Antique Maps of Lincolnshire

A fine detailed map drawn in sections at a scale of 5 miles to the inch. Just a few of the towns shown on each map are listed in the table below to aid location. Each map measures about 8 a 10 inches and has original hand colouring.

From CARY'S NEW MAP OF ENGLAND AND WALES WITH PART OF SCOTLAND. 1794 - 1824

PLAN OF BOSTON

An engraved plan of this Lincolnshire town displayed within a gothic border and embellished with views of Lough Church, Nocton House and Church and Bridge Boston. Six coats of arms. 7 x 9 1/2 inches. Uncoloured. Good 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

THE ROAD FROM LONDON TO FLAMBOROUGH IN YORKSHIRE

A double sided road map. Plate 44 starts as Temsford and continues to St. Neots, Stilton, Peterborough, Market Deeping, Sleaford and Lincoln. The route restarts on plate 45 at Lincoln and continues to Barton, Hull, Kilham, Bridlington and Flamborough Head. 8 x 6 1 4 inches. Uncoloured. Some light brown staining on the edges of the top and bottom blank margins. Very light centre vertical crease.

From: Kitchin’s Post-Chaise Companion through England and Wales

Plate 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

An engraved double sided strip road map. On one side is the road from Grantham to Tuxford passing through Newark. The road then continued on the reverse side to Retford, Bawtry, Doncaster and continues northwards to East Hardwick. 3 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches. Hand coloured. Good condition.

From: Paterson’s British Itinerary

PLAN OF BOSTON

An attractive decorative town plan within a gothic style border with coats of arms. Three inset views of Church and Bridge Boston, Louth Church and Nocton House. 7 x 9 1/2 inches. Uncoloured. An imperfect specimen useful for reference or restoration. Some foxing. Single tear running from the top to a length of 4 1/2 inches.

LINCOLN SHIRE BY H. MOLL GEOGRAPHER

An engraved map of the county divided into wapontakes. Title panel, scale, compass pointer and list of wapontakes. Across the top of the map are engravings of two Saxon coins struck in Lincoln plus an explanation of the Perpetual Tide Table that appears beneath the maps. 7 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches. Uncoloured. Good condition.

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

LINCOLNSHIRE by Robt. Morden

A fine clean example of of this good engraved map of the county embellished with a decorative title cartouche. Three scales. 16 x 14 1/4 inches, 420 x 260 mm. Uncoloured. Wide blank margins Good clean crisp condition. This could possible be the 1722 edition but it does not have the horse and circle watermark. Instead it has a stylised L and P watermark. If not the 1722 edition then the 1753 edition.

From: Camden's Britannia

LINCOLNSHIRE

A good detailed engraved map of the county including the railways. Title panel with the names of J. & C. Walker beneath. Scale and explanation. Original outline and wash hand colouring. Imprint of Longman, Rees, Orme, Browne & Co. Paternoster Row beneath. 12 1/2 x 15 1/2 inches. Good condition. This map has been taken from the atlas and not been offered before as a single map.

From: The British Atlas

LINCOLNSHIRE by Robt. Morden.

A fine clean example of of this good engraved map of the county embellished with a decorative title cartouche. Three scales. 16 x 14 1/4 inches, 420 x 260 mm. Uncoloured. Horse within a circle watermark. Good condition.

From: Camden's Britannia

SECTION IX, HULL

A colour printed map showing parts of Linconlshire and Yorkshire. Scale of 4 miles to the inch. Shows the railways. 16 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches. Centre fold. Good clean condition.

From: The Royal Atlas

LINCOLNSHIRE

A well engraved detailed map of the county. Imprint of John Cary and dated 1793. 8 x 10 1/4 inches, 215 x 265 mm. Original hand colouring. Some of the town names are underlined in red. With the original page of descriptive text.

From: Cary's New and Correct English Atlas

Provenance: John Hobson Matthews

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.

LINCOLNSHIRE

A good detailed lithograph map of the county from Hobson's Fox Hunting Atlas showing e places of the Meeting of the Hounds. 12 1/2 x 15 1/2 inches. Published by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Co. Paternoster Row, London. Original outline hand colouring. Fine condition. Straight from the atlas so has not been sold as a single map before.

Shows Mr.Lumley, Lord Yarborough, Burton, Southwold, Belvoir, Cottesmore Hunts

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

BOWLES’S NEW MEDIUM MAP OF LINCOLN SHIRE DIVIDED INTO ITS WAPONTAKES..

A good detailed late 18th century map of the county. The title appears within a circular panel bearing the imprint of Carington Bowles No. 69 in St. Paul’s Church Yard. Beneath the map is a further imprint Published as the Act directs, 3 Jan. 1785. Around the map are interesting engraved notes pertaining to the county. 8 3/4 x 12 3/4 inches. Explanation and scale. Original outline hand colouring. Superb clean condition having been taken straight from the atlas and not sold previously as a single map.

From: Bowles’s New Medium English Atlas
The maps in this atlas are based on the maps by Emanuel and Thomas Bowen in their Atlas Anglicanus. The title cartouche has been changed as well as the addition of the distance in miles from London shown by some town names.

LINCOLNSHIRE

An uncommon lithograph miniature map of the county surrounded by a wide border of vignette views of local scenes including Boston, windmill, shooting and farming. 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.

SECTION IX, HULL A colour printed map showing parts of Lincolnshire and Yorkshire. Scale of 4 miles to the inch. Shows the railways. 16 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches. Centre fold. Good clean condition.

