Five enlarged and digitally enhanced reproductions of historical maps from 1805 to 1946.
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• Four maps created from original Ordnance Survey sheets showing Central London and outer suburbs from four periods.
• One map created from original Stanford’s Library Atlas sheets
showing Central London in 1891 at street-level.
• National Grid on 1:50,000 maps for ease of reference.
• Contemporary illustrations
• Historical notes.
• Robust binding and box construction.
Box size: 139mm x 230mm x 53m
Maps (when folded): 135mm x 226mm
Maps (when flat): 1000mm x 890mm
Printed in the UK by Ordnance Survey
The maps span 150 years of London’s rich history from 1805 to 1946.They reveal how the capital engulfed surrounding villages to become, for much of this period, the largest city in the world.
Each 1:50,000 map explores a crucial period in London’s recent history: the late Georgian (1805-22), the late Victorian railway era (1897-8), the time of the London census (1891), the dawn of the motoring age (1919-20) and the period of reconstruction following the Second World War (1945-6). Cartographical and historical notes provide background information. A more in-depth view of late-Victorian central London is provided by the Street Map.
Each of the five 1:50,000 maps covers an identical area. The Street Map covers the area shown by the green box and extends from Hyde Park to the Isle of Dogs and from Highbury Fields to Brixton.
Richard Oliver
Research Fellow in the History of Cartography, University of Exeter
These maps show the transition from an essentially small city at the start of the 19th century, with most people living within walking distance of their work, to a city in which most people lived a considerable distance from their work in vast suburbs, connected to the centre by numerous railways. Though often regarded as 'typically Victorian', railways were still being built well into the 20th century, and this process is graphically recorded on these maps. Taken together, they give a vivid sense of growth.
