Historic Maps of Huntingdonshire

Christopher Saxton is known as ‘The Father of English Cartography’.<p>He came to the attention of Thomas Seckford, Master of the Queen’s Requests and was introduced to Lord Burghley and Queen Elizabeth I.</p><p>With their patronage, he surveyed counties in England and Wales and created the first national atlas, one of the earliest of any country in Europe.</p><p>Can you find where you live? Place names could be different 450 years ago. Note: no roads marked!</p>