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MAPS - Derbyshire Record Office: artificial collection of county maps of Derbyshire - 1607-20th cent

1 - Map of Derbyshire by Christopher Saxton. Dimensions: 65 x 56 cm. Colour reproduction of British Museum Map C 7 C 1, dated 1577 - 20th cent

2 - Map of Derbyshire by William Hole. Dimensions: 32 x 41 cm. Drawn from Saxton for William Camden's "Britannia" - 1607

3 - Map of Derbyshire by William Hole. Dimensions: 30 x 33 cm. Drawn from Saxton for William Camden's "Britannia" - 1607

4 - Map of Derbyshire by John Speed. Colour print with illustration of the Royal Arms, Buxton, a town plan of Derby and the arms of four families to have held the Earldom of Derby - 1610

5 - Map of Derbyshire by John Speed. Dimensions: 46 x 74 cm. Colour print with illustrations as in MAPS/3 - 1610

6 - Map of Derbyshire by William Hole, originally used as illustration in Michael Drayton's "Poly-Olbion", published in 1612 and 1622. Dimensions: 36 x 42 cm. Colour print. Figures depict the wonders of the peak. - 1612-1622

7 - Map of Derbyshire by Pieter van den Keeere. Dimensions: 19 x 23 cm. Colour print. - c1620

8 - Map of Derbyshire by Johannes Blaue. Dimensions: 42 x 55 cm. Colour print with heraldic devices and illustrations, drawn from Speed. - 1645

9 - Map of Derbyshire by Jan Janssen. Dimensions: 48 x 56 cm. Colour print with heraldic devices and illustrations, drawn from Speed. - 1646

10 - Map of Derbyshire by Richard Blome. Dimensions: 47 x 27 cm. Colour print with the arms of the Duke of Devonshire in the bottom left hand corner. - 1673

11 - Map of Derbyshire by John Ogilby. Dimensions: 44 x 53 cm. Colour print. - 1675

12 - Map of the route from Manchester to Derby. Dimensions: 25 x 27 cm. Colour print. - 18th cent

13 - Map of Derbyshire by Robert Morden. Dimensions: 47 x 53 cm. Colour print. - 1695

14 - Map of Derbyshire by Robert Morden. Dimensions: 38 x 46 cm. Black and white print. - 1695

15 - Map of Derbyshire by Robert Morden. Dimensions: 37 x 42 cm. Black and white print. - 1695

16 - Map of Derbyshire by Robert Morden. Dimensions: 38 x 42 cm. Black and white print. - 1695

17 - Map of Derbyshire by Robert Morden. Dimensions: 37 x 50 cm. Black and white print. - 1695

18 - Map of Derbyshire by Henry Overton. Dimensions: 41 x 48 cm. Black and white print, with some textual information about the county. - 1712

19 - Map of Derbyshire by Richard Blome. Dimensions: 25 x 20 cm. - 1715

20 - Map of Derbyshire by Herman Moll. Dimensions: 47 x 23 cm. Colour print with illustrations of Poole's Hole Cavern, The Devil's Arse Cavern and various fossils, also shows lead mines around Wirksworth and Silver mine near Mam Tor. - 1724

21 - Map of Derbyshire by Herman Moll. Dimensions: 33 x 20 cm. Black and white print with illustrations as in MAPS/20. - 1724

22 - Map of Derbyshire by T B Badeslade. Dimensions: 18 x 18 cm. Contains information on fairs and markets of Derbyshire towns. - 1741

23 - Map of Derbyshire by T B Badeslade. Dimensions: 17 x 17 cm. Contains information on fairs and markets of Derbyshire towns. - 1741

24 - Map of Derbyshire by John Rocque. Dimensions: 24 x 20 cm. - 1746

25 - Map of Derbyshire by T Kitchin. Dimensions: 27 x 22 cm. - c1747

26 - Map of Derbyshire by T Kitchin. Dimensions: 24 x 19 cm. Black and white print. - c1747

27 - Map of Derbyshire by S Wale. Dimensions: 15 x 18 cm. - 1748

28 - Map of Derbyshire by J Hinton. Dimensions: 30 x 27 cm. - 1748

29 - Mileage chart and map for Derbyshire, possibly by Jacob van Langeren. Dimensions: 24 x 24 cm. Black and white print. - c1750

30 - Map of Derbyshire, possibly by Owen and Bowen, entitled "the road from London to Derby". Dimensions: 19 x 13 cm. - mid 18th cent

31 - Panorama of Derbyshire, possibly by George Bickham. Dimensions: 37 x 30 cm. Black and white print depicting the county as seen by a man from a hilltop. - 18th cent

32 - Map of Derbyshire by Emmanuel Bowen. Dimensions: 22 x 19 cm. - 1761

33 - Map of Derbyshire by J Ellis. Dimensions: 30 x 23 cm. Black and white print. - 1766

34 - Map of Derbyshire by J Seller. Dimensions: 14 x 15 cm. Black and white print. - 1773

35 - Map of Derbyshire by Emmanuel Bowen. Dimensions: 71 x 56 cm. Colour print with information about places of historic and natural interest in the county. - 1777

