Chapman, John Chapman & André, Peter

Their 1777 map of Essex is the centrepiece of the work of John Chapman and Peter André, who surveyed the county in 1772, 177...

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Their 1777 map of Essex is the centrepiece of the work of John Chapman and Peter André, who surveyed the county in 1772, 1773 and 1774 and published the results in London under their own names. The sheets follow settlements, roads, estates and waterways across a landscape still largely rural beyond its main towns, from Saffron Walden and the Hedinghams in the north to Barking, Thurrock and the Thames-side marshes in the south, with Colchester and Harwich given particular urban and harbour attention. The title and subscriber material are also here. For a village or parish, the survey offers far more local detail than the small county maps of a general atlas.

Their 1777 map of Essex is the centrepiece of the work of John Chapman and Peter André, who surveyed the county in 1772, 1773 and 1774 and published the results in London under their own names. The sheets follow settlements, roads, estates and waterways across a landscape still largely rural beyond its main towns, from Saffron Walden and the Hedinghams in the north to Barking, Thurrock and the Thames-side marshes in the south, with Colchester and Harwich given particular urban and harbour attention. The title and subscriber material are also here. For a village or parish, the survey offers far more local detail than the small county maps of a general atlas.

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