Antique Maps of the county of
Cheshire

A PLAN OF THE CANAL FROM THE TRENT TO THE MERSEY An interesting engraved uncoloured map. 7 3/4 x 11 inches. Publishers imprint beneath dated 1795. Good condition.

CHESHIRE DIVIDED INTO ITS HUNDREDS... An engraved county map embellished with a rococo title cartouche. Explanation, list of hundreds and scale. Hand coloured. Original centre fold. Imprint beneath the map reads Engrav'd for the General Magazine of Arts and Sciences; for W. Owen at Temple Bar 1761. 7 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches. Tiny repair in the left and right hand side blank margins otherwise good clean condition.

Des Konigreichs ENGLAND westlicher Theil, oder Hereford Shire, Worcester Sh, Warwick Shire, Nordhampton Shire, Rutland Shire, Leicester Shire, Linkoln Shire, Notingham Shire, Derby Shire, Stafford Shire, Shrop Sh. und Sheshire Nro. 82. An engraved map of central England divided into counties. Uncoloured title cartouche. 10 3/4 x 8 inches. Early wash hand colouring. Good condition. Straight from the atlas and not sold as a single map before.

From: Schauplatz der funf Theile der Welt

CHESHIRE. A map of the county showing the Places of Meeting of Foxhounds. Title panel with the name of the publishers J. & C. Walker beneath. Scale. List of hundreds. 15 x 12 1/2 inches. Early outline hand colouring. Good condition.

From: Hobson’s Fox Hunting Atlas

CHESHIRE. A small engraved map of the county orientated with west at the top. 3 1/2 x 5 inches. Publisher’s imprint dated 1821. Good condition. All ready for framing In a sunk wash line mount made by the Regent Gallery in Cheltenham with their old price of 25 shillings.

From: Travellers Companion

CHESHIRE. A small engraved map of the county orientated with west at the top. Explanation. Publishers imprint beneath. 3 1/2 x 5 inches. Original wash hand colouring. In a sunk mount with wash line border. Good condition.

This map is in the mount supplied by the Regent Gallery In Cheltenham many years ago and bears the price of 40 shillings.

CHESHIRE. Surely one of the most unusual maps of the county. Engraved on wood by Joshua Archer the map has a negative appearance. The name of the publisher James Gilbert appears above the title panel. 8 3/4 x 6 1/4 inches. Good condition. In an old ivory tint mount with single line.

From: The Guide to Knowledge

ENVIRONS OF LIVERPOOL. ENVIRONS OF MANCHESTER. A colour printed map showing two panels with Liverpool, the Wirral and area around Manchester. Scale of 4 miles to the inch. Shows the railways. 16 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches. Good clean condition.

From: The Royal Atlas

CHESHIRE. A small engraved map of the county orientated with west at the top. 3 1/2 x 5 inches. Publisher’s imprint dated 1812. Good condition. All ready for framing In a sunk wash line mount made by the Regent Gallery in Cheltenham with their old price of 2 pounds.

From: Travellers Companion

CHESHIRE. A small engraved map of the county orientated with west at the top. 3 1/2 x 5 inches. Publisher’s imprint G. & J. Cary. Good condition. All ready for framing In a sunk wash line mount made by the Regent Gallery in Cheltenham years ago but in good condition.

From Travellers Companion

CHESHIRE. An engraved map of the county divided into hundreds. Explanation and list of hundreds. 8 3/4 x 7 inches. Numbered 7 in the top right hand corner. Original outline hand colouring. A little ink soiling in the top printed border. Very light single crease in the top right hand blank margin. Part of a date 35 on verso in biro. Otherwise good condition.

CHESHIRE. A good detailed engraved map of the county divided into hundreds. Bears the publishers imprint dated of 1804. Explanation. 8 3/4 x 6 3/4 inches. Original wash and outline hand colouring. Good condition but with a little rippling in the bottom right hand blank margin corner. Straight from the atlas and not sold as a single map before. With original pages of descriptive text. The first page of text has a repair across the top right hand corner and the top left hand blank corner of the second page is missing not effecting text.