36 - Map of Derbyshire by George Augustus Walpoole (or Walpole) . Dimensions: 20 x 17 cm. Black and white print drawn from Kitchin (MAPS/25-26) - 1784

37 - Map of Derbyshire by George Augustus Walpoole (or Walpole) . Dimensions: 20 x 15 cm. As MAPS/36 - 1784

38 - Map of Derbyshire by E Noble. Dimensions: 55 x 38 cm. - 1789

39 - Map of Derbyshire by James Haywood and Edward Sudlow . Dimensions: 51 x 36 cm. - 1789

40 - Map of Derbyshire by James Haywood and Edward Sudlow . Dimensions: 52 x 41 cm. - 1789

41 - Map of the Midland counties by John Tuke. Dimensions: 64 x 74 cm. Colour print, showing Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, and parts of the surrounding counties. - 1798

42 - Map of Derbyshire by J Cary. Dimensions: 39 x 32 cm. - 1801

43 - Map of Derbyshire by John Aiken. Dimensions: 28 x 20 cm. Black and white print. Depicts major towns and rivers only. - 1801

44 - Map of Derbyshire by John Luffman. Dimensions: 28 x 20 cm. Colour print with text about the county. - 1803

45 - Map of Derbyshire by G Cole. Dimensions: 25 x 20 cm. Colour print drawn under the direction of E W Brayley. - 1805

46 - Map of Derbyshire by G Cole. Dimensions: 25 x 19 cm. As MAPS/45. - 1805

47 - Map of Derbyshire by Josiah Neele. Dimensions: 25 x 20 cm. - 1819

48 - Map of Derbyshire by C and I Greenwood - 1830

49 - Map of Derbyshire by H Teesdale. Dimensions: 46 x 37 cm. Shows the partition of the county into northern and southern divisions. - c1830

50 - Map of Derbyshire by T L Murray. Dimensions: 46 x 36 cm. - 19th cent

51 - Pigot's Map of Derbyshire. Dimensions: 48 x 33 cm. Illustration of Ashbourne Church - 1832

52 - Pigot's Map of Derbyshire. Dimensions: 38 x 25 cm. - 1832

53 - Map of Derbyshire by Thomas Dugdale. Dimensions: 25 x 20 cm. - 1835

54 - Map of Derbyshire by R Creighton - 1835

55 - Map of Derbyshire by J Bell and A Fullerton. Dimensions: 30 x 24 cm. Black and white print with illustration of St Mary's chapel and bridge, Derby. - 1836

56 - Map of Derbyshire by J Bell and A Fullerton. Dimensions: 27 x 22 cm. Black and white print as MAPS/55 - 1836

57 - Map of Derbyshire by John and Charles Walker. Dimensions: 41 x 33 cm. - 1837

58 - Map of Derbyshire by T Moule. Dimensions: 37 x 29 cm. Colour print with illustrations of Chatsworth House, a couple by the riverside, All Saints church Derby, Matlock, and the entrance to the Peak Cavern - 1837

59 - Map of Derbyshire by Reuben Ramble. Dimensions: 20 x 15 cm. Illustrations of Chatsworth House and Peveril Castle. - 1845

60 - Map of Derbyshire by John and Charles Walker. Dimensions: 46 x 33 cm. Base map by the Walker brothers but with hunt boundaries and foxhound meetings drawn on. - 1850

61 - Map of Derbyshire by J Archer. Dimensions: 30 x 23 cm. - c1850

62 - Railway and Telegraph Map of Derbyshire by Henry George Collins - 1870

63 - Unattributed map of Derbyshire. Dimensions: 39 x 33 cm. Black and white print from the British Gazetteer - c1870

64 - Ordnance Survey sheet 112, showing Chesterfield, at scale 1 inch: 1 mile. With annocations. - 1897

65 - American Landsat 5 satellite photograph of the Peak District. Dimensions: 88 x 64 cm. Colour print - 20th cent

66 - Reproduction of The Gough Map (a 14th cent map of Great Britain), divided into a section covering southern England and the midlands and a section for northern England and Scotland - 1989

67 - Folder of map reproductions for teaching/display purposes - 20th cent

68 - Plastic wallet of display cards providing information on most items in MAPS/67. - 20th cent

69 - Canal plans - 18th cent

70 - Map of Derbyshire by John Andrews, from an actual survey by P P Burdett.. Dimensions: 72 x 53 cm. Colour print - 1786

71 - Modern reproduction of P P Burdett's map of 1767. Dimensions: 70 x 47 cm. Black and white print - 20th cent

72 - "Facsimile of the Ancient Map of Great Britain in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, AD 1325-1350" (i.e. the Gough Map). Dimensions: 107 x 61 cm. Black and white with place names transcribed in red - 1870

73 - Book: "Early Maps of the British Isles AD 1000 - AD 1579"London: Royal Geographical Society, 1961.Introduction by G R Crone, librarian and map curator of the Royal Geographical Society. - [1961]

74-75 - Photocopies of J Cary's "A New Map of Derbyshire", 1831. Dimensions: 56 x 50 cm. - 20th cent

76 - Colour photocopy of Langley's New Map of Derbyshire, published by Langley and Belch, London, 1817. Dimensions: 22 x 35 cm. - 20th cent

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