ColchesterHistoric Map Mug
Colchester Historic Map Mug
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- Printed to order in Britain
- Reproduced from the original in the National Library of Scotland
- Arrives with a card naming the sheet, the survey and the year
A historic-map mug of Colchester, using Bartholomew's distinctive Half-Inch mapping.
What this map covers
The mapped area around Colchester includes Wivenhoe.
About this map
This artwork is cropped from Sheet 26 · Essex, 1903, focusing the original cartography around Colchester rather than reproducing the complete historic sheet.
Complete coverage of Great Britain was achieved by 1903, and the series became closely associated with touring and cycling in the early twentieth century. The Half-Inch series was designed to make a wide area useful to the traveller, showing how settlements, routes, and terrain fitted together rather than concentrating on property-level detail.
The interest is often in the regional pattern: how a town relates to neighbouring places, transport routes, water, and higher ground. Bartholomew's coloured treatment of relief gives the maps much of their visual identity, making the shape of uplands and lowlands readable before individual labels are examined. This particular source was published in 1903.
About the product
Made to order. Shipping is calculated at checkout.
- 11 oz · 229 × 95 mm print area
- white ceramic
- 11oz capacity
- straight-sided profile
- wraparound exterior print
- protective polished ceramic glaze
- dye-sublimation printing
- Dishwasher and microwave safe.
A note on map detail
The original map was printed at approximately 1:127,000. This artwork is reproduced at approximately 1:100,000, around 1.3× larger, making the original cartography and place names easier to see.
Historic map detail varies with product size and material. Use the listing close-ups as your guide to the exact crop and level of detail.
Map source
Historic map image: National Library of Scotland https://maps.nls.uk/
Cartography: John Bartholomew & Co.
About There & Then
There & Then brings archival cartography back into everyday use, creating pieces designed to be seen and lived with at home.
Colchester · Wivenhoe