From: The Royal Atlas

LINCOLNSHIRE

A well engraved detailed map of the county with title panel and compass rose combined. Scale. Imprint of John Cary dated 1793. With original page of descriptive text. 8 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches. Original outline hand colouring. Very light soiling mark in the bottom blank margin otherwise good condition. I have dated this map 1802 because the paper is watermarked 1802. The title page of the atlas is dated 1795.

From: Cary's New and Correct English Atlas

Plate 83 / 84 / 85 / 86

An engraved double sided strip road map. Starting at south of Sleaford and going to Green Man before oping on to Lincoln and onwards north. On the reverse side Spittal to Hull. 3 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches. Uncoloured. Some browning in the top margin on both sides where the map has probably been in a sunk mount. Otherwise good condition.

From: Paterson’s British Itinerary.

LINCOLNSHIRE by Robt. Morden

A good engraved map of the county embellished with a decorative title cartouche. Three scales. 16 x 14 1/4 inches, 420 x 260 mm. Hand coloured. Original centre fold. Very light crease in the blank area on the left hand side of the map, otherwise good condition.

From: Camden's Britannia

SECTION XIII, PETERBOROUGH

A colour printed map showing part of parts of Nottinghamshire, Northamptonshire, Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire. Scale of 4 miles to the inch. Shows the railways. Centre fold. 16 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches. Good clean condition.

From: The Royal Atlas

LINCOLNSHIRE

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

LINCOLNE SHIRE

A early engraved miniature map of Lincolnshire. Embellished with title and scale cartouches. Numbered 31. 4 3/4 x 3 1/4 inches. A clean undamaged uncoloured specimen. On verso is the end of a description of Lincolnshire in English. With this map are two original double sided pages of text that conclude the description of the county. 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

79/80/81/82

A double sided road map. One side shows the final part f the journey from London to Edinburgh. Starting after you have gone through Moffat and on to Linton and Edinburgh and Leith. Good detail with inns and the names of the owners of houses. The other side shows part of the road from London to Scarborough by Lincoln. Starts at Stilton and then passes through Peterborough, Market Deeping, Bourn and onto Fokingham. Each 3 1/4 x 6 inches. The name of Carington Bowles and the date of 1785 appears beneath each map. Hand coloured. Fine condition.

From: Paterson’s British Itinerary being a new and accurate Delineation and Description of the Direct and Principal Cross Roads of Great Britain

LINCOLNSHIRE

Pages 529 - 545 inclusive describing Lincolnshire in English. About 13 x 8 inches. Good condition.

From: Camden’s Britannia

THE COUNTIE AND CITIE OF LYNCOLNE DESCRIBED WITH THE ARMES OF THEM THAT HAVE BENE EARLES THEREOF SINCE THE CONQUEST

A fine 17th century engraved map of the county. Large strapwork title cartouche incorporating the royal arms and compass rose. Scale with putti. Inset town plan of Lincoln, battle scene and ten coats of arms. This is one of the few county maps by Speed not to bear the name of the publishers. This map was printed by John Legatt for William Humble, to be sold at his shop in Popes-head Palace in 1646. Description of Lincolnshire on verso with a long list of towns and villages list of towns on verso. 20 x 15 inches, 510 x 382 mm. Uncoloured. Small repair patch on verso near the centre fold but no repair visible on the front. The binding strip has been pasted down so the map will not now fold along the original centre fold. Otherwise good condition.

From: Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain

LINCOLNSHIRE A detailed engraved map of the county embellished with an uncoloured vignette view of Lincoln Cathedral. Explanation and list of hundreds. Imprint of the publishers Pigot & Co. 24 Basing Lane & 18 Fountains St. Manchester beneath. 8 x 14 inches. Original outline hand colouring. Brown mark at the bottom blank margin otherwise good condition.

From: British Atlas

LINCOLNSHIRE

A county map drawn by R. Creighton and engraved by J. & C. Walker. Reference to the Unions. 9 1/4 x 12 1/4 inches. Single fold crease as issued. Original outline hand colouring. Good clean condition. Straight from the atlas and not sold as a single map before now.

From: Lewis' Atlas to the Topographical Dictionaries of England and Wales

LINCOLN

A detailed chromolithograph map of the county. Explanation plus statistics concerning Population, Area, Inhabited Houses, Poor Rate and Paupers. 12 3/4 x 15 3/4 inches. Original centre fold. Imprint of Letts & Son beneath. Fine clean condition. Straight from the atlas so never previously been sold as a single map.

From: Lett’s Popular County Atlas

A MAP OF LINCOLNSHIRE FROM THE BEST AUTHORITIES

A good detailed map of the county with publisher’s imprint dated 1805. 15 1/2 x 21 inches. Good clean condition with wide blank margins. Originally bound on edge so there is no centre fold but there is a light fold crease up the centre of the map. Later hand colouring.

From New British Atlas published by John Stockdale, Piccadilly.

LINCOLNSHIRE

A simple lithograph map of the county divided into hundreds. Shows the principal places for County Elections, the Borough towns that return members and the polling places. List of hundreds. About 8 x 10 inches. Original outline hand colouring. Small nick on the edge of the bottom blank margin. Vertical fold crease on the right hand side outside of the map area. Otherwise good condition.

From: Plans of the Cities and Boroughs of England and Wales