Maps of Westminster

Maps of Westminster

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Drawn plan of the Goring Estate] 3

This is a copy by Crace of a plam of the Goring Estate as it was in 1640. The drawing shows the site in Mulberry Garden Fields where Buckingham Palace was built. Crace, Frederick
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London (1915- Numbered sheets) V.13 (includes: City Of Westminster) - 25 Inch Map

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London (Edition of 1894-96) LXXV (includes: City Of Westminster) - 25 Inch Map

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London (First Editions c1850s) XLIII (includes: City Of Westminster) - 25 Inch Map

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Insurance Plan of London: General Key Plan

1 : 4800 This "key plan" indicates coverage of the Goad 1889 series of fire insurance maps of London that were originally produced to aid insurance companies in assessing fire risks. The building footprints, their use (commercial, residential, educational, etc.), the number of floors and the height of the building, as well as construction materials (and thus risk of burning) and special fire hazards (chemicals, kilns, ovens) were documented in order to estimate premiums. Names of individual businesses, property lines, and addresses were also often recorded. Together these maps provide a rich historical shapshot of the commercial activity and urban landscape of towns and cities at the time. The British Library holds a comprehensive collection of fire insurance plans produced by the London-based firm Charles E. Goad Ltd. dating back to 1885. These plans were made for most important towns and cities of the British Isles at the scales of 1:480 (1 inch to 40 feet), as well as many foreign towns at 1:600 (1 inch to 50 feet). Chas E Goad Limited Chas E Goad Limited
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Sketch of the Procession Usually Observed in the Coronation of our KINGS & QUEENS together with a PLAN pointing out Several new Paths and their Parts Adjacent

A sketch of individuals and their order in the coronation procession is featured at the top of the page.60 years as king, George III's was the second longest reign in British history. He was third Hanoverian monarch, but the first to be born in England and use English as his first language. His reign was curtailed by periodic bouts of mental instability,which many contemporary commentators ascribed to the strain of the American conflict,but was more likely caused by the hereditary physical disorder called porphyria. He was a cultured monarch who donated to the nation a royal collection of books as the nucleus of a national library, now held in the King's Tower;in the British Library.
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Plan of the Parish of St. Margaret, Westminster From Lea & Morden's Map

1 : 6336 The Abbey, Manchester House and the parish church are shown in elevation. The Decoy in St James' Park is shown. Robert Lea
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A SURVEY OF THE CONDUITS &c. to WHITEHALL, St.JAMES &c.

1 : 3600 This is a 19th century copy of an original 1718 plan held by the Society of Antiquaries. t details the conduits supplying water to St. James's and Whitehall from Hyde Park. Long
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Drawn plan of the Goring Estate] 3

This is a copy made by Crace in the 19th Century of the Goring Estate in 1675. This is the site on which Buckingham Palace was built.
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le Palais et Park de St. James. St James Palace and Park

St James's Palace was built by Henry VIII on the site of St James's Hospital, Westminster. It became the principal royal residence in London, after the destruction by fire of Whitehall Palace in 1698. This bird's-eye view shows in detail the palace and grounds, the elevation of the building and the layout of the ornamental gardens. The Admiralty Office is shown on the boundaries of the palace grounds. Kip, J.
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A MAPP of the Parish of St MARGARETS Westminster taken from the last Survey with Corrections 7A

1 : 3692 This is John Strype's first edition of Stow's survey. John Stow was a retired sailor who dedicated his retirement to gathering information from records and residents of the Georgian city.The survey extended to include London and Westminster in their entirety, capturing London between Restoration and 18th-century developments.The land on Mill Bank is denoted "Marshy Ground". Renowned for its unhealthy damp atmosphere,it would become the site of the infamous Millbank Penitentiary, and later Tate Britain. Above this a "New Church" is in the process of completion. This would become St John's. Although the survey proved popular, Stow died in poverty at the age of 80, having been granted licence to beg by James I. Stow, John
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Plan of a LEASEHOLD ESTATE Situate at Pimlico IN THE COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX belonging to ... 1825

1 : 2400 This is a plan of the leasehold of Earl Grosvenor,later Marquis of Westminster, in Belgrave Square. Earl Grosvenor was granted permission by Parliament to develop the ten acre site in 1826, and commisioned the young architect George Basevi, a pupil of John Soane's, to design the square. Grosvenor's name has been smudged from the title at top right.
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A PLAN of the Streets in the united Parishes of ST. MARGARET & ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST, Westminster. From a Survey made by I.H. Taylor. No. 22 PARLIAMENT STREET 1828.