From The British Atlas

1” Solid LXXX N.W. Woolton, Gateacre, Huyton, Warrington, Runcorn Frodsham. An interesting coloured geological folding map in four sections mounted on linen. The title is hand written on a printed label showing Atlas supporting the world with the name and address of the mapmakers Philip Son & Nephew.Another label on verso shows a key to the colours of the area shown on the map.In all the mapmeasures 13 3/4 x 12 inches. Good condition. I regret I have not been able to accurately date this map and the suggestion of circa 1910 is a rough guess.

CHESHIRE. A detailed engraved map of the county divided into hundreds. Embellished with a vignette view of Eaton Hall. 9 1/2 x 7 1/4 inches. Uncoloured. Good wide margins. Good condition

CHESHIRE. An engraved map of the county with title, scale, explanation and list of hundreds. Embellished with an uncoloured view of Chester Cathedral. 14 x 8 3/4 inches. Original outline hand colouring. On stout paper. Good undamaged condition.

From: Isaac Slater’s New British Atlas

CHESHIRE. A good detailed engraved map of the county. Title panel and compass rose combined. Publisher's imprint below dated 1793. 10 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches. Original outline hand colouring. Some town names are underlined in red. With the original page of descriptive text.

From New and Correct English Atlas

The significance of some towns being underlined in red is given by the previous owner of the atlas John Hobson Matthews by means of a manuscript note in red ink he has added at the start of the atlas. He says

"The places underlined in red ink are those in which a Catholic mission has been established between the era of the Reformation and the year 1840"

John Hobson Matthews (1858 - 1914) Born in Croydon in 1858. Educated at schools at Blackheath and Cambridge. Worked for a shipping firm in Malta. A good linguist he was a Roman Catholic historian, archivist and solicitor. You will find more details about him here in the Dictionary of Welsh Biography.

LANGLEY’S NEW MAP OF CHESHIRE. An engraved map of the county. In the bottom right hand corner is a vignette view of The City of Chester. The title appears above the map. Beneath the map is the publishers imprint Printed and Published by Langley & Belch, No. 173 High Street, Borough, London, Jan. 1st, 1818. 10 x 6 3/4 inches. Manuscript number 5 in the top right hand corner. Original outline and wash hand colouring. Very lightly toned with some speckled foxing mainly in the bottom blank margin. No tears or repairs.

From Langley’s New County Atlas of England and Wales

CHESHIRE. A map of the county showing the Places of Meeting of Foxhounds. Title panel with the name of the publishers J. & C. Walker beneath. Scale. List of hundreds. 15 x 12 1/2 inches. Early outline hand colouring. Good condition.

From: Hobson’s Fox Hunting Atlas

PLAN OF DELAMERE FOREST 1813. An interesting map engraved by Benjamin Davies. Imprint dated 1816. 7 x 11 inches. Original hand colouring. Very small marginal repair in the left hand blank margin otherwise good condition.

From Ormerod's History of Cheshire

CHESHIRE. A good detailed lithograph map of the county from Hobson's Fox Hunting Atlas showing the places of the Meeting of the Hounds. 15 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches. Original outline hand colouring. Fine condition. Straight from the atlas so has not been sold as a single map before.

Shows the Cheshire Hunt and part of Sir W. W. Wynne and North Staffordshire Hunts

Provenance: George Hayhurst - Royal Fusiliers and Henry H. France

CHESHIRE. An uncommon lithograph miniature map of the county surrounded by a wide border of vignette views of local scenes including Chester Cathedral, Salt Works, Cheese making and pasture. The maps first appeared in Miller’s New Miniature Atlas published in 1810. The decorative views were added and the maps republished by Darton & Clark in “Reuben Ramble’s Travels Through the Counties of England” in 1844. 5 3/4 x 7 1/4 inches. This is the size of overall area and not the contained map. Original hand colouring. With this map is the original double sided page of text describing the county.

