RICHARD NICHOLSON OF CHESTER

A WORLD OF ANTIQUE MAPS AND PRINTS

A GUIDE TO COLLECTING MAPS
OF THE BRITISH ISLES

COUNTY MAPS OF THE BRITISH ISLES 1820 onwards

Cartographers publishing County Maps, Road Maps and Town Plans during the Reigns of George II and George III

GEORGE IV

1820 - 1830

The eldest son of George III

Born at St. James's Palace, London on 12th August, 1762 Ascended the throne in 1820 Married Mrs. Maria Fitzherbert in 1785 and Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbutell in 1795 Had one daughter Died at Windsor on 26th June, 1830

SIDNEY HALL

*Flourished 1818 - 1860

County maps of England

ORLANDO HODGSON

1820

County maps of England

THOMAS DIX and WILLIAM DARTON

Thomas Dix 1769 - 1813

County maps of England
A Complete Atlas of the English Counties (Published posthumously by William Darton) 1822 and later editions

ARISTIDE MICHEL PEROT

1793 - 1879

A French cartographer and writer. Unusual series of miniature county maps of Great Britain set within a decorative cartouche.

WILLIAM EBDEN

1824

County Maps. Later editions by James Duncan in 1833

GEORGE AND W. B. WHITTAKER

1823

Traveller's Pocket Atlas, 1823. Maps of the English counties plus maps of North and South Wales.

JOHN LOTHIAN

c.1805 - 1846

County maps of Scotland

JAMES PIGOT - PIGOT & CO.

English county maps

S.D.U.K. Society of the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge

1829 onwards

Section maps of England, Wales and Scotland. Town Plans as well as maps and plans of parts of the world.

T. L. Murray

1830 - County Maps of England

WILLIAM IV

1830 - 1837

The third son of George III

Born at Buckingham Palace on 21st August, 1765 Ascended the throne in 1830 Married Adelaide of Sax-Coburg and Meiningen in 1818 Had two daughters Died at Windsor on 20th June, 1837

HENRY TEESDALE

Flourished 1828 - 1845

County maps of England

T. LAURIE MURRAY

Flourished 1830 -

English county maps

SAMUEL LEWIS

Flourished 1831 -

Father and son
Cunty maps of England, Wales and Ireland. Electoral maps.

ARCHIBALD FULLARTON

Flourished 1833 - 1872

English county maps. Some are embellished with a vignette view

WILLIAM PINNOCK

1782 - 1843

Unusual wood engraved maps appearing as white engraving on a black background

JAMES DUNCAN

Flourished 1805 - c.1833

County maps

LT. ROBERT KEARSLEY DAWSON

1798 - 1861

County maps of England and Wales. Town plans

JOSHUA ARCHER

Flourished c.1830 - 1866

County maps of England and Wales. Town plans. Ecclesiastical maps.

VICTORIA

1837 - 1901

The daughter of Edward, Duke of Kent and Victoria Maria Louisa of Saxe-Coburg

Born at Kensington Palace, London 24th May, 1819 Ascended the throne in 1837 Married Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg in 1840 Had four sons and five daughters Died at Osborne, Isle of Wight on 22nd January , 1901

THOMAS MOULE

1784 - 1851

Decorative county maps of England. Town plans.

CHRISTOPER and JOHN GREENWOOD

Christopher 1786 - 1855

John 1791 - 1867

Greenwood & Co. Flourished 1822 - 1834

Large detailed English county maps and grouped county maps of Wales. Large scale maps.

J. & C. WALKER

Flourished 1820 - 1895

English county maps plus another series showing the various hunts and places of the meets in Hobson's Fox Hunting Atlas.

WILLIAM COLLING HOBSON

Flourished from 1832. Died c.1878

Fox Hunting Atlas with maps by J. & C. Walker

REUBEN RAMBLE

Reuben Ramble was a pseudonym of Reverend Samuel Clarke, 1810 -1875. An unusual series of pictorial county maps of English counties

J. & C. WALKER

Flourished 1820 - 1895

English county maps plus another series showing the various hunts and places of the meets in Hobson's Fox Hunting Atlas.

J. & F. TALLIS

John Tallis , Junior. 1817 - 1886

Frederic Tallis. 1822 - 1901 Brother of John Tallis Junion Maps of many parts of the World. Town plans of British cities.

OLE THEODOR OLSEN

Died in 1925

An unusual series of maps showing the fish to be caufht round the coast of the British Isles. Piscatorial Atlas of North Sea, English and St. George's Channels.

THOMAS LETTS

Large family firm well known for their diaries and maps. County maps of England in Lett’s Popular County Atlas published in 1884

RICHARD NICHOLSON
of CHESTER

Stoneydale
Pepper Street
Christleton
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.