Antique Maps of Northumberland

HOLY ILAND / FARNE / GARNSEY / JARSEY. Four engraved map on one folio sheet. Each map is embellished with a decorative title and scale cartouches with figures and putti. Compass roses and rhumb lines. 20 x 16 inches. Latin text on verso. Attractive hand colouring. Fine condition.

NORTHUMBERLAND. An engraved county map with explanation and list of wards. 7 x 9 1/4 inches. Uncoloured. Good condition.

From: Dugdales England and Wales Delineated

MOUTH OF THE RIVER TYNE, SUNDERLAND, HARTLEPOOL, WHITBY, SCARBOROUGH, GOOLE, HULL, GREAT GRIMSBY, HARWICH. Nine colour printed maps of varying sizes on one sheet. Together they measure 11 1/2 x 16 3/4 inches. Very sight trimming to the title above the map otherwise good condition.

From: The Royal Illustrated Atlas published by Archibald Fullarton and Company

Des Konigreichs ENGLAND nordlicker Theil oder York Shire, das Bithum Durham, Northumberland, Cumerland, Westmoreland, und Lancashire. Nro. 83. An engraved map of northern England embellished with a decorative uncoloured title cartouche. 10 3/4 x 8 1/4 inches. Early wash hand colouring. Slight vertical crease on the left hand side otherwise good condition.

From Schauplatz der funf Theile der Welt

INSULA SACRA Vulgo HOLY ILAND et FARNE. A fine 7th century engraved map showing part of the Northumbrian coast with Holy Island and the Farne Islands. Decorative title cartouche, royal arms and ship. French text on verso. 18 x 15 inches, 465 x 390 mm. Original centre fold. Original hand colouring. Wide blank margins. Some very light foxing otherwise good undamaged condition.

From: Theatrum Orbis Terarrum

NORTHUMBERLND. A 17th century engraved map of the county embellished with ta small strapwork title cartouche. The map is embellished with two inset town plans of Berwick on Tweed and Newcastle by William Mathew. Down the left hand side is a panel displaying eight coats of arms of the Earls and Dukes of Northumberland. The Royal Arms appears at the top of the map in a blank area. On the opposite side is a panel with engravings of Roman antiquities fund in the county. Scale with pair of divers. Panel bearing the name of John Speed and the publishers John Sudbury and George Humble dated 1610. Descriptive English text on verso with a list of towns and villages. 20 x 15 inches. Uncoloured. Repair to bottom right hand blank margin corner. Some thinning of paper on the left hand side of the original centre fold. A pair of single worm holes, one in the arms of John Dudley Duke of Northumberland the the other in a border showing the antiquities. Only noticeable on holding the map up to the light is a faint split in the key to the plan of Berwick with no loss of engraved area. Some light water staining in the bottom left and right corners and in the bottom blank margin. Original centre fold with no splits. This map has just been taken from he atlas and therefore not been sold previously as a single map.

From: The Theatre ofthe Empire of Great Britaine

SECTION I, ALNWICK. A colour printed map showing Nothumberland north of Blyth and Bellingham. Scale of 4 miles to the inch. Shows the railways. Centre fold. 16 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches. Good clean undamaged condition.

From: The Royal Atlas

NORTHUMBERLAND 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

NORTHUMBERLAND A early engraved miniature map of the county. A strapwork cartouche displays the title whilst the scale is in a separate panel. Numbered 41. 4 3/4 x 3 1/4 inches. Two small worm holes in the lower right hand blank margin. Tapering blank margin across the top of the map. On verso is the end part of a description of Northumberland in English. With this map are two following original double sided pages of text that continue the description. The final part of the description appears on verso of the map of the Isle of Man. 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 III. NEWCASTLE. A colour printed map extending from Morpeth in the north to Barnard Castle in the south and including the coast from Blyth to Whitby. Scale of 4 miles to the inch. Shows the railways. Centre fold. 16 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches. One inch split at the bottom of the centre fold otherwise good clean condition.

From: The Royal Atlas

A NEW MAP OF THE COUNTY OF NORTHUMBERLAND DIVIDED INTO HUNDREDS. LONDON printed for C. SMITH, NO. 172 STRAND January 6th 1801. The FIRST EDITION of this fine detailed map of the county with compass rose, explanation and list of hundreds. 17 1/2 x 19 1/4 inches. Original centre fold. Fine original outline and wash hand colouring. Good condition with wide margins.

From: Smith’s New English Atlas

NORTHUMBERLAND. A good detailed engraved map of the county embellished with an uncoloured vignette view of the St. Nicholas’ Church, Newcastle. List of hundreds and explanation. Imprint of the publishers Pigot & Co. 24 Basing Lane & 18 Fountains St. Manchester beneath. 8 x 14 inches, 222 x 355 mm. Original outline hand colouring. Good condition.

From: British Atlas.