by Ralph Sheldon, founder of the tapestry works at Barcheston. The earliest known map of Brailes, highly finished and decorated with Sheldons coat of arms, it was obviously intended for display rather than use. Illustrated at p.35 of AR