A map of the county of Essex

Essex before large-scale suburban and industrial growth is laid out in A map of the county of Essex, the survey John Chapman...

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Essex before large-scale suburban and industrial growth is laid out in A map of the county of Essex, the survey John Chapman and Peter André published in 1777 after fieldwork between 1772 and 1774. Its sectional sheets let local roads, waterways, estates and settlements be followed from the north-western villages near Saffron Walden to the coastal marshes around Maldon and the Thames, and a plan of Colchester and harbour mapping around Harwich give the main town and port their own attention. Title-page and subscriber sheets record the publication itself. As a single coordinated survey, it is ideal for locating a parish or property in the eighteenth-century countryside.

Essex before large-scale suburban and industrial growth is laid out in A map of the county of Essex, the survey John Chapman and Peter André published in 1777 after fieldwork between 1772 and 1774. Its sectional sheets let local roads, waterways, estates and settlements be followed from the north-western villages near Saffron Walden to the coastal marshes around Maldon and the Thames, and a plan of Colchester and harbour mapping around Harwich give the main town and port their own attention. Title-page and subscriber sheets record the publication itself. As a single coordinated survey, it is ideal for locating a parish or property in the eighteenth-century countryside.

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