Bacon 1914

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

Bacon 1914

Bacon's County Map of Essex

Folding map with booklet that only has the "Alphabetical Index of Towns, Villages, &c", excluding populations.

Dismounted woman consulting map by a milestone whilst car passes. Dark pink coloured monochrome cover. Main roads in brown, and county edge-coloured in pale pink. Price 7d net; On Cloth 1s 3d net. Has "Bacon's Map of Essex" on cover spine. Advert on back cover listing (county) maps, with prices - but no Rollers option.

Scale correct at 10 miles = 95mm, or 2.7 miles/inch, ie 1:170,000.

The reference table has the same 5 symbols as in 1913 version. The railway lines include the Thaxted branch (opened 1913) but without the projected extensions that were never built despite being shown on the 1913 map. The sea is a pale muddy green colour (instead of blue).

In the bottom left corner there is "Copyright" just visible, but if there were any codes they have been rubbed away.

© Peter Walker 2018