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| London Paper Wall Map 1863: South West (Old House Books, ISBN: 9781873590690) The massive expansion of the Victorian age produced a demand for detailed maps to determine ownership of land and to plan development. Edward Stanford, who was at the forefront of Victorian cartography, produced these maps to show the railways, industrial development, new housing, docks and roads that were springing up all over London. All these are marked and much more. Anyone seeking information about their forebears will be able to see the streets, alleyways and outlying villages where they lived and went to school; the churches and chapels where they were married and attended Sunday services; the factories, riverside wharves and farms where they worked; the miserable workhouses where they ended their days and the burial grounds where they were laid to rest. The early railways are marked as are the houses of famous people such as the Hampstead home of Sir Rowland Hill, the social reformer who invented the postal service. The scale of 6 inches to 1 mile shows great detail. more>> | |
| London Railways Map 1897 (Old House Books, ISBN: 9781873590652) A coloured map showing how the earliest commuters travelled to work. Details branch lines, underground lines, tram lines, mainline and suburban stations. London had become the world's greatest commercial centre and people were able to live in the healthier suburbs and travel into the city to work. The Victorians were passionate railway builders and all the outlying towns, long since devoured by the metropolis, were connected to the great termini by remarkable engineering feats tht involved tunnels, cuttings, embankments, bridges and viaducts. A booklet describes the development so far and plans that had been made for the future. more>> | |
| London Railways Paper Wall Map 1897 (Old House Books, ISBN: 9781873590669) Index Map Early coloured Ordnance Survey Maps 4 miles to the inch in nine sheets. 1897, the year in which these maps first appeared in The Royal English Atlas, was one of great celebration for it marked the Diamond Jubilee of Britain’s longest reigning monarch, Queen Victoria. But there was much more to celebrate than her continuing occupancy of the throne as the previous sixty years had seen the greatest ever period of industrial development. The rapidly expanding industrial towns and cities were now the homes of workers who once laboured on the land but were now in the factories and mines creating and processing the needs of the mother country and the Empire. To record these changes the Victorians had become great map makers and the Ordnance Survey had already been publishing maps for a century. This series, created from Ordnance Survey maps, were coloured and published in book form. They are now available in sheets for the first time. The construction of the railway network, commenced a mere 72 years before, was now virtually complete with over 20,000 miles in use. They are all marked, as are their ‘predecessors’ the canals. But, despite all the changes brought about by the Industrial Revolution, the great conurbations we know today were still surprisingly small in 1897. The countryside had changed little for centuries. There were still scores of aristocratic homes surrounded by park land where now the urban sprawl, new towns and industrial estates may be found. Just as interesting is what is not shown. Notice how small the towns and scattered villages are, indeed there is a village just to the west of London on sheet 9 which shows the three or four houses that made up the village of Heathrow. There are no by-passes and all the major trunk roads pass along the high streets of country towns. Motorways had, of course, not even been dreamt about but interestingly the route of a proposed channe more>> | |
| River Thames Map 1893 Folded Map (Old House Books, ISBN: 9781873590010) The Oarsman's & Angler's map of the River Thames from its source to London Bridge. Very detailed, one inch to the mile and over 8 feet in length, it shows all 164 miles. Riverside towns and villages are marked with historical information and details of the locks. For fishermen, the best pools where trout, pike, perch and others were to be found. Folded in a wallet and folds out into an 8ft 4 ins length, 6 ins wide (2555 x 155mm). more>> | |
| River Thames Paper Wall Map 1893 (Old House Books, ISBN: 9781873590317) Explore Britain's best loved waterway with the map that must surely have been used by the Three Men in a Boat. Very detailed, one inch to the mile and over 8 feet in length, it shows all 164 miles from the source to London. Riverside towns and villages are marked with historical information and details of the locks and how to operate them. For fishermen, the best pools where trout, pike, perch and others were to be found. IN 3 SECTIONS ON ONE SHEET FOR FRAMING as shown in image. more>> | |
