published 1999; introduction by Alan Godfrey
The tiny village of Aldborough Hatch is central to this map, with Aldborough Hall almost dead centre. Features there include St Peter's church. To the east lies the fringe of Little Heath, with St James church and Little Heath House. This is very rural, but at the left side of the map is a stretch of the GER (later Central line) and Barkingside station. Nearby is the Girls Village Home started by Dr Barnardo in the 1870s. The story of this is given in the notes. Elsewhere I said of the area that "this remains an oasis of countryside, perhaps caused through the planning blight caused by possible airport use" and marvelled "that in 1999 the visitor can still arrive here by train, at a station little changed from that on the map, admire Dr Barnardo's cottages, then follow the same paths, past the same farms, in much the same tranquility". A GER timetable for the Woodford-Ilford line is included, together wioth a directory for Aldborough Hatch.

The map links up with Essex Sheet 78.12 Newbury Park to the south.

published 1994; intro by Tony Clifford

The Upney 1939 map provides a strong contrast, for the area is now largely built up, with many roads now developed off Longbridge Road. Upney station is now open, and other features include Lodge Avenue and streets to its east, Sandringham Road, Barking Park, isolation hospital (no longer very isolated!) Extracts from a 1933 directory are included to make this, with Tony Clifford's introduction an invaluable picture of the area as it developed across the years.

published 1993; introduction by Tony Clifford
This detailed map shows what was still a very rural scene between Ilford and Romford. Vallance House (here spelt Vallance) is at the centre of the map and the area would change when the LCC bought the manor for building development in 1921. This map is therefore fascinating for showing the area before this major development. Green Lane crosses the map west-east, Bennett's Castle Lane runs north-south, and Wood Lane runs between them. The only significant development is at the NE corner where we have Beacontree (or Becontree) Heath, with a few houses around the heath.
The map links up with Essex Sheet 79.09 Chadwell Heath to the north, 78.16 Goodmayes to the west, 79.14 Rush Green to the east and 87.01 Parsloes to the south.

Detailed map of Bishops Stortford; Essex sheet 22.15
Historical introduction by Pamela Taylor
A Hertfordshire town, but we used the Essex map to give better sheetlines. Covers much of the town, incl stn, castle, All Saints and St Michael's chuches, Market Sq, Hockerill, workhouse

published 2006; intro by Harry Carmichael
This detailed map covers the centre of Brightlingsea and the area east and north. Features include the High Street, Lower Green, New Street, Sidney Street, Water Side, Queen Street, Spring Grove Farm, Park Road, Park Chase, St James's church, Station Road (but only the eastern end of the station), Hurst Green, Eastend Green, windmill, saltings and many oyster pits. On the reverse we include extracts from an 1895 directory, including the commercial entry, while Harry Carmichael's introduction helps make this map an essential title for the student of Essex history.

published 2000; intro by Alan Godfrey

published 1993; introduction by Tony Clifford
This detailed map covers the busy village of Chadwell Heath, between Ilford and Romford. The GER runs through the map, with station, and Romford Road is almost parallel. Many streets are shown half complete as the village grows into a suburb. The tramways stretches to the Ilford border. Coverage stretches from Grove Road eastward to Bolton Farm; Chadwell Heath is neatly covered. Other features include Ilford Isolation Hospital. We include directories for Chadwell Heath in 1874, 1894 and 1912.
The map links up with Essex Sheet 78.12 Newbury Park to the west, 79.10 Romford to the east, and 79.13 Becontree Heath to the south

published 2003; introduction by Harry Carmichael
This detailed map covers the southern half of Chelmsford, from the High Street southward to Moulsham Lodge and Oaklands. Features include the Chelmer & Blackwater Canal, Moulsham Mill, Goldlay House, Baddow Road, Moulsham Street, New London Road, Mesopotamia Island, River Can, St John's church, Saltmarsh's Nursery. A list of private residents is given.

published 2008; introduction by Harry Carmichael
This detailed map covers central Chelmsford and the area eastward to Barnes Lock and Barnes Mill, southward to Whitehouse Farm. Features include Cathedral, station (top left corner), St John's church, Mesopotamia Island, Cattle Market, Stone Bridge, Shire Hall, Tindal Square, River Chelmer, Moulsham Mill, Chelmer & Blackwater Canal, Holy Trinity church, etc. On the reverse we include the list of Private Residents from a 1922 directory.



