Maps listing

There are few individual maps of Essex or other counties in the Town Library; most of the county maps held are within Atlases or Gazetteers. The maps that are held fall into three groups:

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Maps of Saffron Walden area

All the maps below (except Nockold's Wendens Ambo map) are held in the Reading Room, in a set of large map folders located on the floor at the right hand end of the windows.

Author(s) Title Date Notes Ref Shelving
[John Eyre] A Plan of Audley End farm and Adjoining Lands [based on the John Eyre 1758 map] 1758 Folder: Maps of the Saffron Walden area, 18th & 19th Cent - 1 - Floor, right of Reading Room window
Nockold et al Wendens Ambo Enclosure Award 1814 Enclosure map of Wendens Ambo 16C2 Roll 16C2
John King Saffron Walden Enclosures (2 copies) 1825 Folder: Maps of the Saffron Walden area, 18th & 19th Cent - 1 - Floor, right of Reading Room window
Ordnance Survey Maps of central Saffron Walden at 1:500 scale and at 1:2,500 scale - see detailed listing 1877, 1897 & 1921 Folder: Maps of the Saffron Walden area, 18th & 19th Cent - 1 - Floor, right of Reading Room window
Ordnance Survey Maps of villages etc around Saffron Walden, at 1:2500 - see detailed listing 1877 & 1897 Folder: Maps of the Saffron Walden area, 18th & 19th Cent - 2 - Floor, right of Reading Room window
Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey Maps 1921, 1:2,500, 13 vols - see detailed listing 1921 Complete District at 1:2,500 scale; 163 maps across Uttlesford - Floor, right of Reading Room window
Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey Maps, 1:2,500, 1960s-1980s - see detailed listing 1961-1989 Some of the District at 1:2,500 scale; 16 maps across Uttlesford at varying dates. - Tall metal map chest, on first floor
Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey Maps, 1:2,500, 1994-1997 - see detailed listing 1994-1997 Most of the District at 1:2,500 scale; 152 maps across Uttlesford - Low wooden map chest, beside Enquiry Desk on first floor
Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey Maps, 1:10,000, 1960-2000 - see detailed listing 1960-2000 Most of the District at 1:10,000 scale; 125 maps across Uttlesford at varying dates. - Tall metal map chest, on first floor
Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey Maps, 1:25,000, 1950s - see detailed listing 1949-1956 Most of the District at 1:25,000 scale; 8 maps across part of Uttlesford at varying dates. - Tall metal map chest, on first floor
Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey Maps, 1:63,360 and smaller - see detailed listing 1952-1979 1:63,360, 1:253,380, 1:250,000 and 1:1,000,000 at varying dates. - Tall metal map chest, on first floor

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