| School Atlas 1924 (Old House Books, ISBN: 9781873590720) This atlas revisits the classroom of the 1920s and reminds us of how the world used to be. Packed with information about exploring a world quite different to the one in which we live today. more>> | |
| The City of London Five Hundred Years Ago (c1520) Folded Map (Old House Books, ISBN: 9781873590775) This map reveals medieval London at its most impressive, before the city was overwhelmed by a massive population explosion. In the course of the sixteenth century the number of Londoners grew from 50,000 to 200,000. At the same time the City's thirty monastic houses were dissolved, their buildings sold and their gardens covered with cramped and poorly-built housing. This is the map of a lost garden city. more>> | |
| The City of London Five Hundred Years Ago (c1520) Wall Map (Old House Books, ISBN: 9781873590782) This map reveals medieval London at its most impressive, before the city was overwhelmed by a massive population explosion. In the course of the sixteenth century the number of Londoners grew from 50,000 to 200,000. At the same time the City's thirty monastic houses were dissolved, their buildings sold and their gardens covered with cramped and poorly-built housing. This is the map of a lost garden city. more>> | |
| The Great Fire of London Map 1666 Folded Map (Old House Books, ISBN: 9781873590607) The Great Fire of London started at the kings bakery in Pudding Lane in the early hours of 2nd September 1666. Before the last flames were extinguished, 5 days later, 436 acres, 13,200 houses and 87 churches, including St.Pauls Cathedral, lay in ruins. This pictorial map was commissioned by The Lord Mayor to plan the reconstruction. It shows the full extent of the vast area that was totally devastated by the fire. The roads and riverside wharves are marked; the sites of 170 major buildings that were destroyed are listed. It even shows the coats of arms of over 50 Livery Company halls that were lost. There are also detailed drawings of the buildings that survived which show us what London looked like 350 years ago. A detailed booklet describes the fire and includes eye witness accounts from the diary of Samuel Pepys. more>> | |
| The Great Fire of London Map 1666 Paper Wall Map (Old House Books, ISBN: 9781873590614) The Great Fire of London started at the kings bakery in Pudding Lane in the early hours of 2nd September 1666. Before the last flames were extinguished, 5 days later, 436 acres, 13,200 houses and 87 churches, including St.Pauls Cathedral, lay in ruins. This pictorial map was commissioned by The Lord Mayor to plan the reconstruction. It shows the full extent of the vast area that was totally devastated by the fire. The roads and riverside wharves are marked; the sites of 170 major buildings that were destroyed are listed. It even shows the coats of arms of over 50 Livery Company halls that were lost. There are also detailed drawings of the buildings that survived which show us what London looked like 350 years ago. A detailed booklet describes the fire and includes eye witness accounts from the diary of Samuel Pepys. more>> | |
| Victorian England & Wales Map 1897: Central England 5 (Old House Books, ISBN: 9781873590454) Index Map Early coloured Ordnance Survey Maps 4 miles to the inch in nine sheets. 1897, the year in which these maps first appeared in The Royal Atlas of England and Wales, was one of great celebration. It marked the Diamond Jubilee of Britain’s longest reigning monarch Queen Victoria, but there was much more to celebrate than her continuing occupancy of the throne as the previous sixty years had seen the greatest ever period of industrial development. The rapidly expanding industrial towns and cities were now the homes of workers who once laboured on the land but were now in the factories and mines creating and processing the needs of the mother country and the Empire. To record these changes the Victorians had become great map makers and the Ordnance Survey had already been publishing maps for a century. This series, created from Ordnance Survey maps, were coloured and published in book form. They are now available in sheets for the first time. The construction of the railway network, commenced a mere 72 years before, was now virtually complete with over 20,000 miles in use. They are all marked, as are their ‘predecessors’ the canals. But, despite all the changes brought about by the Industrial Revolution, the great conurbations we know today were still surprisingly small in 1897. The countryside had changed little for centuries. There were still scores of aristocratic homes surrounded by park land where now the urban sprawl, new towns and industrial estates may be found. Just as interesting is what is not shown. Notice how small the towns and scattered villages are, indeed there is a village just to the west of London on sheet 9 which shows the three or four houses that made up the village of Heathrow. There are no by-passes and all the major trunk roads pass along the high streets.There are no by-passes and all the major trunk roads pass along the high streets of country towns. Motorways had, of course, not even been dreamt about. These maps, now available in nine sheets, provide a fascinating insight into the past and will be a delight for local historians, walkers, genealogists and indeed anyone curious to see how their area used to be. Each map has a history describing England and Wales in 1897. more>> | |
