Early map of the roads from Lichfield to Chester

The third of four sheets covering the route from London to Holyhead on Anglesey, showing from Lichfield to Chester, via Nantwich. Plate 23 from John Ogilby's 'Britannia', the first road atlas of England & Wales, first published in 1675. It was only after his work that roads started being shown on county maps. The route is shown on scroll-like strips, with a decorative strapwork title cartouche.