Maps of Kensington and Chelsea

Maps of Kensington and Chelsea

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A colored general plan of Mr. Holland's house and grounds in Sloane Street, Chelsea; drawn Aug. 11, 1790, on a scale of 30 feet to an inch.

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Survey of the District of Hans Town

Drawn survey of the district of Hans Town in Chelsea, with the boundary of the district outlined in red. Indian ink is used to indicate buildings in the Codagan Estate, the rest of the buildings being held by Henry Holland on lease from Codagan.
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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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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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Drawn plan of the Manor of Eybury

1 : 3192 This is a 19th-Century copy of a 1614 survey found in the records relating to the Grosvenor Estate. The plan shows the low-lying canals running from Oxford Street to the River Thames that were later used to operate the Chelsea Waterworks. Saunders, G.
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Plan of Lands in the vicinity of the River Thames between Pimlico, Chelsea Hospital and the Penitentiary at Millbank.

1 : 3192 This plan of the parishes of Chelsea and St George, Hanover Square, shows the reservoirs of the Chelsea Water Company and the Ranelagh and Scholars Pond sewers. The note at lower left explains that the drawing is taken from the general plan of the district's sewers made by Peter Potter in 1815. Also shown in the plan are the Ranelagh Gardens, near Chelsea Hospital, which was last licensed as a place of public resort in 1804. Nelson, J.
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Map SHEWING THE IMPROVEMENTS Now in Progress at the WEST END OF LONDON

1 : 3840 The title of this plan of Hanover Square and the Parish of St George appears with the publisher's imprint at lower right. Compass star and scale bars are featured at top left. The plan shows Buckingham Palace and additions made in the Regency period to the street plan. The Parish of St. George was established in 1725 and extended from Regent Street (then called Swallow Street) to the Serpentine, and from Oxford Street to include the whole of Mayfair, Belgravia and Pimlico. Ward, E. T.
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MAP of the GROSVENOR ESTATE (tinted pink) as it was in the Year 1723. with the intended Streets about Grosvenor Square.

1 : 5592 The title of this plan features at top right, with compass star at middle right and explanatory note at bottom right. The boundaries of the St George parish are outlined in red, with the properties in the estate in pink, and parks and open spaces in green. The plan shows the proposed new street plans for Grosvenor Square, but not the Chelsea waterworks,which featured in the original drawing from which this print was produced.
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A New PLAN of the CITY and LIBERTY of WESTMINSTER, Exhibiting all the New Streets & Roads, with the Residences of the Principal Nobility, Public Offices, &c. Not extant in any other Plan.

This map is by Thomas Jeffreys, an exceptional cartographer and publisher whose productions, including maps of North America, are considered to be among the finest of his age. This map shows the new developments in Westminster by use of a colour coding system indicating varying stages of completion. Portman Square (W1), a contemporary development, was begun the year before this map was published. It was built between 1764 and 84 for the landlord Henry William Portman on what was then considered the outskirts of town. Thomas Jeffreys
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A PLAN of HYDE-PARK with the CITY and LIBERTIES of WESTMINSTER &c. Shewing the several IMPROVEMENTS propos'd

This plan shows renovations in Hyde Park and around Westminster.Two Royal palaces have been planned, in Hyde Park and Green Park. The red lines show an intention to regularize the street plan, replacing the narrow irregular streets with a gridlike formation. Gwynn, John
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Charles Booth's descriptive map of London poverty 1889

Charles Booth
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WALLIS'S PLAN of the CITIES of LONDON and WESTMINSTER 1797

This is the first edition of a map published seven times over a period of 16 years. This plan has been physically trimmed resulting in the loss of some information. The scale bar and list of Hackney coach fares would have been to the bottom right. Wallis, John
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A New PLAN of LONDON WESTMINSTER and SOUTHWARK Engraved for Noorthouck's

This map highlights in red the boundaries of the old London Wall, built by the Romans. By the end of the 17th Century it had become an anachronistic nuisance. The first section (near Bishops Gate) was removed in 1707 and much of the rest was broken down or built over during the 18th Century. Most of the gates were pulled down in 1760/1, wtih Newgate, the last to survive, demolished in 1777. Noorthouck, John
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Plan von London und Westminster mit der Borough von Southwark

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PLAN von LONDON und WESTMINSTER mit der BOROUGH von SOUTHWARK

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PLAN OF WESTMINSTER. No III

The area shaded red represents the extent of Westminster as defined in the Letters Patent of 3 August 1604. Basire, J.
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PLAN OF WESTMINSTER. No II

This map is highlighted to give a retrospective view of the extent of Westminster. Represented in blue is the territory of Westminster according to the Decretal of AD1222 , while the red outline shows the present boundary. The green and yellow outlines indicate manor boundaries. Basire, J.
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PLAN OF WESTMINSTER. No 1 [A Plan of the City of Westminster, showing all the Parishes, as well as the Ancient Boundary of Westminster, in the year 951.]

