South Chilterns 1886

Here is information about Sheet 255: One Inch Sheet 255 South Chilterns 1886 - published 1997; intro by Elizabeth Lockwood. ISBN.978-0-85054-894-5 This early Inch to the Mile map covers the southern part of Buckinghamshire, with small portions of Berkshire, Hertfordshire and Middlesex also coming onto the map. Coverage stretches from Hurley and West Wycombe eastward to Ruislip, and from Sarratt and Little Missenden southward to Maidenhead. Features on this leafy map include Burnham Beeches, Shardeloes, Cassiobury Park, Penn Wood. The Metropolitan Railway has not yet arrived, apart from the Watford & Rickmansworth Railway. Further west the only line to High Wycombe is that from Maidenhead. On the reverse we include an extract from Bucks Sheet 48.07 covering Chalfont St Peter, with an early directory. It is not possible to list the many hamlets, farmsteads and other topographical features shown on these maps. However, you may find it useful if we list the towns and principal villages or church parishes that are included on this map. Links are given for those for which detailed large-scale maps are also available. Berkshire: Cookham, Hurley, Maidenhead. Buckinghamshire: Amersham, Beaconsfield, Bradenham, Burnham, Chalfont St Giles, Chalfont St Peter, Chenies, Chesham Bois, Denham, Farnham Royal, Great Marlow, Hedgerley, Hedsor, High Wycombe, Iver, Little Marlow, Little Missenden, Penn, Stoke Poges, Taplow, West Wycombe, Wexham, Wooburn. Hertfordshire: Chorleywood, Rickmansworth, Sarratt. Middlesex: Cowley, Harefield, Hayes, Hillingdon, Ickenham, Ruislip, Uxbridge.