Plan of the parishes of St Margaret's, outlined in blue line, and St James', delineated in pink, Westminster. A thin red line shows the boundary of the Tothill Fields District. The large 6-petal structure depicted at lower left is Millbank Penitentiary, built in response to requests for prison reform and finally completed in 1821. Taylor, J. H.
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A MAPP of the Parish of St MARGARETS Westminster taken from the last Survey with Corrections 7 B

This is John Strype's second edition of Stow's survey, published "due to Act of Parliament". This is a reference to the Copyright Act just passed in an effort to stop unauthorised copying of maps. John Stow was a retired sailor who dedicated his retirement to gathering information from records and residents of the Georgian city. The survey extended to include London and Westminster in their entirety, capturing London between Restoration and 18th-century developments. The land on Mill Bank is denoted "Marshy Ground". Renowned for its unhealthy damp atmosphere, it would become the site of the infamous Millbank Penitentiary, and later Tate Britain. Above this a "New Church" sin the process of completion. This would become St John's. Although the survey proved popular, Stow died in poverty at the age of 80,having been granted licence to beg by James I. Stow, John
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Plan of Belgrave Square

1 : 1596 This drawn plan also shows adjoining properties in Knightsbridge. Earl Grosvenor was granted permission by Parliament to develop the ten acre site in 1826, and commisioned the young architect George Basevi, a pupil of Sir John Soane, to design the square. Chawner, Thomas
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A PLAN of the Lower Parts of the Parishes of ST Margaret and ST JOHN the EVANGELIST, WESTMINSTER, from the HORSE FERRY to WHITEHALL, taken from an ACTUAL SURVEY

1 : 2286 This map shows developments around Westminster Abbey and on the bank of the Thames. Lediard, T.
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London VII.81 - OS London Town Plan

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London VII.82 - OS London Town Plan

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A PLAN of Part of the Ancient City of WESTMINSTER

1 : 1010 In the forty years prior to the publication of this map Sir Christopher Wren had been surveyor of the area around Westminster Abbey and had undertaken restoration work, while his assistant Nicholas Hawksmoor designed the West Towers. The layout of individual piers in Westminster Abbey is shown. C. Fourdrinier & Co,
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A reduced copy of FISHER'S GROUND PLAN of the ROYAL PALACE of WHITEHALL, taken in the Reign of CHARLES 2d 1680.

This plan of the Royal Palace was published in the early 19th century, but is actually a copy of a plan dating from 1680. A black star shows where King Charles I was beheaded in the January of 1649, after he was convicted of treason by Parliament. Smith, John Thomas
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London VII.92 - OS London Town Plan

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London VII.91 - OS London Town Plan

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The Plan of ye City of Westminster [showing five locations proposed for the placing of a new bridge]

1 : 3600 Due to the growth of the area in the 18th century, a bridge at Westminster became necessary.This plan shows suggested locations for the building of a bridge. The five locations proposed are: "A", the Horse Ferry on Millbank; "B", College Street or the Slaughter House; "C", the wool stable opposite New Place Yard; "D", Stephen's Alley; "E", Whitehall. There are evident concerns about the Whitehall location being too near the 'elbow' of the river. Cole, B.
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Plan of Westminster Improvements - in Explanation of Report of Select Committee Ho. Co. 31st May 1810

1 : 1920 The printing of this plan was ordered by the House of Commons. It highlights an available premises on Princess Street in orange. Intersecting lines run from Whitehall Chapel to Westminster Abbey, indicating plans to widen the road. This area housed one of the worst tenement complexes (or 'rookeries') in London, something partly attributable to the custom of giving sanctuary to criminals within the abbey precints and the surrounding area. Broad Sanctuary St survives to this day as a testimony to this history. The widening of roads in the area and the construction of Victoria Street from 1845 to 51 resulted in the demolition of much of the rookery. Basire, J.
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Manuscript] Procession of the Coronation of King George the Second and his Quee

1 : 900 This manuscript plan shows the route of the procession of George II's Coronation, from Westminster Hall to the Abbey. George II's reign was dominated by the Jacobin conflict, and his reign was threatened in 1745 by Charles Edward Stuart, the Young Pretender, who landed in Scotland. The Jacobite threat came to an end when Charles was defeated at the Battle of Culloden in April 1746.The country prospered greatly during George II's reign, with the coal and shipbuilding industries becoming more productive, an overall growth in the population, and the establishment of British control in Madras and Bengal.
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A PLAN of Part of the Ancient City of Westminster

1 : 1028 Thomas Lediard was the agent and surveyor for the Commission for Streets and Waterways.Westminster bridge, the first major bridge to be built across the Thames since the medieval London Bridge, is marked as "New Bridge".The expansion of Westminster in the 18th century necessitated an alternative to the timber Putney Bridge, the only river crossing west of the City.The grey blocks featured on this map are new buildings on the new streets near the approach to Westminster Bridge. Thomas Lediard Esq
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GENERAL OUTLINE OF THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS IN WESTMINSTER ACCORDING TO MEMORIALS OF THE COMMISSIONERS DATED 15TH DEC.R 1813 & 11TH JUNE 1814

1 : 1920 The pink lines on this map show the extent to which King Street and an ''occassional carriageway'' (linking it to St Margaret's Street) are to be widened.& Property on Prince Street and in Old Palace Yard is also marked to be affected by the development.This plans part of a series printed by order of the House of Commons. This area contained one of the worst tenement complexes (or 'rookeries') in London, something partly attributable to the custom of giving sanctuary to criminals within the abbey precincts and the surrounding area. The name Broad Sanctuary Street is a surviving testimony to this history. The widening of roads in the area the construction of Victoria Street from 1845 to 51 resulted in the demolition of much of the rookery. Basire, J.
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London VII.83 - OS London Town Plan

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London VII.93 - OS London Town Plan

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Schetch for the Situation of a Palace at Whitehall the better to Settle that of a Bridge and of a Road to it

Plan of a proposed new palace at Whitehall with key down the left side of the plate.
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