County Maps of Essex

County maps of Essex from the 18th century - 2nd half

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 ^SH253 means atlas 253 from the Skelton & Hodson reference books and ^{Roger 120} means entry 120 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, 18th century - first half.

Thumbnail maps	Mapmakers, their Atlases and Maps
	Thomas Kitchin Universal Magazine ^SH253 1750 178mm x 191mm One of Kitchin's many versions of Essex.
	Thomas Kitchin Small English Atlas ^SH210 1751 119mm x 135mm Editions from 1751 and 1775
	G Bickham The British Monarchy ^SH217 1752 222mm x 143mm Impressionistic drawing of Essex, with major towns named; not a map.
	Read & Rocque Small British Atlas ^SH199 1753 159mm x 194mm Rocque using inferior plates.
	Gibson New and Accurate Maps of the Counties of England and Wales ^SH219 1759 63mm x 111.5mm Rivers, but only a few schematic roads.
	Emmanuel Bowen The Natural History of England - in The General Magazine of Arts and Sciences ^SH230 1759 174mm x 195mm Based on the maps of the Large English Atlas
	Bellin Carte des Entrees de la Tamise 1759 586mm x 876mm Meridien from Paris
	Emmanuel Bowen (& Kitchin) Large English Atlas ^SH228 1760 528mm x 717mm 1760 is when full Atlas published; individual sheets were earlier, eg Essex in 1749
	Meijer Kliene Atlas ^SH260 1763 173.5mm x 194.5mm Copied from Bowen.
	F Bellin Carte des Entrees de la Tamise 1764 217mm x 174mm Coastal map, but towns named as far inland as Saffron Walden
	Emmanuel Bowen Royal English Atlas ^SH233 1764 404mm x 494mm This is from the 1828 edition
	Thomas Kitchin England Illustrated ^SH231 1764 194mm x 255mm One of Kitchin's many versions of Essex.
	J Ellis Ellis's English Atlas ^SH239 1766 195mm x 250mm Hmmmm. Looks familiar.
	Thomas Bowen Morant's History of Essex ^{Roger 120} 1768 295mm x 287mm Probably largest scale maps of Essex to date.
	T Read England Displayed ^SH203 1769 159mm x 194mm Old maps get a new usage.
	Thomas Kitchin Small English Atlas ^SH211 1775 119mm x 135mm A later edition, with alphabetic listing of towns.
	E & T Bowen Atlas Anglicanus ^SH255 1777 224mm x 320mm The LEA begat the REA, and the REA begat the Atlas Anglicanus
	Chapman & Andre Atlas of Essex 1777 Big Two inches to the mile, multi-page atlas.
	Zatta Atlante Novissimo 1779 192mm x 295mm Longitude based on the Azores (?).
	Carrington Bowles Bowles' New Pocket Map of the County of Essex ^SH234 1781 440mm x 532mm A variant of the Royal English Atlas of 1764.
	H Walpoole New British Traveller ^SH269 1784 215mm x 265mm Published by Alexander Hogg.
	Bowles Bowles' New Medium Atlas ^SH256 1785 215mm x 265mm Identical to Bowen's Atlas Anglicanus, except for cartouche.
	T Kitchin Historical Descriptions of New and Elegant Picturesque Views of The Antiquities of England & Wales ^SH281 1787 215mm x 265mm Re-issue of Kitchin's London Magazine maps.
	J Harrison Essex ^{Chubb 291} 1787 348mm x 428mm Sold by Harrison, but not one from his Maps of the English Counties.
	John Cary New and Correct English Atlas ^SH285 1787 211mm x 264mm The first of (very) many Cary maps.
	Seller Seller's Supplement to the Antiquities of England and Wales ^SH274 1787 111mm x 145mm Page from the book published by Grosse, using Seller's 1701 map.
	Lodge Political Magazine 1788 264mm x 323mm Lodge was the engraver, published by Murray.
	John Cary Camden's Britannia ^{Chubb 271} 1789 427mm x 534mm Reused in his 1805 map.
	FJJ von Reilly Des Konigreichs England 1789 215mm x 281mm Deutshes Meer oder Nord See.
	John Cary Traveller's Companion ^{Chubb 274} 1792 145mm x 93mm Small maps that kept being reprinted.
	John Cary Cary's New Map of England and Wales 1794 262mm x 204mm Pages 26 & 27 from his atlas.
	Aikin England delineated ^{Chubb 287} 1795 110mm x 150mm Very small, and very little detail.
	Stockdale Essex 1797 425mm x 529mm Large map with many settlements, but not all (?).

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Old maps of Essex

County maps of Essex from the 18th century - 2nd half