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MUSEUM NOTES, NO. V.
X.—MAPS OF ESSEX.
Several maps of great value to all interested in Essex have
been recently acquired and placed in position, and it will be
useful to inform our members of their existence in the Museum.
The first to be noticed is the complete set of the six-inch
Ordnance Survey, mounted and arranged in portfolios, so as to
be available for ready reference. Mr. Victor Taylor is at present
engaged In marking out clearly the outlines of the parishes, so
that the maps may be more useful as an index to the Photo-
graphic Survey of Essex.
A set of the one-inch map has also been obtained, with
the index-map, to facilitate reference.
Another very interesting possession is the one-inch Geological
Survey Map, This has been mounted in a frame in the vestibule
of the Museum, and so arranged as to allow coloured pins being
stuck in, indicating the positions of camps and other earth-
works, localities where flint-implements, pottery and pre-historic
objects have been found. A complete list of these will be placed
beside the map, so as to afford an index of such relics in the
county.
Also in the vestibule, opposite the Geological Map, a
Relief Map of the county has been placed. This has been
prepared by Messrs. Phillip and Co. on a horizontal scale of
half-inch to the mile, while the vertical scale is multiplied eight
times, so as emphasise the differences of level. This map forms
a very useful introduction to a study of the physiography of
Essex. Another map on the same scale is the County Council
Map, prepared by the Surveyor to show the main and other
roads in the county.
A very imposing map of Britain and the surrounding seas
has long been placed on the staircase, which shows the
hydrography of the coasts, and the relative depths of the waters.
This was specially prepared by Messrs. Bartholomew, of
Edinburgh, for the Museum, and forms a most valuable and
attractive exhibit.
Finally we have a smaller map giving details of the waters,
banks and shallows of the Thames, Colne, and Stour and
Orwell estuaries, with more detail than is possible on the
larger map.