Bacon 1912

454mm h x 615mm w (Cover: 172mm h x 100mm w)

Bacon 1912 Bacon 1912 cover

Bacon's County Map and Guide of Essex

Folding map with booklet, aimed at cyclists, with much text on Essex (political, physical, geological, industrial, antiquities and places of interest) and principal towns, plus 1901 populations.

Dismounted woman consulting map by a milestone whilst car passes. Dull pink cover, printed only in black. Main roads in brown, and county edge-coloured in pale brown.

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

Scale correct at 10 miles = 94mm, or 2.7 miles/inch, ie 1:170,000.

The reference table has the same 5 symbols as in 1911 version. The railway lines include the Thaxted branch (opened 1913) but also with projected extensions that were never built.

In the bottom left corner there is "Copyright", followed by a code: 1.12 25 - which I take to mean printed 1912.

© Peter Walker 2014