Maps of Kensington and Chelsea
Earls Court Terrace
Earls Court Terrace, where a farm stood until the 1860s, is indicated at the bottom of the sheet on the south side of the turnpike road. The White Horse Inn is depicted on the north side of the road in plan and elevation. Before the advent of the railway, inns were the travel centres of London. With their large courtyards, they were able to provide not only refreshment and lodging for travellers, but also stabling and repairs for wagons and coaches and storage facilities for merchants. Salway, Joseph
Earls Court Terrace showing Holland House
The land that became Holland Park is shown here. Holland House can be seen in the distance, carefully rendered by Salway with the striking silhouette of this Jacobean mansion immediately recognisable. At the time that this drawing was surveyed the house, (hosted by Lady Holland who had been ostracised at Court), was a centre of literary and political activity. It was frequented by amongst others, the Whigs, George Canning, Byron, Wordsworth, Scott and Dickens. The drawing makes a detailed study of all the features of the roads that would have been under the management of the Turnpike Trust, such as lamp posts, water pumps and stockades for tethering horses. Salway, Joseph
London (1915- Numbered sheets) IV.15 (includes: Fulham; Hammersmith; Kensington) - 25 Inch Map
1 : 2500 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
London (Edition of 1894-96) LXXIII (includes: Fulham; Hammersmith; Kensington) - 25 Inch Map
1 : 2500 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
London (First Editions c1850s) XLI (includes: Fulham; Hammersmith; Kensington) - 25 Inch Map
1 : 2500 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
London VI.SE - OS Six-Inch Map
1 : 10560 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
London SW.
1 : 15840 Stanford, Edward
A PLAN of the ROADS Under the DIRECTION and CARE of this TRUST and divers Roads Adjacent.
1 : 16351 The title of this road map of Kensington and Chelsea appears in a panel above the plan, with the compass star at top right and scale bar at bottom left. The roads within the Kensington and Hyde Park Trust are indicated by a shadowed line; the king's private roads by a double line; the common roads by a double dotted line; and the footpaths by a single dotted line. Turnpikes and junctions are numbered for reference with distances given in a table down the left side of the plate. Roberts, R.
MAP OF THE WESTERN SIDE OF LONDON, DISTINGUISHING THE ESTATE OF HER MAJESTY'S COMMISSIONERS FOR THE EXHIBITION OF 1851.
1 : 21120 Map of Kensington with title along the top and scale bar below the plan. The site of the Great Exhibiton of 1851 in Hyde Park is highlighted in green. Day & Son
Insurance Plan of London West & West North West Vols. A & B: Key Plan
1 : 10560 This "key plan" indicates coverage of the Goad 1891 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
Insurance Plan of London West North-West District Vol. B: Key Plan
1 : 3600 This "key plan" indicates coverage of the Goad 1902 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
An exact survey of the city's of London Westminster , XI
1 Blatt : 53 x 71 cm John Rocque
An exact survey of the city's of London Westminster , X
1 Blatt : 53 x 71 cm John Rocque
London Sheet J - OS Six-Inch Map
1 : 10560 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
London Sheet J - OS Six-Inch Map
1 : 10560 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
Middlesex XVI - OS Six-Inch Map
1 : 10560 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
Surrey II - OS Six-Inch Map
1 : 10560 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
Insurance Plan of London Western District Vol. A: Key Plan
1 : 21120 This "key plan" indicates coverage of the Goad 1901 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
Map shewing the situation of all premises licensed for the sale of intoxicating liquors in the County of London
London County Council
TQ27 - OS 1:25,000 Provisional Series Map
1 : 25000 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
Central London : Recto
1 : 15840 G.W. Bacon & Co G.W. Bacon & Co.
Central London : Verso
1 : 15840 G.W. Bacon & Co G.W. Bacon & Co.
LONDON IN MINIATURE WITH THE Surrounding AN ENTIRE NEW PLAN In which the Improvements both present and intended are actually reduced (by permission) from the surveys of Several Proprietors
The title of this map appears at top right, with scale bar at the bottom centre, and a compass rose near top left. Watercourses, roads and open spaces are depicted in colour. The map shows the proposed new bridges at Waterloo and Vauxhall, extending eastward on an added sheet to include the Isle of Dogs. Mogg, Edward
LAURIE'S PLAN OF LONDON, WESTMINSTER AND SOUTHWARK Trigonometrically Surveyed by JOHN OUTHETT
This is a later edition of the folding map first issued by Laurie in 1837. The map features title at top right, key to colours and scale of 40 acres at bottom centre. The border of the map is divided in miles and furlongs from St Paul's Cathedral and seconds of longitude east and west of Greenwich. Laurie, Richard Holmes
Bacon's map of London : with railways in operation and constructing corrected to date
Bacon & Co Bacon & Co.
Detail from OSD 152 (Hampstead)
1 : 31680 The individual settlements that make up this area of London are shown by red blocks, with boundary lines indicating the fields separating them. Shading and soft interlining indicate relief, neatly illustrated at Primrose Hill, the summit of which is left bare. The barracks at the edge of Hyde Park are illustrated at the very bottom of the map. The dark blue-black line running from West Drayton to Brentford and Paddington is the Grand Junction Canal. This was London's principal link to the rest of Britain's canals, allowing the passage of goods to and from the industrial towns of the North and Midlands. Hyett includes a ground plan of Kenwood House in Hampstead, showing a level of detail much greater than might be expected from a map with a scale of two inches-to-the-mile. Hyett, William
Whitbread's new plan of London
1 : 21500 Whitbread, J J. Whitbread
London in miniature : with the surrounding villages, an entire new plan in which the improvements both present and intended are actually reduced (by permission) from the surveys of the several proprietors : the whole laide down from the best authorities
1 : 16000 Mogg, Edward Edward Mogg
Indicator map of London : with the recent improvements, 1880
C. Smith & Son C. Smith & Son
