County Maps of Essex

County maps of Essex from the 18th century

The table below lists flat maps of Essex in approximately chronological order; these are taken from Atlases, or in a few cases were published as maps of Essex alone. There is a link from each entry to a large picture.

Shown against items are Skelton/Hodson or other reference books - eg ^SH123 means atlas 123 from the Skelton & Hodson reference books and ^{Roger 116} means entry 116 in the Roger book listed on the Books page.

The dimensions against each map are Height x Width, and as Essex is a little wider than it is tall the width is usually greater - assuming the map has north at the top. The measurements are of the outermost neat line of the map (not the size of the sheet of paper).

Alternatively, go to the preceding chronological listing, 17th century.

Thumbnail maps	Mapmakers, their Atlases and Maps
	Morden & Pask To the Nobility & Gentry of Essex ^{Roger 116} 1700 568mm x 747mm Approx 2 miles = 1 inch
	R Morden The New description and State of England ^SH123 1701 171mm x 205mm Three scales - Great, Middle & Small miles
	Seller Camden's Britannia Abrig'd ^SH122 1701 116mm x 148mm Maps re-issued by F Grose in 1780s.
	Newcourt Dioeces Londinensis 1710 285mm x 464mm Essex, Herts and Middlesex. No hundreds, but Deaneries shown.
	William Smith 1713 403mm x 503mm County maps of the "Anonymous mapmaker". Essex derived from Saxton; re-iss by Overton 1713 ^SH142.
	Taylor & Blome England Exactly Described ^SH140 1717 146mm x 210mm Copy of Speed's Maps Epitomiz'd, 1681
	Van Der Aa Le compte D'Essex 1719 157mm x 205mm First mention of North Sea - "Mer du Nord". London at 32^o45' East
	Bowen & Owen Britannia Depicta, or Ogilby Improv'd ^SH149 1720 114mm x 113mm (map only) The Essex county map from what is mainly a road book.
	Morden & Cox Magna Britannia ^SH128 1720 The triangular mileage table for Essex, issued with same map as the Morden 1701.
	H Moll A New Description of England & Wales ^SH173 1724 210mm x 318mm Edges of map decorated by ancient coins and Tilbury caverns.
	Overton Reduced scale copy of Warburton's 1725 map ^{Roger 118} 1726 597mm x 947mm Half size copy of Warburton, but still 2.4 miles to an inch.
	Badeslade & Toms Chorogrephia Britanniae ^SH188 1741 150mm x 150mm First edition 1741, plus a 2nd edition the following year.
	Cowley The Geography of England ^SH194 1742 131mm x 182mm Only towns, with approximated roads and rivers.
	S Simpson & Walker The Agreeable Historian, or the Compleat English Traveller ^SH204 1746 155mm x 196mm Arms claimed for Essex are actually those of Colchester.
	Thomas Kitchin London Magazine ^SH229 June 1748 216mm x 267mm Republished by Walpole 1787
	T Osborne & Hutchinson Geographia Magnae Britanniae ^SH205 1748 147mm x 168mm Based on Warburton, but not a commercial success.

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Old maps of Essex

County maps of Essex from the 18th century