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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 FROM 1727 - 1820 onwards

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

GEORGE II

King George II of England

1727 - 1760

The son of Ernest Augustus, Elector of Hanover

Born at Hanover 18th March, 1660 Ascended the throne in 1714 Married Sophia Dorothea, Princess of Brunswick-Zell in 1682 Had one son and one daughter Died at Osnabruck in 1727 aged 67

THOMAS BADESLADE & WILLIAM HENRY TOMS

1741

County Maps of England in Chorographia Britanniae or a New Set of Maps of all the Counties in England and Wales...

THOMAS OSBORNE

1748

County Maps of England and Wales

LEWIS MORRIS

1748

Sea Charts of Wales in Plans of the Principal Harbours, Bays, and Roads in St. George's and the Bristol Channels...

THOMAS KITCHIN and THOMAS JEFFREYS

1749

County Maps in The Small English Atlas

EMANUEL BOWEN and THOMAS KITCHIN

1749

County Maps in The Large English Atlas

JOHN ROCQUE

1753

County Maps

GEORGE BICKHAM

1754

Curious birds eye views of the English counties in The British Monarchy

EMANUEL BOWEN

1755 - 1763

County Maps in The Natural History of England

GEORGE III

James I

1760 - 1820

The son of Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales

Born at Hanover 18th March, 1660 Ascended the throne in 1714 Married Sophia Dorothea, Princess of Brunswick-Zell in 1682 Had one son and one daughter Died at Osnabruck in 1727 aged 67

EMANUEL BOWEN

1762

County maps in The Royal English Atlas. Appeared again in The English Atlas in 1794.

ANDREW DURY

1764

Miniature town plans and groups of counties

JOHN HINTON

1765

English county maps. Road maps.

JOSEPH ELLIS

1766

English county maps.

ANTONIO ZATTA

1775

Regional map of England and Wales

LT. COL. DANIEL PATERSON

1738 - 1825

Road maps. A New and Accurate Description of all the Direct and Principal Cross Roads in Great Britain, 1771 - 1832. Layer known as Peterson's Roads published in 1794, 1811, 1822, 1824 and 1832.

BERNARD SCALE

1776

County maps of Ireland

GEORGE AUGUST WALPOLE

1784

English county maps

JOHN CARY

1787

English county maps

WILLIAM PINNOCK

1782 - 1843

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

JOHN AIKEN

1790

A series of simplistic county maps

JOHN HARRISON

1791

County maps of England.

WILLIAM TUNNICLIFF

1791

Maps of some counties

ROBERT LAURIE and JAMES WHITTLE

1794

County maps of Scotland. Road maps of England

MOSTYN JOHN ARMSTRONG

1794

County Maps of Scotland

JOHN LODGE

1795

County maps

WILLIAM MORRIS

1800

Charts of Wales

JOHN WILKES

1802

County Maps

R. BUTTERS

1803

An Atlas of England. Small county maps with unusual orientation

JOHN LUFFMAN

1803

Miniature circular county maps of England and Wales

BENJAMIN PITTS CAPPER

1808

County maps published by Richard Phillips

EDWARD MOGG

1817

Road maps of Southern England

ROBERT MILLER

1810

Miniature county maps of England and Wales

CHARLES SMITH

1804

County maps of England

LAURIE & WHITTLE

1806

Series of Road Maps of England and Wales

GEORGE COLE and JOHN ROPER

1810

County maps of England and Wales. Town Plans

JOSEPH NIGHTINGALE

1816

Publisher of English Topography or, A Series of Historical and Statistical Descriptions of the Several Counties of England and Wales. Printed for Baldwin, Craddock, and Joy Paternoster-Row. The maps of George Cole and John Roper were reprinted in this atlas

ROBERT LAURIE and JAMES WHITTLE

1806

Road maps

EDWARD LANGLEY

1818

County maps of England and Wales

THOMAS LETTS

1884

County maps of England

RICHARD NICHOLSON
of CHESTER

Stoneydale
Pepper Street
Christleton
Chester
CH3 7AG

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Richard and Nelson

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.

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English mapmakers working from 1727 to 1820

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