WARRINGTON. An engraved map of the Township of Warrington on a scale of 2 inches to the mile. Compass pointer and explanation. About 9 x 10 inches. Original hand colouring. Good condition. Browned on verso.

CHESHIRE A small engraved map of the county orientated with west at the top. Title panel, list of hundreds and scale of 3/4 inch = 10 miles. Map numbered 7 in top right hand corner. 4 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches. Hand coloured. Good condition. In an ivory tint sunk mount.

From: Gray’s New Book of Roads

CHESHIRE A small engraved map of the county orientated with west at the top. Title panel,list of hundreds and scale of 3/4 inch = 10 miles. Map numbered 7 in top right hand corner. 4 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches. Early wash hand colouring. Good condition. In an ivory tint sunk mount with old guaranteed label on back.

From: Gray’s New Book of Roads

CHESHIRE A small engraved map of the county orientated with west at the top. Within a leaf patterned border. Beneath the map is a panel which reads This County contains 675,000 acres, 86 Parishes, 2 Market T. 222,631 Inhabitants and sends 4 Members to Parl. 2 1/4 x 3 3/8 inches. Hand coloured. Good condition. In an ivory tint sunk mount with old stamp of the Regent Gallery Cheltenham some 50 years

CHESHIRE A small engraved map of the county orientated with west at the top. Explanation. Publishers imprint beneath with address of 77 Berwick Street, Soho. 3 1/2 x 5 inches. Original wash hand colouring. In a maroon coloured sunk mount with gold line border. Good clean undamaged condition.

CHESHIRE
A small engraved map of the county orientated with west at the top. 3 1/2 x 5 inches. Publisher’s imprint Published July 1 1806 J. Cary Engraver No. 181 Strand. Original early outline hand colouring. Good condition. In an ivory tint sunk mount. On verso the stamp of the Regent Gallery in Cheltenham some 50 years ago with price of 20 shillings. Good condition.

From: Travellers Companion

THE GROUND-PLOTT OF CHESTER. A later Victorian edition of this interesting and decorative plan of Chester by Wencelaus Hollar that was first published in “Vale Royall” of England published by Daniel King in 1656. Across the top is a panoramic view of Chester with the River Dee in the foreground. The plan of the city is embellished with the Arms of Chester, the Arms of the Earls of Chester and nine Arms of the Barons of the County Palatinate of Chester. In the bottom right hand corner is an engraving of a Roman Altar found in Chester in 1653 plus coins. In the bottom left hand corner is an inset map of the county of Cheshire which extends to include Flintshire and part of Denbighshire. 11 1/8 x 10 inches. Uncoloured. Good clean undamaged condition.

From: Ancient Chester

CHESHIRE. A modern reproduction of this interesting 19th century map of the county showing the Places of Meeting of Foxhounds. Title panel with the name of the publishers J. & C. Walker beneath. Scale. List of hundreds. 15 x 12 1/2 inches. Printed colour. Good condition. Numbered number 7 of 100.

This map was presented in an ivory tint mount and framed in a wood and gilt moulding some years ago. The frame is still in good condition.

I rarely offer reproduction maps but sometimes when I am buying a collection of maps a reproduction creeps in.

Only available to customers who can collect from Christleton.

CHESHIRE. The later edtion of this map originally published in 1810. An engraved map of the county divided into hundreds. Explanation and list of hundreds. 8 3/4 x 7 inches. Numbered 7 in the top right hand corner. Uncoloured. Original centre fold. Good condition

CHESHIRE. A simple engraved map of the county with title. About 5 x 4 inches. Uncoloured. Good condition. In a double ivory tint sunk mount. From England Delineated

This simplistic series of county maps was intended for school children. They just show towns and rivers. An interesting addition for any collection of county maps.