| Victorian England & Wales Map 1897: Central South 8 (Old House Books, ISBN: 9781873590485) Index Map Early coloured Ordnance Survey Maps 4 miles to the inch in nine sheets. 1897, the year in which these maps first appeared in The Royal English Atlas, was one of great celebration for it marked the Diamond Jubilee of Britain’s longest reigning monarch, Queen Victoria. But there was much more to celebrate than her continuing occupancy of the throne as the previous sixty years had seen the greatest ever period of industrial development. The rapidly expanding industrial towns and cities were now the homes of workers who once laboured on the land but were now in the factories and mines creating and processing the needs of the mother country and the Empire. To record these changes the Victorians had become great map makers and the Ordnance Survey had already been publishing maps for a century. This series, created from Ordnance Survey maps, were coloured and published in book form. They are now available in sheets for the first time. The construction of the railway network, commenced a mere 72 years before, was now virtually complete with over 20,000 miles in use. They are all marked, as are their ‘predecessors’ the canals. But, despite all the changes brought about by the Industrial Revolution, the great conurbations we know today were still surprisingly small in 1897. The countryside had changed little for centuries. There were still scores of aristocratic homes surrounded by park land where now the urban sprawl, new towns and industrial estates may be found. Just as interesting is what is not shown. Notice how small the towns and scattered villages are, indeed there is a village just to the west of London on sheet 9 which shows the three or four houses that made up the village of Heathrow. There are no by-passes and all the major trunk roads pass along the high streets of country towns. Motorways had, of course, not even been dreamt about. These maps, now available in nine sheets, provide a fascinating insight into the past and will be a delight for local historians, walkers, genealogists and indeed anyone curious to see how their area used to be. Each map has a history describing England and Wales in 1897. more>> | |
| Victorian England & Wales Map 1897: East Anglia 6 (Old House Books, ISBN: 9781873590461) Index Map Early coloured Ordnance Survey Maps 4 miles to the inch in nine sheets. 1897, the year in which these maps first appeared in The Royal English Atlas of England and Wales, was one of great celebration for it marked the Diamond Jubilee of Britain’s longest reigning monarch, Queen Victoria. But there was much more to celebrate than her continuing occupancy of the throne as the previous sixty years had seen the greatest ever period of industrial development. The rapidly expanding industrial towns and cities were now the homes of workers who once laboured on the land but were now in the factories and mines creating and processing the needs of the mother country and the Empire. To record these changes the Victorians had become great map makers and the Ordnance Survey had already been publishing maps for a century. This series, created from Ordnance Survey maps, were coloured and published in book form. They are now available in sheets for the first time. The construction of the railway network, commenced a mere 72 years before, was now virtually complete with over 20,000 miles in use. They are all marked, as are their ‘predecessors’ the canals. But, despite all the changes brought about by the Industrial Revolution, the great conurbations we know today were still surprisingly small in 1897. The countryside had changed little for centuries. There were still scores of aristocratic homes surrounded by park land where now the urban sprawl, new towns and industrial estates may be found. Just as interesting is what is not shown. Notice how small the towns and scattered villages are, indeed there is a village just to the west of London on sheet 9 which shows the three or four houses that made up the village of Heathrow. There are no by-passes and all the major trunk roads pass along the high streets of country towns. Motorways had, of course, not even been dreamt about. These maps, now available in nine sheets, provide a fascinating insight into the past and will be a delight for local historians, walkers, genealogists and indeed anyone curious to see how their area used to be. Each map has a history describing England and Wales in 1897. more>> | |
