Philips 1888

Map: 336mm h x 418mm w (Cover: 156mm h x 96mm w)

Philips 1893

Cyclists Map of the County of Essex

The several Parliamentary Divisions are not coloured, but their names are over-printed on the map. We do get items of relevance to cyclists - main roads are coloured brown, and letters for a Consul of Cyclists Club in a town, a Hotel recommended by Cyclists (listed inside the cover - including a code for Temperence Hotel and Coffee Tavern) and X for where machines can be repaired; the arrows warning about hills, however, are absent.

Addresses: 32 Fleet Street London, and 49 to 51 South Castle Street Liverpool. There is no mention of the "London Geographical Institute" - so pre-1901.

Scale correct at 6 miles = 43mm, or 3.5 miles/inch, ie 1:225,000.

The cover (in white & brown cover, the same as the 1893 one) has no adverts.

The railways include Upminster to Romford (opened 1893), but not Forest gate to Tottenham (opened 1894).

© Peter Walker 2014