Railway Clearing House (RCH) maps
The Railway Clearing House calculated how much money railway companies owed each other for running services over each others' tracks. To help the hundreds of clerks involved, very detailed, often very large, hand coloured maps were produced; at first a private venture by John Airey, and later by the Railway Clearing House itself.
The maps are quite detailed, and show the various company lines in different colours. All are dissected on cloth, in dark, leather faced covers with gilt lettering.
A major RCH map collection was assembled, catalogued and described by the late David Garnett, and is now in Brunel University Library.
East of England. 1912
Size : 45" wide by 27" high.
Area : Nottingham-Cromer-Didcot-North London-Southend.
Map : Very good, bright clean copy.
Cover : Black. Nice and clean, neat repair to base of spine, slight scuffing on edges and slight surface damage to rear cover surface.
£120
Gloucestershire & Oxfordshire Districts. 1911
Size : 36" wide by 19" high.
Area : Hay-Banbury-Abergavenny-Chepstow-Swindon.
Map : Excellent condition.
Cover : Black. Nice, bright and clean with slight scuffing at the edges.
£130
England and Wales. [Large edition] 1896
First issue of this map.
Size : 47" wide by 56" high.
Map : Grubby/dusty with some places underlined.
Cover : Maroon. Spine repaired with black bookbinder's cloth tape. Cover boards scuffed, corners rubbed through. Overall a well but carefully used, very sound copy.
£45
England and Wales. [Large edition] 1923
Size : 49" wide by 55" high.
Map : Basically clean, with some marks to southern (mostly sea) areas.
Cover : Black. Bottom of spine split half an inch, top of spine and corners a little rubbed. Dull but sound cover.
Showing the post-grouping situation, with the four main companies in red, yellow, green and blue. A few other companies are in other colours and named.
£65
England and Wales. [Large edition] 1923
Size : 49" wide by 55" high.
Map : Evenly faded, light red grid marked with a few pencil and ink annotations, e.g. 'Outer London Zone Boundary (for Motor Spirit). Overall good faded copy with light annotations.
Cover : Black. Clean with neat spine repair and rubbed corners.
Showing the post-grouping situation, with the four main companies in red, yellow, green and blue. A few other companies are in other colours and named.
£45