| Victorian England & Wales Map 1897: East Wales & West Midlands 4 (Old House Books, ISBN: 9781873590447) Index Map Early coloured Ordnance Survey Maps 4 miles to the inch in nine sheets. 1897, the year in which these maps first appeared in The Royal English Atlas, was one of great celebration for it marked the Diamond Jubilee of Britain’s longest reigning monarch, Queen Victoria. But there was much more to celebrate than her continuing occupancy of the throne as the previous sixty years had seen the greatest ever period of industrial development. The rapidly expanding industrial towns and cities were now the homes of workers who once laboured on the land but were now in the factories and mines creating and processing the needs of the mother country and the Empire. To record these changes the Victorians had become great map makers and the Ordnance Survey had already been publishing maps for a century. This series, created from Ordnance Survey maps, were coloured and published in book form. They are now available in sheets for the first time. The construction of the railway network, commenced a mere 72 years before, was now virtually complete with over 20,000 miles in use. They are all marked, as are their ‘predecessors’ the canals. But, despite all the changes brought about by the Industrial Revolution, the great conurbations we know today were still surprisingly small in 1897. The countryside had changed little for centuries. There were still scores of aristocratic homes surrounded by park land where now the urban sprawl, new towns and industrial estates may be found. Just as interesting is what is not shown. Notice how small the towns and scattered villages are, indeed there is a village just to the west of London on sheet 9 which shows the three or four houses that made up the village of Heathrow. There are no by-passes and all the major trunk roads pass along the high streets of country towns. Motorways had, of course, not even been dreamt about. These maps, now available in nine sheets, provide a fascinating insight into the past and will be a delight for local historians, walkers, genealogists and indeed anyone curious to see how their area used to be. Each map has a history describing England and Wales in 1897. more>> | |
| Victorian England & Wales Map 1897: Lancashire & Yorkshire 2 (Old House Books, ISBN: 9781873590423) Index Map Early coloured Ordnance Survey Maps 4 miles to the inch in nine sheets. 1897, the year in which these maps first appeared in The Royal English Atlas, was one of great celebration for it marked the Diamond Jubilee of Britain’s longest reigning monarch, Queen Victoria. But there was much more to celebrate than her continuing occupancy of the throne as the previous sixty years had seen the greatest ever period of industrial development. The rapidly expanding industrial towns and cities were now the homes of workers who once laboured on the land but were now in the factories and mines creating and processing the needs of the mother country and the Empire. To record these changes the Victorians had become great map makers and the Ordnance Survey had already been publishing maps for a century. This series, created from Ordnance Survey maps, were coloured and published in book form. They are now available in sheets for the first time. The construction of the railway network, commenced a mere 72 years before, was now virtually complete with over 20,000 miles in use. They are all marked, as are their ‘predecessors’ the canals. But, despite all the changes brought about by the Industrial Revolution, the great conurbations we know today were still surprisingly small in 1897. The countryside had changed little for centuries. There were still scores of aristocratic homes surrounded by park land where now the urban sprawl, new towns and industrial estates may be found. Just as interesting is what is not shown. Notice how small the towns and scattered villages are, indeed there is a village just to the west of London on sheet 9 which shows the three or four houses that made up the village of Heathrow. There are no by-passes and all the major trunk roads pass along the high streets of country towns. Motorways had, of course, not even been dreamt about. These maps, now available in nine sheets, provide a fascinating insight into the past and will be a delight for local historians, walkers, genealogists and indeed anyone curious to see how their area used to be. Each map has a history describing England and Wales in 1897. more>> |
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