Antique Map of Norfolk with Norwich and the Wash, Edward Weller, 1885

An original antique map of Norfolk, printed by lithography with original hand coloring, from the 1885 edition of The New Large Scale Ordnance Atlas of the British Isles. The title at the upper right, set in the North Sea, reads "NORFOLK," with "REDUCED FROM THE ORDNANCE SURVEY." and "Divided into 5 mile squares" beneath it. There is no credit line for Weller on this sheet.

The whole county is shown, with The Wash, Boston Deeps and Lynn Deeps at the upper left and King's Lynn at the head of the estuary. The north coast runs past Hunstanton, Wells and Cromer to the long eastern shore at Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft. Norwich lies in the center, with East Dereham, Swaffham, Thetford, Diss and Wymondham inland. Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire with Wisbech and Ely are on the left, and Suffolk with Bungay, Beccles and Halesworth along the bottom.

The divisions are washed in yellow in the west, green in the north and lilac in the south, and the boroughs of King's Lynn and Norwich are picked out in crimson. The key gives the county boundary, the divisions of the county, the borough boundaries and railways and stations, followed by the atlas note on station names: "The official names of Railway Stations are all engraved in a special character, thus, Clayton; except where indicated by the name of the town being in bold letters and identical with the name of the Station." The sheet is divided into five mile squares with letters and figures in the border. The sheet number 29 is printed at the upper right.

The sheet comes from The New Large Scale Ordnance Atlas of the British Isles, the atlas of county and town maps reduced from the Ordnance Survey by Edward Weller, F.R.G.S., and published in London by G. W. Bacon and Co. The date 1885 comes from the volume the sheets were taken from; the year is not printed on the sheet, and Bacon's name does not appear on it. Edward Weller (1819 to 1884) was a London map engraver and draftsman and a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.

Vertical fold down the center from binding. Even age toning. Light handling soiling along the edges. A few small foxing spots in the margin.

This is an original antique map, not a modern reproduction. This item is sold unframed.