Old Map of Essex 1724, by Herman Moll - Southend, Colchester, Chelmsford, Basildon, Romford Size:A1 (594x841mm) Shepperton

Shepperton

It's a very rare chance to see the suburbs of London when they were all mostly towns

Shore ditch church

Take a look at the detailed images and try to spot your town

Old Map of Essex 1724, by Herman Moll - Southend, Colchester, Chelmsford, Basildon, Romford Size:A1 (594x841mm) SheppertonThis is an old map of the county of Essex in 1724, put together by expert cartographer and engraver Herman Moll, perhaps the finest and most important mapmaker of the 18th century. The original description for his collection of county maps was rather interesting, so I'll include it here: "A set of fifty new and correct maps of the counties of England and Wales, &c. with the great roads and principal cross roads, &c. Shewing the computed miles from