OS One-Inch Old Series / First Edition Map Viewer (Sheet 50)

Ordnance Survey One-Inch First Edition Old Map of Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire: Old Series map of OS Old Series Map Sheet 50 (South Oxfordshire / Berkshire / Buckinghamshire inferred).

Please note that the modern reference map on the split screen is intended as a guide only.

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Landscape and Archaeological Assessment

Landscape Classification

This sheet represents a lowland with upland fringe landscape, characterised by Leicester/Soar valley, Charnwood uplands, Roman road corridors and dense Midlands settlement pattern.

Archaeological Landscape

The primary archaeological theme is Leicestershire Roman-road, county-town, river valley and Charnwood ridge archaeology. Enhanced prediction from Roman-road, ridgeway, hillfort/enclosure, villa/estate, road-convergence and river-crossing logic.

High Visibility Locations

Leicester Roman Urban Core

Terrain Archaeology

The terrain is interpreted using hachures. Relief is represented by hachures, allowing inference of ridgeways, high points, spur ends, valley approaches and likely route/crossing logic.

Main Geographic Information

Sheet L / N° L is visible in the upper-right margin. Large county lettering includes Oxfordshire and partial Berkshire/Buckinghamshire border-country labelling. Bounds are reconstructed from adjacent Sheet XLV relationship, visible settlement/county pattern, Thames course and Chiltern uplands; graticule labels are faint and therefore the bounds are approximate.

Main Landscape Features

Sheet 50 shows a mixed area of lowland with upland fringe Leicester/Soar valley, Charnwood uplands, Roman road corridors and dense Midlands settlement pattern . The map is useful for studying early 19th Century historic settlement patterns, Roman road alignments, early archaeological site indentification, how roads, old tracks, lanes and paths, villages, waterways and field systems related to the wider nineteenth-century landscape.

Main Geographic Features

Archaeological Predictions

Archaeological Hotspots

Leicester Roman Urban Core is interpreted as a Roman town, river crossing and radial road focus landscape. Fosse Way / Soar Valley Belt is interpreted as a Roman road and river-valley villa/settlement corridor landscape. Charnwood Ridge Zone is interpreted as a upland enclosure, quarry/resource and route landscape landscape.

Historic Routes, Crossings and Connections

Fosse Way Leicester corridor is interpreted as a Roman road corridor. Historic crossing points where roads, trackways or routeways converge on significant water features are widely recognised as archaeological hotspots. Crossing points often acted as gateways within the historic landscape. Because movement was channelled through these locations, archaeological evidence may occur both at the crossing itself and along the routes leading towards it, forming broader zones of archaeological potential rather than isolated sites.Leicester-Market Harborough corridor is interpreted as a Roman/medieval route corridor. Historic crossing points where roads, trackways or routeways converge on significant water features are widely recognised as archaeological hotspots. Crossing points often acted as gateways within the historic landscape. Because movement was channelled through these locations, archaeological evidence may occur both at the crossing itself and along the routes leading towards it, forming broader zones of archaeological potential rather than isolated sites.Leicester-Melton corridor is interpreted as a east Midlands route corridor. Historic crossing points where roads, trackways or routeways converge on significant water features are widely recognised as archaeological hotspots. Crossing points often acted as gateways within the historic landscape. Because movement was channelled through these locations, archaeological evidence may occur both at the crossing itself and along the routes leading towards it, forming broader zones of archaeological potential rather than isolated sites.

Historic Gateways and Crossing Places

Leicester Soar crossing is a major river/urban crossing. Loughborough Soar crossing is a river crossing town. Market Harborough valley crossing is a route/watercourse crossing.

Main Places