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Resources consulted for Essex:

 A Bibliography of County Maps - Large Scale County Maps of England. Tooley R.V.

The Printed Maps in the Atlases of Great Britain and Ireland1579-1870 Chubb Thomas Dawson 1927    
 Essex
 

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Essex 1579 Christopher Saxton for An Atlas of England and Wales
(Chubb p.3)
 
Essex 1594 John Norden 1607 in his Speculum Brittaniae 
(image courtesy of Essex Records Office)

Essex 1607  William Kip after Christopher Saxton (Chubb p.9 XVIII)

Essex 1610 John Speed in The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine (Proof Copy)
(Image Courtesy of Cambridge University Library)

Essex 1643 Distance Tables  Matthew Simons: Thomas Jenner and van Langeren (Chubb p.13 vXLIV) in A Direction for The British Traveller

Essex 1646  Jan Jansson in his Novus Atlas (Chubb p.65 LXX)

The Description of Essex 1649 Jan Jansson  (Image Courtesy of Wikimedia)

Essex 1670 Richard Blome in Thomas Taylor's England Exactly Described (Image Courtesy of Wikimedia)

Essex 1768 John Ogilby and William Norman. The only map published of a planned Collaboration  (Publisher Philip Lea) (Image courtesy of  Wikimedia

Harwich 1680  Bern de Gomme

Essex  1690 Robt. Morden in Camden's Britannia  (Image Courtesy of Yale University Library)

A  Part of Essex  1694  John Norden

Essex 1696 Jno.Oliver   (Image Courtesy of Yale University Library) Large File - May be slow to load)

Essex 1698  John Seller in Anglia Contracta

Nobility & Gentry of Essex 1700 Robt. Morden 

Essex 1701 Francis Gross after John Seller (image courtesy of oldessexmaps )

A New map of the County of Essex 1704  William Green in An Atlas of England - Sold by R. Buttars. Chubb notes that many of the maps in this Atlas were printed upside-down, presumed to be by William Green, author of The Picture of England 1705, a 2 volume descriptive atlas where the same maps have been published correctly aligned, (Chubb p.238 CCCX & p.243 CCCXVIII) image courtesy of The British Library )King's Collection  Maps K.Top.)

Essex 1713 Overton after C. Smith (with roads added)

Essex 1720 Gerardum Valk & Petrum Shenk with their imprint replacing that of Jan Jansson (Image courtesy of Wikimedia)

Essex 1724 Herman Moll in A New Description of England and Wales (Image courtesy of The British Library

Chigwell Essex 1727 Thomas Brown
(Image courtesy of The British Library King's Collection Maps K.Top.13.31.4.b..

 Essex 1733 William Morgan (without John Ogilby's imprint)
(Image courtesy of The British Library King's Collection. Maps K.Top.13.4.)

 Hampshire and Isle of Wight 1758 Pieter Meijer

A Plan Of the Borough & Port of Boston 1742    Robert  Hall 
 (Image courtesy of The British Library King's Collection Maps K.Top.19.22.)

Essex  1742 Thomas Badeslade and Toms  in Chorographia Britanniae (Chubb p.135 CLXXIIV

Essex 1744 John Cowley for Robert Dodsley's Geography of England

The Ichnography Of Colchester 1748 J. Deane 

An Accurate Map of the County of Essex 1749 Emanuel Bowen in the Universal Magazine of Knowlede and Pleasure (Image courtesy of The British Library King's Collection)

Essex 1749 Emanuel Bowen in The Large English Atlas  Chubb p.157 CXCV)
Image Courtesy of Biblioteca National de Espana)

Essex 1751 Thomas Kitchin

 Essex  1760 Purfleet

Essex 1764 Thomas Kitchin for England Illustrated (Chubb p.185 CCXXIV)

An accurate map of Essex divided into its hundreds 1765 Emanuel Bowen in The Royal English Atlas

Essex 1769 Thomas Kitchin in his Pocket Atlas

Essex 1769 Jean Rocque in England Displayed  reprinted from The Small English Atlas (1753) (Chubb p.174  CCX)

A Map of the County of Essex from an Actual Survey 1777  Thomas Kitchin 
(Image courtesy of Biblioteca Digital Hispanica)

Plan of Colchester 1777 John Chapman and Peter Andre   Large File - May be slow to load)

