1963: 539mm x 746mm w 1973, 1974, 1976 (not shown), 1978: all c.540mm x 746mm
(Covers: 228mm x 129mm w and 197mm x 105mm) (Covers: 210mm x 112mm, 207mm x 110mm, 201mm x 111mm and 210mm x 111mm)
1963: 539mm x 746mm w 1973, 1974, 1976 (not shown), 1978: all c.540mm x 746mm
(Covers: 228mm x 129mm w and 197mm x 105mm) (Covers: 210mm x 112mm, 207mm x 110mm, 201mm x 111mm and 210mm x 111mm)
Essex Road Map
Identical map within two different sized covers, with two different prices (2/6 and 3/-). Both covers have adverts for other Geographers' Map Co products, and those on the 2nd cover are slightly more expensive.
Class A roads in red and class B roads in yellow. (No motorway symbols, or motorways.)
Produced under the direction of Phyllis Pearsall FRGS, and Published by Geographers' Map Co, Vestry Road, Sevenoaks. (The "A-Z" isn't added to the name until 1972.) Code: IEH = February 1963.
Scale correct at 5 miles = 57mm, or 2.2 miles/inch, ie 1:140,000.
Essex A-Z Road Map
1973 20p
Produced under the direction of Phyllis Pearsall FRGS, and Published by Geographers' Map Co on the cartouche, but by Geographers' A-Z Map Co, Vestry Road, Sevenoaks on the base of the map (name changed in 1972). Motorways in thick red, under construction in thick dotted red & proposed in thick dashed red; A roads in red and B roads in yellow. M11 open J7 to J8 (!, opened 1975), and proposed southwards and J8 northwards to Stump Cross. Code: FDH = May 1973.
Scale correct at 1+5 miles = 68.5mm, or 2.2 miles/inch, ie 1:140,000.
1974 25p
Published by Geographers' A-Z Map Co, Vestry Road, Sevenoaks in the cartouche and on the base of the map. Motorways in thick red, under construction in thick dotted red & proposed in thick dashed red; A roads in red and B roads in yellow. M11 under construction J7 to J8 (opened 1975), and proposed southwards and J8 northwards to Stump Cross and on towards the A604 (renumbered A14 later). Code: HDG = Mar 1974.
Scale correct at 1+5 miles = 69mm, or 2.2 miles/inch, ie 1:140,000.
1976 45p
Published by Geographers' A-Z Map Co, Vestry Road, Sevenoaks in the cartouche and on the base of the map. Motorways in thick red, under construction in thick dotted red & proposed in thick dashed red; A roads in red and B roads in yellow. M11 open A12 to J8 (opened 1977), and proposed J8 northwards to Stump Cross and on towards the A604 (renumbered A14 later). Code: CDE = Aug 1976.
Scale correct at 1+5 miles = 68.5mm, or 2.2 miles/inch, ie 1:140,000.
1978 60p
Published by Geographers' A-Z Map Co, Vestry Road, Sevenoaks. Motorways in thick red, under construction in thick dotted red & proposed in thick dashed red; A roads in red and B roads in yellow. M11 open Wanstead to J8, and under construction J8 northwards to beyond J9. M25 shown as planned. Code: BDC = September 1978.
Scale correct at 1+5 miles = 68.5mm, or 2.2 miles/inch, ie 1:140,000.