Cheshire and its boundaries, old and modern

These first 2 map snippets illustrate the traditional county of Cheshire in relation to the remainder of Northern England, Wales and Scotland; and the changes which occurred in 1974 to form the modern day administrative county boundaries of Cheshire & Lancashire, & the creation of the new administrative counties - Merseyside and Greater Manchester.



The map above right, showing the modern day boundaries is a slightly edited snippet from a larger version at >> Pictures of England.com - North West of England Map >>
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Cheshire circa 1840
From Samuel Lewis's Topographical Dictionary Collection
The map below is a smaller version of one we have in Smith Project Filestore
>> click here for the slightly larger zoomable version >>


The Marches

Cheshire is one of the English counties traditionally known as "The Marches",
ie: those four counties which border Wales. From North to South - Cheshire, Shropshire, Herefordshire and Gloucestershire.



More Maps online....

John Ball has made available at his site >> Welsh Family History Archive >> , some wonderful maps from Tallis's Topographical Dictionary, circa 1850, of the thirteen Welsh counties, together with the four English border counties (the Marches),

A link to the Cheshire map in the collection, can be found at John's Maps Gateway Page >> County Maps of Wales and the Marches >>
These maps include towns, villages, railway lines, canals, and roadways and were drawn and engraved by J. Archer of Pentonville, London.
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Oct 07, Information compiled by Carole, Smith Project, from
various sources, including those for which links are provided above.