Richard Nicholson of Chester
A World of Antique Maps and Prints
Established in 1961
All the Maps on this page are guaranteed to be genuine early specimens
pubished in or around the year stated
JOHN OGILBY'S 100 ROAD MAPS
The First Road Maps of England and Wales published in 1675 and 1698
1 London, Acton, Uxbridge, Beaconsfield, High Wycombe, Tetsworth, Oxford, Islip.
2 Islip. Morton in Marsh, Broadway, Pershore, Bramyard, Worcester.
3 Bramyard, Leominster, Presteign, Aberystwyth
4 London, Ewell, Dorking, Billingshurst, Amberley, Arundel, Chichester.
5 London, Waltham, Hoddesdon, Ware, Royston, Huntingdon, Stilton.
6 Stilton, Stamford, Grantham, Newark, Tuxford.
7 Tuxford, Doncaster, Wentbridge, Tadcaster, York.
8 York, Boroughbridge, Northallerton, Darlington, Durham, Chester-le-Street.
9 Chester-le-Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Morpeth, Alnwick, Belford, Berwick
10 London, Reading, Woolhampton, Newbury, Hungerford, Marlborough.
11 Marlborough, Calne, Chippenham, Bristol. Bristol, Axbridge, Huntspil
12 London, Acton, Uxbridge, Amersham, Aylesbury, Buckingham, Banbury.
13 Banbury, Stratford, Bromsgrove, Kidderminster, Bridgnorth. Banbury, Camden.
14 London, Brentford, Hounslow, Colbrook, Slough, Maidenhead, Abingdon.
15 Abingdon, Faringdon, Fairford, Barnsley, Gloucester, Monmouth.
16 Monmouth, Newport, Cardiff, Cowbridge, Aberavon, Burton.
17 Burton, Kidwelly, Haverfordwest, St. Davids.
18 London, Southwark, Rochester, Canterbury, Dover.
19 London, Romford, Brentford, Chelmsford, Colchester, Harwich.
20 London, Eltham, Farmingham, Maidstone, Ashford, Hythe.
21 London, High Barnet, St. Albans, Dunstable, Stony Stratford, Towcester.
22 Towcester, Daventry, Coventry, Lichfield.
23 Lichfield, Rugeley, Stone, Stableford, Nantwich, Tarporley, Chester.
24 Chester, Denbigh, Conway, Beaumaris, Holyhead
25 London, Hounslow, Staines, Basingstoke, Andover
26 Andover, Salisbury, Shaftsbury, Sherborne, Crewkerne.
27 Crewkerne, Honiton, Exeter, Ashburton, Plymouth.
28 Plymouth, Fowey, Tregony, Penzance, Land's End.
29 London, Croydon, East Grinstead, Lewes, Newhaven, Brighton, Shoreham
30 London, Wandsworth, Cobham, Godalming, Petersfield, Portsmouth
31 London, Bromley, Sevenoaks, Tonbridge, Rye.
32 Andover, Warminster, Bridgwater.
33 Bridgwater, Dulverton, Barnstaple, Torrington, Hatherleigh
34 Hatherleigh, Camelford, Padstow, St. Columb, Truro
35 Chippenham, Bath, Wells, Marlborough, Devizes, Trowbridge, Wells.
36 Stilton, Peterborough, Spalding, Boston. Sleaford, Lincoln
37 Darleston, Brewerton, Warrington, Wigan, Preston, Garstang.
38 Garstang, Lancaster, Bolton, Kendal, Penrith, Carlisle.
39 Guildford, Midhurst, Chichester/ Midhurst, Petersfield, Winchester.
40 Stony Stratford, Northampton, Mkt. Harbrough, Leicester, Loughborough, Derby
41 Temsford, Stilton, Peterborough, Market Deeping, Sleaford, Lincoln
42 Lincoln, Barton, Hull, Beverley, Flamborough.
43 Puckeridge, Cambridge, Ely, Downham, King's Lynn.
44 Four shire stone, Chipping Campden, Worcester, Ludlow, Montgomery.
45 High Barnet, Hatfield, Baldock, Biggleswade, St. Neots, Oakham
46 Puckeridge, Newmarket, Thetford, Attleborough, Windham, Norwich.
47 St. Albans, Luton, Bedford, Wellingborough, Kettering, Oakham
48 Oakham, Melton Mowbray, Nottingham, Mansfield, Rotherham, Barnsley
49 Barnsley, Halifax, Skipton, Middleham, Richmond.
50 Meriden, Birmingham, Bridgnorth, Shrewsbury, Welshpool.
51 Bagshot, Farnham, Alton, Alresford, Southampton, Romsey, Salisbury.
52 Newmarket, Swaffham, Wells, Newmarket, Bury St. Edmunds.
53 Basingstoke, Stockbridge, Cranborne, Blandford, Dorchester, Weymouth.
54 Colchester, Ipswich, Saxmundham, Beccles, Yarmouth.
55 Bristol, Chipping Sodbury, Tetbury, Cirencester, Burford, Banbury.
56 Bristol, Chepstow, Monmouth, Hereford, Leominster, Ludlow.
57 Ludlow, Shrewsbury, Whitchurch, Chester.
58 Bristol, Wells, Glastonbury, Taunton, Exeter.
