Maps of Islington
A new PLAN of LONDON, WESTMINSTER and SOUTHWARK 85
This map of London, Westminster and Southwark was published in John Strype's 1720''Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster''. The map's title is at top centre in ornamental cartouche, surrounded by cherubs, fruits and mythological figures. Dedication to Sir George Thorold, Lord Mayor of London appears at top right, facing the city arms at top left. A compass star is depicted at middle right and a scale bar at bottom right. Strype, John
This Actuale Survey of LONDON, WESTMINSTER & SOUTHWARK IS HUMBLY DEDICATED TO Y.e L.D LORD MAYOR & COURT OF ALDERMEN
This later edition of Morden and Lea's 1688 map was published by Covens & Mortier in Amsterdam in 1725. The title appears in English and French in a ribbon along the top. The key to churches, city wards, palaces, halls and companies features in a reference table at the foot of the plate. Jean Covens and Corneil Mortier founded the prestigious printing and publishing house that bears their names in Amsterdam in 1721. Over the years they published wall maps of countries and continents, reissuing many maps, town plans and general atlases by the likes of De Wit, Jaillot and De Lisle. Their heirs continued the business until the 1880s. Morden, Robert & Lea, Philip
This Actuall Survey Of LONDON, WESTMINSTER AND SOUTHWARK Is humbly Dedicated To Y.e L.d M.Yor & Court Of Aldermen by R.o: Morden, Phil: Lea Chr: Browne
This is a later edition of a very popular map of London first published by Morden and Lea in 1690. The map's title features along the top, with the city arms at top left, facing the publisher's imprint in shield at top right. The reference tables, scale bar and compass rose appear at lower right. The plan marks the city's growth in the late Stuart period, showing its northward spread towards Islington. Morden, Robert & Lea, Philip
A New & Exact Plan of the Cities of London, & c.
Map of London with title along the top, arms of the 12 principal livery companies at top left with City arms and emblems of the arts. Lists of wards and parishes are reported in a table at bottom left and a descriptive note near bottom centre, with fares of coaches and ferries at bottom right. Down both sides of the map are views of prominent buildings: St Paul's Cathedral, the Banqueting House, the Royal Exchange, Custom House, the Admirably Office, the Royal Palace at St James', Westminster Abbey, Guildhall, the Bank of England, the Tower of London, the Treasury and South Sea House. Foster, George
This Actual Survey Of London Westminster Southwark Is Humbly Dedicated To Ye Ld. Mayor & Court of Aldermen
Morden, Robert; Lea, Philip Covens et Mortier
LONDON, WESTMINSTER AND SOUTHWARK, Accurately delineated from the latest Surveys,
John Cary was possibly the most productive maker and publisher of maps in England the 18 Century. His works were reissued many times, but unlike many of his contemporaries he aimed to update each new edition by including new developments. This is the second edition of a map originally published in 1782. The imprint and table of Hackney coach fares (referred to in the description) has been removed from the bottom of the map. Cary, John
A New & accurate PLAN of the CITIES of LONDON & WSTMINSTER & BOROUGH of SOUTHWARK
This is the sixth edition of a map first published in 1765. It includes views of London landmarks, such as St James's Palace and St Paul's Cathedral, and the arms of the 12 principal City Companies. Dicey was a map seller rather than a cartographer and much of his work is derivative or reissued from earlier plates. This map states that it is printed according to an "Act of Parliament". This makes reference to the Act passed in 1734 to curb the practice of unacknowledged copying. Thereafter, anyone who breached the new 14-yearcopyright period would have to hand over their derivative plates to the master of the original, paying 5 shillings for each offending print on the premises. Cluer Dicey
A PLAN of the CITIES of LONDON and WESTMINSTER with the BOROUGH of SOUTHWARK
The border of this folding map is divided in degrees of latitude and longitude with a scale bar at bottom right. The title of the map is in a panel below the plan with the arms of the City, flanked by the arms of Westminster (left) and Bridge House (right). Bridge House was responsible for the upkeep and maintenance of all bridges within the City of London. A freeman with the Clothworkers Company, William Faden became Jeffrey's business partner in the 1770s, taking control of the publishing and printing businesson Jeffrey's death. Jeffrey, Thomas & Faden, William
A new Pocket Plan of LONDON WESTMINSTER and SOUTHWARK, with all the Adjacent Buildings. Also a correct List of upwards of 300 Hackney Coach Fares 1797.
