T. Yeoman Plan to Accompany an Application for a Bill to Parliament Proposing Waterway Improvements on the River Chelmer 1765
This folding map is entitled "A Plan of the River Chelmer from Chemsford to Maldon…". It was surveyed and drawn by Thomas Yeoman and shows proposed improvements to facilate navigation. Yeoman was involved as engineer in a number of similar projects during the "canal age" of the 1760's - 80's. The plan is believed to have accompanied the application for a bill to Parliament proposing the improvements. Some minor repairs to marginal tears abutting the border, and where the folds meet. A rare item for the Essex collector.