Bristol, River Avon, Bedminster, Bisport (Bishport), Dundrey (Dundry) Winford, Bishops Chue (Chew Magna), Woodford Mill, West Hartry (West Harptree), The Leadmines, Wells, Cockley Bridg (Coxley Bridge), Cranley Bridg, Polsham, Cranwell Moor (Crannel Moor), Sedg Moor (Queen's Sedge Moor), Hartley Bridge, The Tor, St Johns, Glastonbury, St Benedicts, Bumbaley Bridg, Northover, Pumpalls Bridg (Pomparles Bridge), Walton, Streat (Street), Sharpham Park House, Brook Walton, Greinton, Middlesey (Middlezoy), Andre (Othery), St Michels Burro (Burrow Mump / Burrowbridge), River Parret, The Place where Auberney's Abby Stood (Athelney), Lying / Lyng, Ye Lord Hawleys house. Durston, Monketon (Monkton Heathfield), Barpool (Bathpool), Almes Houses, Taunton, Rumwell, Buckland, Chesson (Chelston), Wellington, Whitball (White Ball), Burloscomb (Burlescombe) Welland (Willand), Five Bridges, Columpton (Cullompton), Bradinch (Bradninch), Kelleton (Killerton), Brodeclist (Broadclyst), Exeter
59 Bristol, Gloucester, Tewksbury, Worcester.
60 Bristol, Wells, Glastonbury, Somerton, Mattock, Crewkerne, South Perrott, Frampton, Weymouth
61 Cambridge, St. Neots, Northampton, Rugby, Coventry.
62 Carlisle, Jedburgh, Kelso, Berwick
63 Chester, Wrexham Newtown, Llanbader.
64 Llanbadardfynydd, Brecon, Cardiff.
65 Dartmouth, Exeter, Tiverton, Minehead.
66 St. Davids, Fishguard, Cardigan, Talybont
67 Talybont, Bala, Ruthin, Holywell.
68 Exeter, Chumleigh, Ilfracombe, Bideford, Torrington.
69 Exeter, Tavistock, Liskeard, Truro
70 Gloucester, Cheltenham, Chipping Campden, Warwick, Coventry.
71 Gloucester, Ross-on-Wye, Hereford, Knighton, Montgomery
72 Hereford, Worcester, Droitwich, Bromsgrove, Coventry, Leicester.
73 Huntingdon, Ely, Bury St. Edmunds, Ipswich.
74 Ipswich, Thwaite, Norwich, Cromer.
75 King's Lynn, Thetford, Stowmarket, Harwich.
76 King's Lynn, Gayton, Billingford, Norwich, Yarmouth.
77 Monmouth, Abergavenny, Brecon, Llanbadarnfynydd.
78 Nottingham, Lincoln, Market Rasen, Grimsby.
79 Oxford, Farringdon, Malmesbury, Bristol.
80 Oxford, Buckingham, Bedford, Cambridge.
81 Oxford, Newbury, Basingstoke, Petersfield, Chichester
82 Oxford, Banbury, Coventry, Ashby-de-la-Zouche.
83 Oxford, Hungerford, Salisbury, Cranborne, Poole.
84 Presteigne, Builth Wells, Llandovery, Carmarthen.
85 Salisbury, Marlborough, Lechlade, Chipping Campden.
86 Tynemouth, Newcastle, Hexham, Haltwhistle, Carlisle.
87 Welshpool, Dolgellau, Caernarvon
88 York, Ripley, Skipton, Settle, Lancaster.
89 York, Leeds, Rochdale, Manchester, Warrington.
90 Warrington, Chester. Manchester, Stockport, Derby
91 Carmarthen, Cardigan, Llanbadardfynydd, Aberystwyth.
92 Chelmsford, Sudbury, Bury St. Edmunds 93 Chelmsford, Maldon/Rayleigh/Ingatestone, Billericay. Gravesend, Dover.
94 Exeter, Colyford, Lyme Regis, Bridport, Dorchester. Plymouth, Dartmouth.
95 Ferrybridge, Boroughbridge, Ripon, Barnard Castle. Ferrybridge, Wakefield.
96 Kendal, Ambleside, Cockermouth, Egremont. Cockermouth, Carlisle.
97 Alresford, Winchester, Poole, Christchurch. Southampton, Winchester. 98 Shrewsbury, Wrexham, Holywell, Chester, Flint. Holywell.
99 Whitby, Guisborough, Stockton, Durham, Sunderland, Tynemouth.
100 York, Pickering, Whitby, New Malton, Sherburn, Scarborough.
A must read
for the lover of Maps, Roads and History
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The Nine Lives of John Ogilby by Alan Ereira
I was 19 when I got hooked on antique maps. There are quite a few of the early cartographers who we know a bit about about and their life stories make interesting reading. There is one English mapmaker who stands out as someone rather special who appears to have had a most interesting life. He is JOHN OGILBY. Yes you know he was the first to map the roads of England and Wales and yes you might have read that he had an interest in dancing. If you want to know more about the man who created that 17th century map hanging on your wall then you must read this book published in 2016 - The Nine Lives of John Ogilby by Alan Ereira. In this book the author brings a fascinating hidden history to light, and reveals that Ogilby's celebrated Britannia is far more than a harmless road atlas: it is, rather, filled with secrets designed to serve Charles II's sinister purpose.
RICHARD NICHOLSON
of CHESTER
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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.
