RICHARD NICHOLSON of CHESTER
A WORLD OF ANTIQUE MAPS AND PRINTS
THE CARTOGRAPHER
THOMAS KITCHIN
Thomas Kitchin was born in 1719 in St. Olave Parish in Southwark. and at the age of 13 became apprenticed to the English mapmaker and publisher Emanuel Bowen. At the age of 20 in 1732 he married Sarah Bowen, daughter of Emanuel. Thomas Kitchin and Emanuel Bowen continued to work together until about 1741 when Thomas to go it alone, working at 'The Star, Holborn Hill'. Although he published books on many subjects the ones of interest to the county and road map collectors are
- The London Magazine
- The Universal Museum of Knowledge and Pleasure
- Geographia Scotiae
- The Small English Atlas
- The Large English Atlas
- England Illustrated or Kitchin's English Atlas
- Kitchin's Post-Chaise Companion
- Kitchin's Pocket Atlas
- England Displayed
- The New British Traveller
- Historical Descriptions of New Elegant...Views of the Antiquities of England and Wales by Henry Bowell
- The Antiquities of England and Wales by Grancis Grose
Kitchen's
ENGLISH ATLAS
1765
GALLERY
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Map of Middlesex by Thomas Kitchin 1765
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Map of Hertfordshire by Thomas Kitchin 1765
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Map of Kent by Thomas Kitchin 1765
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Map of Surrey by Thomas Kitchin 1765
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Map of Essex by Thomas Kitchin 1765
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Map of Norfolk by Thomas Kitchin 1765
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Map of Suffolk by Thomas Kitchin 1765
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Map of Sussex by Thomas Kitchin 1765
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Map of Hampshire by Thomas Kitchin 1765
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Map of Bedfordshire by Thomas Kitchin 1765
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Map of Berkshire by Thomas Kitchin 1765
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Map of Buckinghamshire by Thomas Kitchin 1765
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Map of Cambridgeshire by Thomas Kitchin 1765
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Map of Gloucestershire by Thomas Kitchin 1765
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Map of Oxfordshire by Thomas Kitchin 1765
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Map of Lincolnshire by Thomas Kitchin 1765
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Map of Northamptonshire by Thomas Kitchin 1765
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Map of Nottinghamshire by Thomas Kitchin 1765
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Map of Yorkshire by Thomas Kitchin 1765
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Map of Yorkshire West Riding by Thomas Kitchin 1765
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Map of Yorkshire North Riding by Thomas Kitchin 1765
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Map of Yorkshire East Riding by Thomas Kitchin 1765
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Map of Wiltshire by Thomas Kitchin 1765
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Map of Dorsetshire by Thomas Kitchin 1765
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Map of Devonshire by Thomas Kitchin 1765
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Map of Derbyshire by Thomas Kitchin 1765
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Map of Leicestershire by Thomas Kitchin 1765
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Map of Somersetshire by Thomas Kitchin 1765
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Map of Warwickshire by Thomas Kitchin 1765
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Map of Cornwall by Thomas Kitchin 1765
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Map of Westmorland by Thomas Kitchin 1765
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Map of County Durham by Thomas Kitchin 1765
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Map of Northumberland by Thomas Kitchin 1765
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Map of Lancashire by Thomas Kitchin 1765
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Map of Cumberland by Thomas Kitchin 1765
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Map of Cheshire by Thomas Kitchin 1765
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Map of Staffordshire by Thomas Kitchin 1765
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Map of Worcestershire by Thomas Kitchin 1765
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Map of Herefordshire by Thomas Kitchin 1765
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Map of Huntingdonshire by Thomas Kitchin 1765
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Map of Shropshire by Thomas Kitchin 1765
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Map of Rutlandshire by Thomas Kitchin 1765
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Map of Monmouthshire by Thomas Kitchin 1765
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Map of Breconshire by Thomas Kitchin 1765
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Map of Cardiganshire by Thomas Kitchin 1765
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Map of Carmarthenshire by Thomas Kitchin 1765
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Map of Glamorganshire by Thomas Kitchin 1765
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Map of Pembrokeshire by Thomas Kitchin 1765
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Map of Radnorshire by Thomas Kitchin 1765
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Map of North Wales by Thomas Kitchin 1765
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Map of Isle of Wight by Thomas Kitchin 1765
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Map of Isle of Man by Thomas Kitchin 1765
Historical Descriptions of New Elegant...Views of the Antiquities of England and Wales by Henry Bowell
Gallery
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Map of Warwickshire by Thomas Kitchin, c.1786
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Bedfordshire by Thomas Kitchin, c.1786
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Surrey by Thomas Kitchin, c.1786
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Worcestershire by Thomas Kitchin, c.1786
Kitchin’s Pocket Atlas of the Counties of South Britain or England and Wales
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Map of Bedfordshire by Thomas Kitchin, 1769
Geographia Scotiae: Being New and Correct Maps of All the Counties and Islands in the Kingdom of Scotland, 1756
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Geographia Scotiae 1746 Titlepage
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Geographia Scotiae 1746 List of county maps of Scotland
More Information to Come
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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.