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The Chigwell Row map links up to the east. Grange Hill with its station is in the SW and from here Manor Road stretches up to the NE corner. Most interest is on on near this road, including All Saints church, Frog Hall, Woodlands and several other good-sized houses. The area known as Chigwell Row is in the top right quarter, where Gravel Lane crosses Manor Road. We include a directory of Chigwell Row plus a railway timetable for Woodford-Ilford (ie the other direction from that on Sheet 69.15); this was then a GER line - it became part of the Central Line in 1948.



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The Chigwell Station map covers the area around and to the south and west of Chigwell station. Coverage continues only a little way north, to Grange Court, but to the SW it stretches along Chigwell Road to Hill House, Turpins Lane and the massive Chigwell Convent (here called Manor House and an orphanage) which is at the foot of the map, on the outskirts of Woodford Bridge. "The River Roding meanders down the left-hand side of the map through an ancient landscape" says Tony Clifford at the start of his introduction. To add interest to this somewhat rural map we include a directory of Chigwell on the back, plus a 1915 timetable for the Ilford-Woodford line.

This detailed map is centred on Chingford Green and covers an area stretching from Low Street eastward to Chingford station and Gordon Road; and from Pole Hill southward to Endlebury Road and Simmons Lane. Features include The Green, Chingford Goods Yard (former station), Station Road, Park Hill, Kingshead Hill, Mansfield Hill, Warren Road, St Peter & St Paul's church. On the reverse is a directory for Chingford in 1895.

This detailed map covers Chingford Hatch together with Chingford Mount, an area being developed in 1914. Coverage stretches from Bateman Road northward to the Old Church and eastward to Chingford Hatch. Features include the Chingford Branch railway (but no stations), St Edmunds church (the original one), tramway, St Peter & St Paul's church (the 'Old Church'), Chingford Mount Cemetery, Suffield Hatch, Isolation Hospital, Higham Farm, part of Highams Park, Larks Hall Farm, Cherrydown Farm, Normanshire Farm, Nightingale Hall etc. On the reverse we include a commercial directory for Chingford.
The map links up with Essex Sheet 69.09 Chingford Green to the north, 69.14 Woodford Wells to the east and and London Sheet 4 Edmonton SE to the west

published 2005; introduction by Tony Clifford
This detailed map covers the town of Chipping Ongar. Coverage stretches from the station southward to Marden Ash (the suburb which is actually in High Ongar parish). Features include High Street, with its many fine buildings, Sammes Cottages, and the castle site. Coverage continues westward to Greensted, with Greensted Hall and St Andrew's church, sometimes claimed as the oldest wooden building in Europe. We also include directories for Chipping Ongar, High Ongar and Greensted in 1895.

Colchester, the main map for the town, links up to the south. This is a very busy map and coverage stretches from The Avenue and Sussex Road eastward to Wimpole Lane, from the Roman Wall southward to Pownall Crescent. The town centre is covered and other features include St Botolphs station, Magdalen Street, High Street, Castle, St Johns Green, Abbey Gardens, North Hill, Head Street, East Mills, workhouse, Essex & Colchester Hospital, Lexden Road, St Marys Terrace, Cavalry Barracks, Royal Artillery Barracks, Infantry Barracks, Provost Prison, Drill Ground, Garrison church.

Colchester (East) covers the area to the east, and includes the docks area on the River Colne. It includes Hythe, Hythe Hill, Hythe station, Hythe Maltings, Winsleys Almshouses, Greenstead, part of Wivenhoe Park, Greenstead Road, East Street, Grays Cottages.

We have published a set of three maps for Colchester, covering the town in detail. Colchester (North) is centred on the main station (North station); North Station Road runs from this to the town, with North Bridge and the Cattle Market near the foot of the map. Other features include St Paul's church, Eastern Counties Asylum, and (north of the station) Bergholt Road and Mile End Road. Braiswick House is in the top NW corner.

published 1993; introduction by Tony Clifford
This detailed map covers the village of Dagenham, where development was at an early stage. The LTS railway runs west-east across the map, with Dagenham (later Dagenham East) station, crossed by Romford Road / Bull Street running north-south. Features include St Peter & St Paul's church, Ford's School, Romford UDC sewage farm, Bretons (at the eastern edge of the map). The beginnings of industry is shown by Sterling Telephone Works on the land of Wantz Farm. The map is very interestingg as showing the area just before large-scale development. On the back we include a railway timetable for the LTS line in 1929.
The map links up with Essex Sheet 79.14 Rush Green to the north, 87.01 Parsloes to the west.

published 2007; introduction by Tony Clifford & Alan Godfrey
This detailed map fills an important gap in the series, linking the London and Essex groups. Coverage stretches from Ladysmith Avenue eastward to St Mary's Road Barking, and from Caledon Road southward to Norman Road. Features include the municipal centre of East Ham, with Town Hall, Central Hall, tram depot, Baths and Technical College; to the east is part of Barking town centre, including the Abbey ruins and St Margaret's church. Other features include tramways, incl that over Barking Creek; River Roding, sewage works, Jews Cemetery, Central Park, St Bartholomew's church, Wallend, Barking Road Recreation Ground, and the swathe of new streets developed either side of East Ham High Street South. On the reverse are the private resident lists for East Ham and Barking from a 1922 directory.

