County Maps of Essex

County maps of Essex from the 19th century - 1850 to 1874

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 reference books refs -
^C401 means atlas 401 from the Chubb refence 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, 19th century - second quarter.

Thumbnail maps	Mapmakers, their Atlases and Maps
	Collins The Travelling Atlas of England and Wales 1850 143mm x 183mm Small, neat and inaccurate map.
	Collins The British Gazetteer 1852 326mm x 400mm Very detailed, but fundamentally an old map.
	C Knight Essex, Hertfordshire & Middlesex 1852 131mm x 231mm Colourful county edge-colouring, but not much else.
	S Hall A Travelling County Atlas 1852 181mm x 246mm Change of address and added plate number.
	S Hall A Travelling County Atlas 1854 182mm x 246mm False railway removed, and new (real) ones added.
	Dugdale England & Wales Delineated 1854 179mm x 228mm Only change since 1848 is more railways.
	J&C Walker This British Atlas 1855 320mm x 388mm Yet more railways; probably sold c.1856.
	S Hall A Travelling County Atlas 1856 185mm x 245mm Railways get to Southend.
	S Hall A Travelling County Atlas 1858 188mm x 246mm Railways nearly get to Loughton.
	Heywood A New Travelling Atlas 1858 148mm x 191mm A small, neat map that does not show too much detail.
	J&C Walker Hobson's Fox Hunting Atlas 1859 319mm x 390mm Railway updates on the Hunting map; probably sold c.1859.
	J&C Walker Walkers' Essex 1859 319mm x 390mm Another Walker map; probably sold c.1862.
	GF Cruchley Cruchley's Map of Essex 1860 487mm x 563mm Cruchley using very old plates, with added railways.
	Dugdale England & Wales Delineated 1860 177mm x 232mm Only change since 1854 is more railways.
	Weekly Despatch Weekly Despatch 1860 300mm x 425mm Now stating that map is "from The Ordnance Survey".
	Reynolds / Emslie Reynolds' Geological Atlas of Great Britain 1860 178mm x 237mm Geology and railways.
	Ebden A Complete County Atlas of England & Wales & Gibson's Flora of Essex 1860 178mm x 237mm New railways, plus Botanical Areas.
	W Hughes The National Gazetteer 1863 240mm x 305mm Detailed map, pity about the colour wash.
	Weller Weekly Despatch, Eastern Counties Railway 1863 432mm x 308mm Getting from London to Norwich (via Cambridge).
	GF Cruchley Cruchley's County Atlas of England and Wales 1863/64 211mm x 265mm Cruchley using another set of very old plates.
	BR Davies Cassell's British Atlas 1863/64 308mm x 430mm Weekly Despatch Atlas map lives on.
	Metropolis Sewage & Essex Reclamation Company Proposed Conduit, Reclamation and Sea Wall 1865 244mm x 397mm Some plans do not happen.
	GF Cruchley Cruchley's Reduced Ordnance Map of England and Wales 1865 501mm x 662mm Cary's old plates live on under a new publisher.
	S Hall A Travelling County Atlas 1866 189mm x 247mm Lots of new railways in the north.
	G Philips Atlas of the Counties of England 1867 336mm x 420mm Large but poor quality and erratic map.
	Boundary Commission Essex - New Divisions of County 1868 331mm x 486mm County changes to three Divisions.
	James Wyld Topographical Map of the County of Essex 1868 633mm x 880mm Wyld using Faden's 1804 map with added Divisions and railways.
	Fullarton Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1868 134mm x 229mm More of Kent than of Essex.
	W Hughes A New County Atlas of Great Britain 1868 240mm x 304mm Updated railways, but still ugly.
	Heywood Heywood's County Atlas of England and Wales 1868 150mm x 191mm The 1858 map with more railways.
	J&C Walker British Atlas 1868 316mm x 394mm Incomplete Parliamentary changes; estimated sold c.1869.
	J&C Walker Hobson's Fox Hunting Atlas 1870 319mm x 393mm Hobson Fox Hunting map with contradictions, sold c1872.
	GW Bacon New Large Print Map of Essex 1870 432mm x 620mm First of Bacon's folding maps.
	J&C Walker Walker's Essex 1871 322mm x 394mm An old map updated for new railways, sold c.1889.
	Children's Friend Essex 1871 Simple map in a picture quiz.
	J Wyld Essex 1872 179mm x 268mm Dissected for convenience, but very old map.
	S Hall A Travelling County Atlas 1873 188mm x 246mm Still shows pre-1868 Parliamentary Divisions, but no longer highlighted.
	W Hughes A New County Atlas of Great Britain 1873 240mm x 304mm Updated for the Parliamentary Divisions.
	Philips Philips' Handy Atlas of the Counties of England 1873 152mm x 200mm Uncluttered map as initially for educational use.
	Collins Collins' County Geographies - Essex 1874 159mm x 205mm Another educational map - with text.

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Old maps of Essex

County maps of Essex from the 19th century - 1850 to 1874