An orange coloured area shows the extent of Westminster according to King Edgar's Charter of AD951. The contemporary boundary of Westminster is shown in red. Basire, J.
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Insurance Plan of London South West District Vol. K: Key Plan

1 : 10560 This "key plan" indicates coverage of the Goad 1897 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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A New and Complete Plan of LONDON, WESTMINSTER & BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK containing the Improvements IN, and ROUND the METROPOLIS

Roads and open spaces are depicted in different colours and margins divided into miles and furlongs. The map’s title and a list of districts in Westminster are at the top left, with a key to public offices and Westminster parishes at the bottom left. The fares of hackney coaches and water ferries are at the bottom right, along with a list of Surrey parishes. At middle right, there is a list of parishes within the 'Bill of Mortality' - the name given to parishes who sent regular death notices to the central London government. A fine mezzotint engraver and regular exhibitor at the Society of Artists in the 1770s, Robert Laurie acquired Sayer’s stock in 1794 and (with James Whittle) founded the map publishing house Laurie & Whittle. Laurie, Robert and Whittle, James
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A NEW POCKET PLAN OF THE CITIES OF LONDON & WESTMINSTER WITH THE BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK: Comprehending the New Buildings and other Alterations to the Year 1790

This is the third edition of William Faden's 1787 map, which was printed 11 times over a period of 25 years. Faden called himself "Geographer to the King”, and was very interested the work of the Ordnance Survey. In 1800 he published 'An account of the operations carried on for accomplishing a trigonometrical survey of England and Wales'. Faden's skill as a cartographer was so well-noted that his map of 'The Country Twenty-Five Miles round London' was re-engraved for the French War Department in preparation for an invasion of England. This map includes a list of Surrey Parishes within the Bills of Mortality, an area of 109 parishes in and near London from which a weekly report of deaths was collated. Westminster is divided into 12 districts, each indicated by coloured boundaries. William Faden
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BOWLES'S NEW POCKET PLAN OF THE CITIES OF LONDON & WESTMINSTER; WITH THE BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK: Comprehending the New Buildings and other Alterations to the Year 1780

This map was printed for Caringtom Bowles who traded from a St. Paul's churchyard. The Bowles family were not cartographers but published and sold maps. This is the fourth edition of a map originally issued in 1773.The title is at top left, next to a list of parishes, with a key to Great Offices of State and Westminster parishes down the left of the plate. The border of the map is marked off in miles and furlongs. There is no discernible difference between this edition and the previous ones. Bowles, Carington
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A NEW PLAN of the CITY AND LIBERTY of WESTMINSTER

The engraver-turned-cartographer Thomas Jeffrey began commissioning original surveys for a series of English county maps in the early 1760s. This is the combination of two separate maps: a map of Westminster, with a list of districts and parishes in the County of Middlesex; and an adjoining map of London featuring list of parishes in the County of Surrey and key to colours. The map is a later edition of Jeffrey's map of 1766, with the imprint, dedication and City arms omitted, updated to include the New Road, the first London bypass, and the roads across St. George's Fields. Jeffrey, Thomas
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Map of London

This untitled map is a later edition one first published by Phillips in the 1802'Picture of London'. The map is divided into mile squares with letters along the border for reference, and shows the new London Docks. The proposed street layout across the fields in Shoreditch, between Mile End Road and Bethnal Green Road, is indicated by a double dotted line. Phillips, Richard
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A NEW POCKET PLAN OF THE CITIES OF LONDON & WESTMINSTER WITH THE BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK

This folding map of London is the eighth edition of a map first published by Faden in 1787. It features title at top left, table of parishes next to the title, and scale bar at bottom right. At bottom centre is a list of Surrey parishes within the Bill of Mortality - the name given to the areas from which the London government received regular death notices. The border of the map is divided in miles and furlongs. At the beginning of the 19th Century, the administration of London was split among a multitude of authorities, vestries, special commissions and private enterprises. The nine districts in London are distinguished on the map by areas of different colour, with key to colours and explanation of the relevant civil and military authorities in handwritten notes down both sides of the map. Faden, William
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A New and Exact PLAN of the CITIES of LONDON and WESTMINSTER and BOROUGH of SOUTHWARK, with the Additional Buildings to the Year 1756

This map of London was engraved by Seale for publication in John Strype's 1754 edition of Stow's 'Survey of London and Westminster and the Borough of Southwark'. The plan's title features along the top, with compass rose near top left and scale bar below the plan. It illustrates St. Paul's Cathedral and other prominent buildings pictorially. Seale, Richard William
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LONDON WESTMINSTER AND SOUTHWARK

The title of this small map runs along the top, with the imprint and scale bar below the plan. The map shows Waterloo Bridge, or Strand Bridge, with the proposed southern approach indicated by a dotted line. Designed by John Rennie, Waterloo Bridge was constructed by a commercial company hoping to profit from toll-paying traffic. The bridge cost 1m and was never profitable. The bridge was demolished and replaced controversially in 1936. Luffman, John
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A NEW PLAN OF LONDON AND WESTMINSTER WITH THE BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK 218

Map of London with the title in a panel at top left, imprint below the plan, key to colours at bottom centre, a scale bar at bottom right and with a list of parishes in tables near bottom left and bottom right. The map is divided into furlong squares printed in red ink and features numbers along the borders for reference. The son of a map publisher, James Wyld attended military college before entering the map trade. He became one of the best-known map publishers of the middle of the 19th Century and during the railway-building mania of those years, his maps of railway developments were often put before parliament. Wyld, James
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AN ENTIRE NEW PLAN OF THE CITIES OF LONDON AND WESTMINSTER WITH THE BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK 205

The title and imprint of this folding map of London appear in a table at the top left, facing an advertisement for Mogg's "Survey of the Roads" at the top right. A compass star and scale bar feature at the bottom right. The river, open spaces and city boundaries are distinguished by colour use. A derivative of Cary’s plan of 1790, twenty editions of this map were published between 1803 and 1828. Mogg, Edward
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The LONDON DIRECTORY, or a New & Improved PLAN of LONDON, WESTMINSTER & SOUTHWARK; with the adjacent Country

The title of this folding map appears along the top. The plan shows Blackfriars Bridge, which was under construction between 1760 and 1769. There is uncertainty about the date of this map. It is very similar to the 1765 map by Robert Sayer and was probably produced from the same plate. Laurie& Whittle took over Sayer's stock in 1792, making an earlier publication date very unlikely. Laurie, Robert, and Whittle, James
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