The Goodmayes 1915 map captures the eastern side of Ilford, extending to Goodmayes: an area that stretches from Sunnyside Road and Connaught Road eastward to Hazeldene Road and Colinton Road at Goodmayes; and from Cambridge Road and Seven Kings station southward to Mortlake Road and Longbridge Road. Features include the GER main line and Newbury Park Junction, St Mary's church, Ilford Cemetery, South Park, All Saints church Goodmayes, Goodmayes Farm. The southern half of the map is still quite rural, with Goodmayes Lane winding its way across the map, but the northern half is already lined with streets.

published 1997; introduction by Tony Clifford
This detailed map covers an area east of Romford. Coverage stretches from George Street and King Edward Road (just east of central Romford) eastward to Butts Green Road; the tip of Hornchurch, including North Street and Billet Lane, is in the SE corner. The MR/LTS Romford Branch is shown, and Emerson Park & Great Nelmes Halt; Emerson Park is beginning to be developed. Heath Park is in the top centre of the map; this estate was being developed by 1908. Nearby is the southern part of Squirrels Hatch, with Manor House. A directory of Hornchurch is on the back, together with Tony Clifford's introduction. In the SW corner is the Roneo Works, which made duplicators, ink and also field kitchens for the war effort.
The map links up with Essex Sheet 79.10 Romford to the west, 79.15 Hornchurch to the south.

published 2008; introduction by Alan Godfrey
This detailed map covers the atrea from Highams Park station southward to Macdonald Road, Walthamstow. Features include Hale End, part of Epping Forest, Chapel End, Rowden Park, Xylonite Works, Selwyn Avenue with schools, Salisbury Hall, tramway.On the reverse are street directory entries for Beech Hall Road, Brookscroft Road, Chingford Road, Hale End Road, Selwyn Avenue, Winchester Road.

published 2002; introduction by Tony Clifford
This detailed map has Hornchurch High Street in the NE; the sheetlines are not very kind and so Church Street is cut off by the margins, and the church itself beyond the map; but coverage continues south along Station Road to Hornchurch station and west to Rainham Road. It therefore really covers the western part of a town which in 1886 was called "one of the quaintest towns one could wish to see, with its straggling streets... and its general disregard for the amenities of locomotion". It still remained much the same in 1915, and west of the town this map portrays a rural landscape. Station Road, Abbs Cross Road, Hornchurch Road, Rainham Road are the principal roads crossing the map, each with just a handful of buildings. Top centre are Hornchurch Cottage Homes, developed in 1886 for the orphans 'and other needy' children of St Leonard, Shoreditch.
The map links up with Essex Sheet 79.11 Heath Park to the north, 79.14 Rush Green to the west.

The Maldon East map covers the eastern part of the town, with coverage stretching from Market Hill and High Street eastward to Heybridge Basin. Features include Maldon East station, River Chelmer, ironworks, Mill Road, Wantz Road, Cross Road, Fullbridge, saltings. Part of Heybridge is included with Heybridge Hall at the top of the map; features here include part of the Chelmer & Blackwater Canal, Heybridge Basin. On the reverse we include the second part of the 1922 trade directory, P-Z, plus the Private Residents entry.

The Maldon West map covers the area from the Town Hall and Market Place westward to Little Beeleigh Farm. Features on the map include Maldon Hall, Maldon West station, Institution (old workhouse), London Road, Spital Road, Fambridge Road, Gate Street, Silver Street, Coach Lane, All Saints church, Spital Farm. The first part of a 1922 trade directory, A-O, is included on the reverse.

