A map of Northumberland showing the place-names recorded in the Boldon Book in 1183! This Northumberland map shows Newcastle upon Tyne, Gosforth, Morpeth, Alnwick, Hexham, Berwick-upon-Tweed etc. The first ever series of decorative maps to show England''s place-names as they were recorded in 1086.This map of Northumberland is just one of fifty hand-drawn and hand-coloured decorative historical maps drawn by John Garnons Williams depicting each of the old English counties at the time of Domesday Book. John Garnons Williams has also drawn maps of Medieval England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, as well as a light-hearted decorative "Guide to the BBC Shipping Forecast".Measuring 14.7 x 11.7 ins (37 x 30 cm), this edition is printed on light card and has a dark green border printed around it hand-coloured, but not in such detail as with the Limited Edition, the process taking up to one hour for . The map is each individual mapwith the Limited Edition, every map is supplied with a translation "Key Map", showing the equivalent . As modern placetogether with detailed historical and linguistic information.