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![]() | VIEW THE FITZROVIA AREA IN THE 1750s The 1750 Rocque map is bounded by Sudbury (NW), Snaresbrook (NE), Eltham (SE) and Hampton Court (SW). Outside these bounds, the 1750 map does not display. |
![]() | VIEW THE FITZROVIA AREA IN THE 1800s The 1800 mapping is bounded by Stanmore (NW), Woodford (NE), Bromley (SE) and Hampton Court (SW). Outside these bounds, the 1800 map does not display. |
![]() | VIEW THE FITZROVIA AREA IN THE 1830s The 1830 mapping is bounded by West Hampstead (NW), Hackney (NE), Greenwich (SE) and Chelsea (SW). Outside these bounds, the 1830 map does not display. |
![]() | VIEW THE FITZROVIA AREA IN THE 1860s The 1860 mapping is bounded by Brent Cross (NW), Stratford (NE), Greenwich (SE) and Hammermith (SW). Outside these bounds, the 1860 map does not display. |
![]() | VIEW THE FITZROVIA AREA IN THE 1900s The 1900 mapping covers all of the London area. |
![]() | Central London, north west (1901) FREE DOWNLOAD Central London, north west. Stanford's Geographical Establishment. London : Edward Stanford, 26 & 27, Cockspur St., Charing Cross, S.W. (1901) |
![]() | Cruchley's New Plan of London (1848) FREE DOWNLOAD Cruchley's New Plan of London Shewing all the new and intended improvements to the Present Time. - Cruchley's Superior Map of London, with references to upwards of 500 Streets, Squares, Public Places & C. improved to 1848: with a compendium of all Place of Public Amusements also shewing the Railways & Stations. G. F. Cruchley |
![]() | Cary's map provides a detailed view of London. With print date of 1 January 1818, Cary's map has 27 panels arranged in 3 rows of 9 panels, each measuring approximately 6 1/2 by 10 5/8 inches. The complete map measures 32 1/8 by 59 1/2 inches.
Digitising this map has involved aligning the panels into one contiguous map. John Cary |
![]() | John Rocque Map of London (1762) FREE DOWNLOAD John Rocque (c. 1709–1762) was a surveyor, cartographer, engraver, map-seller and the son of Huguenot émigrés.
Roque is now mainly remembered for his maps of London. This map dates from the second edition produced in 1762. London and his other maps brought him an appointment as cartographer to the Prince of Wales in 1751. His widow continued the business after his death.
The map covers central London at a reduced level of detail compared with his 1745-6 map. John Rocque, The Strand, London |
![]() | Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (1843) FREE DOWNLOAD Engraved map. Hand coloured. Chapman and Hall, London |
![]() | Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (1836) FREE DOWNLOAD Engraved map. Hand coloured.
Insets: A view of the Tower from London Bridge -- A view of London from Copenhagen Fields. Includes views of facades of 25 structures "A comparison of the principal buildings of London." Chapman and Hall, London |
![]() | Environs of London (1832) FREE DOWNLOAD Engraved map. Hand coloured. Relief shown by hachures. A circle shows "Extent of the twopenny post delivery." Chapman and Hall, London |
![]() | London Underground Map (1921). FREE DOWNLOAD London Underground map from 1921. London Transport |
![]() | The Environs of London (1865). FREE DOWNLOAD Prime meridian replaced with "Miles from the General Post Office." Relief shown by hachures. Map printed in black and white. Published By J. H. Colton. No. 172 William St. New York |
![]() | London Underground Map (1908). FREE DOWNLOAD London Underground map from 1908. London Transport |
![]() | Ordnance Survey of the London region (1939) FREE DOWNLOAD Ordnance Survey colour map of the environs of London 1:10,560 scale Ordnance Survey. Crown Copyright 1939. |
![]() | Outer London (1901) FREE DOWNLOAD Outer London shown in red, City of London in yellow. Relief shown by hachures. Stanford's Geographical Establishment. London : Edward Stanford, 26 & 27, Cockspur St., Charing Cross, S.W. (1901) |
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