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published 1996; introduction by David Mander
This detailed map covers the two villages of Manningtree and Mistley, with coverage stretching from Lawford Hill and Marsh Row eastward to New Mistley. Features include the village centres of both communities, a stretch of the GER Harwich branch with Mistley station, Brunswick House (lunatic asylum), Mistley Green, St Mary's church Mistley, Baltic Wharf, Furze Hill, Dairy House, Hopping Bridge, numerous mathouses in both villages, Mistley Hall, Barnfield House, Manningtree Channel, Middlebridge Creek, Mistley Park. Stretches of the River Stour and Irelandhole Reach are shown, surrounded by mud. Directories for both villages are given on the back.

published 1999; introduction by Tony Clifford
This detailed map covers a northern area of Ilford, including many of the newly developed streets of Seven Kings south of Meads Lane - Pembroke Road, Chester Road, Blythswood Road etc - and the northern tip of Goodmayes, including a railway permanent way depot. Ley Street and Horns Road runs up the western edge of the map, with a tramway depot near Leystreet Farm; in the NW corner of the map is the community of Newbury Park, with its station, and Ilford Emergency Hospital. The large West Ham Lunatic Asylum is in the NE corner. There is a strong contrast between the long, regimented streets of Seven Kings and the countryside off Aldborough Road.

The map links up with Essex Sheet 78.08 Aldborough Hatch to the north, 79.09 Chadwell Heath to the east, and 78.16 Goodmayes to the south; and also74.01 Seven Kings 1894.

published 1994; introduction by Tony Clifford
This detailed map covers the eastern part of Barking, the western part of Dagenham, but in 1915 was entirely rural. "The land about us was flat and uninteresting but it was genuine Essex countryside" said Hardy Amies. The only significant feature is Parsloes Trotting Track, in the centre of the map. The LTS railway runs west-east across the map, still with no stations here. Gale Street and Hallbutt Street are the principal roads. Soon, however, the vast Becontree housing estate would be built and this area would change for ever.
The map links up with Essex Sheet 79.13 Becontree Heath to the north, 86.04 Upney to the west, 87.02 Dagenham to the east.

published 1996; introduction by Tony Clifford
This detailed map covers much of the centre and southern end of Romford, coverage stretching from Crown Farm on the outskirts of the town eastward to King Edward Road, and from the Cattle Market and St Edward's church southward to Rush Green Road. The GER railway runs west-east across the map, and features include Romford Brewery with its rail connections, the workhouse, Hornchurch Road, London Road, cemetery, Oldchurch Road, Mawheys Road, High Street, North Street, South Street etc. At the start of the 20th century Romford was regarded as "a lovely old market town surrounded by many country villages" and, as in many other market towens, the brerery is shown as much the most important industry. It was established in 1799 by Edward Ind, who was later joined by Octavius and George Coope.
The map links up with Essex Sheet 79.09 Chadwell Heath to the west, 79.11 Heath Park to the east and 79.14 Rush Green to the south.

published 1994; introduction by Tony Clifford
This detailed map covers the northern part of Dagenham, stretching from Frizlands Lane and the east end of Becontree Heath, eastward to the River Rom; and from Rush Green Road southward to Eastbrookend Farm. The area was entirely rural in 1915 and the only notable features are a few farms, some houses at the end of Becontree (Beacontree) Heath, Ilford Park cemetery (now Eastbrookend cemetery) and Romford Isolation Hospital. All rather different today!
The map links up with Essex Sheet 79.10 Romford to the north, 79.13 Becontree Heath to the west, 79.15 Hornchurch to the east and 87.02 Dagenham to the south.

published 1995; intro by Tony Clifford

published 2008; introduction by Harry Carmichael
This detailed map covers the military town of Shoeburyness, which grew up around the garrison, with its Special School of Gunnery and military experiments. Our map has rather a lot of sea, but the core of Shoeburyness is covered, from Cambridge Road southward to the tip of Shoebury Ness. Features include Artillery Barracks, Cambridge Town, St Andrew's church, High Street, tramway into the barracks, rifle range, South Shoebury Hall, chapel, and just the tip of Shoeburyness station. On the reverse we include directories of South Shoebury in 1895 and 1922.

published 2006; intro by Pamela Taylor. ISBN 1-84151-925-1
This double-sided map shows Stansted Mountfichet as it was in 1921 with great detail, featuring individual houses, the remains of the castle, St John's and St Mary's Parish Churches, Chapel of Our Lady, Stansted Park, Stansted House, Hargrave Park, Bentfield End, Castle Hill, Rochford's Nurseries with tramway. St Mary's church has the tomb of Sir Thomas Middleton, who was at some point Lord Mayor of London, and his daughter. A prominent feature of this map is the Great Eastern Railway - the Cambridge Main Line - that stretches right across the map, with station. This rail line resulted in a slow growth of Stansted's population, adding to the existing half-timbered buildings. The brewery which existed between 1887 and 1925 is evident on this map on Brewery Lane near Croft House. Stansted benefitted economically from the Cambridge Road that runs through it, bringing wealth to the town which is also evident in the polo and golf sports available to the community.

