Bacon 1892

457mm h x 676mm w (Cover: 184mm h x 115mm w)

Bacon 1892 Bacon 1892 cover

Bacon's County Guide & Map of Essex

From now on, the cycling maps get illustrated covers. It starts with a man on a bicycle with drop levers being followed by a man on a horse.

More details on Bacon's maps are on the Publisher's page.

Displayed scale of 10 miles = 94.5mm, or 2.7 miles/inch; actual scale of 2.6 miles/inch, or 1:165,000.

Has the railway line from Grays/Thurrock to Upminster (opened 1892), but the Upminster to Romford line is only shown as planned (opened 1893).

© Peter Walker 2014