RICHARD NICHOLSON of CHESTER
A World of Antique Maps and Prints
A Guide to Collectings Antique Maps of the British Isles
1727 - 1820
Mapmakers of County Maps working during the Reign of George II and George III
Reign of George II
1727 - 1760
The son of Ernest Augustus, Elector of Hanover
Born at Hanover 18th March, 1660
Ascended the throne in 1714
Married Sophia Dorothea, Princess of Brunswick-Zell in 1682
Had one son and one daughter
Died at Osnabruck in 1727 aged 67
THOMAS BADESLADE and WILLIAM HENRY TOMS
1741 - County Maps of England Chorographia Britanniae or a New Set of Maps of all the Counties in England and Wales...
THOMAS OSBORNE
1748. County Maps of England and Wales
LEWIS MORRIS
1748. Charts of Wales. Plans of the Principal Harbours, Bays, and Roads in St. George's and the Bristol Channels...
THOMAS KITCHIN and THOMAS JEFFREYS
1749 - County Maps in The Small English Atlas
EMANUEL BOWEN and THOMAS KITCHIN
1749 - County Maps in The Large English Atlas
JOHN ROCQUE
1753 and further editions. County Maps
EMANUEL BOWEN
1755 - 1763. County maps in The Natural History of England.
Reign of George III
1760 - 1820
The son of Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales
Born at Hanover 18th March, 1660
Ascended the throne in 1714
Married Sophia Dorothea, Princess of Brunswick-Zell in 1682
Had one son and one daughter
Died at Osnabruck in 1727 aged 67
EMANUEL BOWEN
1762 - County maps in The Royal English Atlas. Appeared again in The English Atlas in 1794.
ANDREW DURY
1764. Miniature town plans and groups of counties.
JOHN HINTON
1765 - English county maps. Road maps.
BERNARD SCALE
1776. County maps of Ireland.
GEORGE AUGUST WALPOLE
1784 - English county maps.
JOHN AIKEN
1790 - A series of simplistic maps
JOHN HARRISON
1791 - County maps of England.
WILLIAM TUNNICLIFF
1791 - Maps of some counties
ROBERT LAURIE and JAMES WHITTLE
1794 - County maps of Scotland. Road maps of England.
MOSTYN JOHN ARMSTRONG
1794 - County Maps of Scotland
JOHN LODGE
1795 County Maps
WILLIAM MORRIS
1800 - Charts of Wales
JOHN WILKES
1802 - County Maps
R. BUTTERS
1803. An Atlas of England. Small county maps with unusual orientation.
JOHN LUFFMAN
1803 - Miniature circular county maps of England and Wales.
BENJAMIN PITTS CAPPER
1808 - County maps published by Richard Phillips.
ROBERT MILLER
1810 - Miniature county maps of England and Wales.
GEORGE COLE AND JOHN ROPER
1810 - County Maps of England and Wales
JOSEPH NIGHTINGALE
1816 - Publisher of English Topography or, A Series of Historical and Statistical Descriptions of the Several Counties of England and Wales. Printed for Baldwin, Craddock, and Joy Paternoster-Row. The maps of George Cole and John Roper were reprinted in this atlas.
ROBERT LAURIE and JAMES WHITTLE
Road Maps
EDWARD LANGLEY
1818 - County maps of England and Wales
EDWARD MOGG
1817 Road Maps of Southern England
EDWARD LANGLEY
1818 - County maps of England and Wales
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RICHARD NICHOLSON of CHESTER
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I have been buying and selling antique maps since the early 1960's during which time I had a gallery in Watergate Street, Chester for 30 years. I am now able to offer through my websites a personal service to map and print collectors.