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The Sheldon Tapestry Maps
The Sheldon Tapestry Map of Warwickshire can usually be seen at the Market Hall Museum, Warwick. However, it will be off display between March 7th 2011 and December 2012 so that it can undergo urgent repair and conservation work. To find out more, click here! The Tapestry Map has been in the collection of the Warwickshire Museum Service since the 1960s. It was commissioned in the late 1580s by Ralph Sheldon (1537-1613) to decorate his newly built house at Weston, near Long Compton, in south Warwickshire. It was one of a set of four tapestry maps showing the counties of Worcestershire, Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire and Warwickshire. These would have hung together to create a panoramic view of England, stretching from London to the Bristol Channel. Click on the links below to learn more about the history, making, features and puzzle of the Warwickshire Sheldon Tapestry.

History of the Sheldon Tapestry		Making the Sheldon Tapestry
Features of the Sheldon Tapestry		Puzzle of the Sheldon Tapestry

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