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+++Old Maps of London+++

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. Report 1 Feb 2007 19:30

Help Please, Where can I buy maps/street maps of old London 1700's to 1800's?? Derek

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.•:*:•.Scouser*NANNA*Lyn.•:*:•. Report 1 Feb 2007 20:33

If you google Old ordnance survey maps and Steve Garton it should bring up an ebay link. I don't think they go back as far as late 1800s but I did get a few that are 1906 for my areas of interest. The maps are very detailed - there are about ten for the Liverpool area alone, you can just do a seach once you get there for your area of interest and see what comes up. It may well be that turn of the century maps will have your roads on them. Hope this helps, Lyn x

Lysianne

Lysianne Report 1 Feb 2007 20:54

Hi Derek I can recommend Alan Godfrey Maps, www[.]alangodfreymaps[.]co[.]uk, postal address Prospect Business Park, Leadgate, Consett, Co Durham DH8 7PW. They do Old Ordnance Survey Maps of London - and other places too. The London ones are really good, and the dates on the back of the one I've just picked up seem to go from about 1865 to 1913. Some places seem to have several dates and some just one. This one was published in 2003, but I know they have been adding further maps since. I think you can buy them in places like the FRC, as well as the website, and they were only £3 or so each. For earlier ones, I'm not sure what's best. I have found them free online via Google, and there's a really good site called motco[.]co[.]uk, which has an index and you can view the maps, but again, that's nineteenth century, albeit a bit earlier. You can buy maps from them, too, and I think they may sell some earlier ones. I have a 1903 London Parish Map published by the London Topographical Society, so they might be worth following up to see if they have earlier stuff. Hope that is a start, anyway, and very best wishes with your research Lysianne

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. Report 1 Feb 2007 22:23

Lyn & Lysianne, A big thanks for your help, will follow thru!... regards Derek

Richard in Perth

Richard in Perth Report 2 Feb 2007 04:07

There's a great online map for 1827 (Greenwood's Map of London): http://users.bathspa.ac.uk/greenwood/home.html

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. Report 2 Feb 2007 18:06

Thanks Richard. regards Derek

Shelli4

Shelli4 Report 2 Feb 2007 18:28

http://www.motco(.)com/map/ remove the brackets. has maps from 1700 and 1800's. also has index of road names ( tho this can take a while toload)

Sue

Sue Report 2 Feb 2007 18:30

There are two great books 'A to Z of Georgian London' and 'A to Z of Victorian London' which are rather pricey at £28 from Amazon but I borrowed from the local library and made enlarged photocopies of the pages I wanted. Sue PS Have you seen the website www(.)victorianlondon(.)org well worth a look