CHESHIRE A small engraved map of the county. Tile panel surmounted by half compass rose. Panel at bottom with list of distances from London. Publisher’s imprint beneath dated 1792. 3 1/2 x 4 3/4 inches. Thin paper. Original outline hand colouring. Good condition.

From: Cary’s Traveller’s Companion

Titlepage dated 1791, maps dated 1792. The atlas was formerly in the Mumbee family library - titlepage stamped V. Munbee

CHESTER A early engraved miniature map of Cheshire. A strapwork cartouche displays the title and scale Numbered 36. 4 3/4 x 3 1/4 inches. A clean undamaged uncoloured specimen. On verso is the start of a description of Cheshire in English. With this map are two following original double sided pages of text that complete the description. Straight from the atlas and not previously sold as a single map. The title page of the atlas is dated 1627

From England Wales Scotland and Ireland Described.

SECTION VII, LIVERPOOL. A colour printed map showing part of Lancashire with the Wirral, part of Cheshire and the North Wales coast as far as Bangor. Scale of 4 miles to the inch. Shows the railways. 16 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches. Good clean condition.

From: The Royal Atlas

CHESHIRE A colour printed lithograph map of the county. Includes the railways at that time. 18 x 12 inches. Little light spoling in the left hand balnk margin. Long split in the centre fold repaired but otherwise good condition.

From: Atlas of the British Isles published by George Washington Bacon

Plate 55/56. A double sided map showing the road from Lichfield to Stableford Bridge pssing through Rugeley, Great Haywood and Stone. The road continues on verso to Nantwich, Tarporley and onto Chester. Engraved notes and coats of arms on both sides. 4 1/2 x 7 14 inches. Attractive hand colouring. Very small repair to an area which is blank on both sides. No bottom blank marin on side 55.

From: Britannia Depicta

CHES-SHIRE. Pages 601 - 616 inclusive describing the county in English. About 13 x 8 inches. Good condition.

From: Camden’s Britannia

CHESHIRE. An engraved map of the county with title, scale, explanation and list of hundreds. Embellished with an uncoloured view of Chester Cathedral. Imprint of the publishers Pigot & Co. 24 Basing Lane & 18 Fountains St. Manchester beneath. 14 x 8 3/4 inches. Original outline hand colouring. A little light soiling in the right hand blank margin otherwise good condition.

From: British Atlas

CHES. SHEET VII. Parts of Lanc. Sheets XCIX.CVI. Large scale map - 6 inches to 1 Mile. Shows in great detail around the area of Bidston, Wallasey, Poulton, New Brighton,Liscard, Egremont and Seacombe. Over the River Mersey it shows a section from Linacre in the north to James Street and Lord Street in Liverpool. In 10 sections and mounted on linen, folding. Some areas with early blue wash hand colouring. Small old red ink in smudge near the bottom margin otherwise good condition. Some 36 1/2 x 24 inches plus blank borders. Latest date in the bottom blank margin is 1882.

THE COUNTY PALATINE OF CHESTER WITH ITS HUNDREDS BY RIC BLOME. An engraved county map embellished with a decorative cartouche displaying the title and scale. The list of hundreds and explanation are shown within a panel. Within a circle of leaves is a dedication to Thomas Cholmondeley of Vale Royal with his coat of arms. 12 3/4 x 10 1/4 inches. Original centre fold. Hand coloured. Lightly toned. A little light wrinkling in two corners but good condition.

From: Blome's Britannia

THE COUNTY PALATINE OF CHESTER BY H. MOLL GEOGRAPHER An engraved map of the county divided into hundreds. Title panel, scale, and list of hundreds. Down the two sides of the map are engravings of antiquities found in the county. 12 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches. Hand Colouring to the border and map area. The antiquities down the side are uncoloured. Original centre fold. Good condition.

From: A Set of Fifty New and Correct Maps of England and Wales