Maps

Chester is fortunate to have been mapped many times.

Maps on this site
Braun and Hogenberg - 1581;

Smith Map - 1585;

John Speed - 1610;

Hollar's Map - 1660's

Hemingways Map - showing the city at the time of the Civil War (1645);

Lavaux Map - just before the Canal (1745);

Mutlow and Stockda1es Map - engraved by J.Mutlow, published by John Stockdale in 1795.

Coles Map - engraved by John Roper for publication in "The Beauties Of England And Wales", that was published in parts, from c.1804.

1872 OS Map - The Ordanance Survey Map from 1872

Balloon Experiment
Balloon View

Sources and Links

 * Mapping Medieval Chester;
 * ChesterWalls.info maps;
 * Maps of Chester and Cheshire from "Genmaps";