A Map of the County of Essex from an Actual Survey 1777
Peter Andre & John Chapman
 (Image courtesy of MacMaster University Library  

The Thames Estuary 1780  Andrews

Essex 1786 Thomas Kitchen in The Antiquities of England and Wales

Essex 1793 (01) John Cary in Cary's New and Correct Atlas (Chubb p.213  CCLX)

Essex 1793 (02) John Cary in his New and Correct English
(Chubb p.213  CCLX) (Image Courtesy of  Atlas New York Library Digital Collections)

Essex 1800 John Aiken in England and Wales Delineated  (Chubb p.223 CCLXXXVI)...to make my young countrymen better acquainted than they are usually found to be with their native land) (Image courtesy of The Mechanical Curator & Wikimedia)

Essex 1801 John Wilkes in Encyclopaedia Londoniensis

Essex 1804  William Green  in The Picture of England  (Chubb p.243 CCXVIII)

 1804 Essex 1804 J. Schmollinger originally made for Moule's English Counties and then for The Beauties of England

Plan of Colchester 1805 G. Cole and J. Roper in The British Atlas

Essex 1808 Benjamin Pitts Capper in A Topographical Dictionary of the United Kingdom (Chubb p.245 CCCXXVII) Image courtesy of Google Books

Essex 1809  John Roper in The British Atlas of England and Wales Chubb p.250 CCCXXXIX)

A Military Plan of the District of Colchester  1809 William Faden  (Image courtesy of The British Library King's Collection Maps K.Top.13.8.) 

Plan of Colchester 1809 John Roper and George Cole in the British Atlas of England and Wales

Essex 1813 Benjamin Pitts Capper in A Topographical Dictionary of the United Kingdom Chubb p.250 CCCXXXIX)
 (Image Courtesy of Wikimedia)

Essex 1814  John Cary in Cary's Traveller's Companion
(Chubb p.220 CCLXXIII)

Essex 1816 Robert Rowe (Chubb p.262 CCCLIVa)

Langleys new map of Essex 1817 Edward Langley  (Image courtesy of Wikimedia)

Essex 1819 Ellis's New and Correct Atlas (Chubb p.266 CCCLXIII)

Essex 1820 William Darton

Essex 1822 Samuel Leigh in Leighs New Pocket Atlas

Essex 1824 George Carrington Gray in Gray's New Book of the Roads (Chubb p.281 CCCXCII)

Essex 1831 Samuel Tymms in The Family Topographer (Chubb p.304 CCCCXLI )

Colchester 1832 Robert Kearsley Dawson for Plans of the Cities and Boroughs of England and Wales

Essex 1833 Robert Creighton for Lewis's Topographical Dictionary (Chubb p.322  CCCCLXIV)

Essex 1834 Shmollinger for Thomas Moule's The English Counties Delineated

Essex  1834  C. and J. Greenwood in  Atlas of the Counties of England (Chubb p.322  CCCCLXIV)
(Image courtesy of www.davidrumsey.com)

 Essex  1835  Robert Creighton for  Samuel Lewis in A Topographical Dictionary of England (Chubb p.322  CCCCLXIV)

Colchester 1835 Robert Creighton for Lewis's Topographical Dictionary (Chubb p.322  CCCCLXIV)

Essex 1836 Sidney Hall in The New British Atlas  (Chubb p. 314 CCCCLI)

Essex 1836 Thomas Wright in A History and Topography of Essex

Maldon 1837  Robert Kearsley Dawson  for The Boundary Commission

Essex 1839 Pigot & Co.

Essex 1842 Robert Creighton (Chubb p.322  CCCCLXIV)

Essex  1842  James Pigot in A Pocket Topography and Gazetteer of England

Essex 1848 Robert Creighton for the Atlas to Lewis' Topographical Directory (Chubb p.322  CCCCLXIV)

Plan of Colchester 1874 Mary Benham in A Guide to Colchester and its Environs
(Image courtesy of The British Library King's Collection Maps K.Top)

Plan of Colchester 1880 A & C. Black

Epping Forest  ca.1880  Bartholomew

Essex 1885 Stanford's Parliamentary Atlas

Chelmsford (fire insurance plans) 1891 (British Library sheet 4 2 (BL_152908)

Leyton 1896 Rev. John Kennedy
(Image courtesy of The British Library King's Collection Maps K.Top)