published 1995, 2nd Edition 2007; introduction by Harry Carmichael
This detailed map covers the centre of Southend, coverage stretching from Park Road and Park Street eastward to Southchurch Hall; and from North Avenue and Kilworth Avenue southward to the sea. Features include the GER and LTS main stations (later Victoria and Central); Marine Park, Western Esplanade, Marine Parade, Eastern Esplanade, High Street, gasworks, Pier Pavilion (though much of the pier stretches beyond the map), Porters, Thames Farm, Clifftown, St John the Baptist church, All Saints church. The beginning of development along Southchurch Road is shown. The map captures the town at a fascinating stage, with the population growing from 12,380 in 1891 to 27,299 in 1901, and it had become a borough in 1892. Many central streets are shown here, especially off York Road, half complete.

published 2001; intro by Robert Malster
This detailed map shows the small town of Thaxted. The town centre is at the top of the main map, including the church, Town Street, Newbiggin Street, and coverage extends about half a mile to the east, and a mile south. The terminus of the Elsenham & Thaxted Railway is also on the map. On the reverse we include a little of adjoining sheet 14.15, showing the north of the town. Outside the town the map is very rural. We also include a commercial directory from 1895, and a timetable for the Thaxted-Elsenham railway in 1915.

published 2005; introduction by Tony Clifford
This detailed map covers the village of Thedon Bois, spread out from its station on the GER Ongar line. The map covers an area of one and a half miles by one mile, and includes Theydon Green, the station, Thrifts Hall, nurseries, St Mary's church, Coppice Row, Manor Villas. A portion of Epping Forest is in the NW corner. Directories of the village for 1895 and 1922 are included.

published 1998; introduction by Alan Godfrey
This detailed map covers a fascinating area of the Thames, showing Tilbury Riverside on the north, and Gravesend's waterfront to the south. The map does not include Tilbury Town, but shows the (now closed) Riverside station, Tilbury Hotel, several railway junctions and lines into the docks. Also shown are the Tidal Basin, Worlds End pub, Tilbury Market. Tilbury Fort is shown, but sadly left blank for security reasons. On the Kent side we have West Street, the LCDR pier, Clifton Baths, Town Pier and Royal Terrace Pier. The map also includes directories for West Tilbury and Chadwell St Mary. Though the map does have a lot of water, mud and marshland it is a fascinating portrait of this Thames gateway, a reminder of Tilbury's days as a major passenger embarkation point, if only for a daytrip to Gravesend.

To the south the map links up with (and slightly overlaps) Kent Sheet 10.07 Gravesend.

published 2004; introduction by Harry Carmichael
This detailed map covers the riverside town of Wivenhoe, just south of Colchester. The map includes most of the small, compact town, including its railway station, St Mary's church, Wivenhoe Hall, shipbuilding yards, Station Hotel, wharf. Across the River Colne are gravel pits and Fingringhoe Quay. To the north is Wivenhoe Mill and cemetery. A directory of Wivenhoe is included, plus a railway timetable for the local lines in 1915.



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published 2008; introduction by Alan Godfrey
This detailed map covers much of South Woodford and the southern part of Woodford Green. Coverage stretches from Grove Road northward to Snakes Lane and from Peel Road eastward to Chigwell Road. Features include the GER line with Woodford station, St Mary's church, Grove Lodge, Elmhurst, Salway House, Napier Arms, Pyrmont House, Higham Lodge, The Green, Higham Hall, Temperance Hotel, Essex House, St Barnabas church, Milkwell Farm. We include a 1922 commercial directory on the reverse.

published 2008; introduction by Alan Godfrey
This detailed map covers the northern part of Woodford, including Woodford Wells and much of Woodford Green. Features include Little Monkhams, Monkhams (here shown as St Thomas High School), Hart House, Union Church, railway with Woodford Junction, Knighton Wood, Bancroft's School, Knighton, All Saints church, Monkhams Farm etc. On the reverse we include a commercial directory of Woodford Wells.
The map links up with Essex Sheet 69.10 Buckhurst Hill to the north, 69.13 Chingford Hatch to the west and 78.02 Woodford to the south.

The Upney 1915 map captures the eastern side of Barking showing the streets off Longbridge Road gradually being built up: Cecil Avenue, Wilmington Gardens, Hulse Avenue etc. North of this is Barking Park. From here coverage extends a mile eastward into open country. The hamlet of Upney is bottom centre, with its Isolation Hospital, Manor Farm is to the NE. The LTS railway crosses the map west-east but no stations are shown. A directory listing of private residents in Barking in 1895 and 1920 is included.