Bartholomew 1934

See below regarding dimensions

Bartholomew 1934, Sheet 26 cover Bartholomew 1934, Sheet 26 Bartholomew 1934, Sheet 26 cover

Bartholomew's Revised Half Inch to Mile Series - Essex - England & Wales Sheet 26

Both covers dated 1934 have the same map, but the cover and map dimensions vary a little:
- Brown one is 512 x 722mm in a cover 202 x 108mm, and is a paper map, Price One Shilling and sixpence net;
- Blue one is 519 x 718mm in a cover 189 x 95mm, and is paper mounted on cloth, Price Three Shillings Net.

Scale of 10 miles = 127mm, or 2.0 miles/inch, ie 1:126,720.

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

The Explanatory note has gone, but there are now two sets of keyed symbols accross the base of the map. A newly added symbol is one for Aerodrome (but very few marked).

Stanford-le-Hope by-passed (opened c.1932). Map has code A34, ie printed first half of 1934.

John Bartholomew & Sons Ltd. Cartographers to the King.

© Peter Walker 2014