Pocket plans were made popular by publisher Thomas Bowles in the 1730s. This later map is coloured to highlight the old London Wall and the parks and open spaces. This map includes a list of Hackney Coach Fares. The development of turnpike roads from the 1750s onwards led to a steady increase of wheeled vehicles such as the Hackney Coach, which eventually made watermen redundant Darton, William and Harvey, Josiah
THIS ACTUAL SURVEY OF LONDON, WESTMINSTER & SOUTHWARK IS HUMBLY DEDICATED TO Ye LD MAYOR & COURT OF ALDERMEN
This map is a reissue of a 1690 plan. It features the title in a banner along the top with a compass rose and the city arms. The key to public offices, wards, parishes, halls and companies appear in tables at the bottom and lower right. Prominent buildings shown in elevation. This updated edition includes the Cavendish Square development, which began in 1717. Covens& Mortier was a successful publishing business, including in its output re-issues of general atlases by Jaillot, Delisle, Vichsscher and de Wit, whose stock they had acquired. Covens, Jean & Mortier, Corneille
BOWLES'S Reduced NEW POCKET PLAN of the CITIES of LONDON & WESTMINSTER; WITH THE BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK, exhibiting the New Buildings to the YEAR 1780
The Bowles family were successful map publishers and sellers whose considerable output spanned a century. This map is the second edition of an original 1777plan. It includes a table of references to churches and principal buildings. The built-up areas of the City of London are stippled. The scale is given in miles or furlongs. Bowles, Carington
The LONDON Guide or A Pocket Plan of the CITIES of LONDON, WESTMINSTER and borough of SOUTHWARK for the Universal Scots ALMANACK, with the New Buildings 1781.
This is a map from the Universal Scots Almanack. The area of the city is left white in comparison to the surrounding area, providing us with a rough outline of where the old London wall enclosed the city. By 1781, the date of this map, this Roman wall had been entirely demolished or built over. Most of the gates were pulled down in 1760/1. Newgate was the last to be demolished, surviving until 1777. UNIVERSAL SCOTS ALMANACK
A New & accurate PLAN of the CITIES of LONDON, WSTMINSTER & BOROUGH of SOUTHWARK with the Out Parts & New Buildings completed to the Year 1791.
Born into a family of engravers, Neele issued this map twice in two years with no discernible difference between the editions. The map's title features along the top, with scale bar at upper right and publisher's imprint below the plan. City boundaries are outlined in red; squares and open spaces are highlighted in green. Neele, Samuel John
BOWLES'S Reduced NEW POCKET PLAN of the CITIES of LONDON and WESTMINSTER, with the BOROUGH of SOUTHWARK, exhibiting the NEW BUILDINGS to the YEAR 1787.
This is the sixth edition of Bowles's Reduced New Pocket Plan. The map was reissued 11 times between1777 and 1799. It includes a table of references to churches and principal buildings. The built-up areas of the City of London are represented by stippling; with the city boundaries delineated it red. The scale is given in miles and furlongs. Bowles, Carington
A New & accurate PLAN of the CITIES of LONDON, WSTMINSTER & BOROUGH of SOUTHWARK with the Out Parts & New Buildings completed to the Year 1792.
Samuel Neele came from a family of engravers. This map was issued twice in two years with no discernible difference between editions, except the date in the title. This is the second edition. It has been cropped and thus is missing its imprint. Neele, Samuel J.
A PLAN of the CITIES of LONDON & WESTMINSTER and Borough of SOUTHWARK with the New buildings to the Year 1786.
The engraver, John Cary, was one of the most prolific English mapmakers and publishers of the 18th Century. His works were reissued many times, but unlike many of his contemporaries he aimed to update each new edition by including new developments. This map highlights in red the boundary of the old London wall. Cary, John
London &c., accurately surveyed by Wm Morgan, His Majesty Cosmographer
This is a later edition of the map of London and the built up area around it first issued by Morgan in 1681-82. The title of the map is missing. Also missing are the views of the equestrian statues of Charles I and II, prominent buildings and prospect of the City that accompanied the map. The map features scale bar and compass rose near bottom centre and reference tables with key to buildings in London, Westminster and Southwark along the bottom. Down the left is a list of officers of State and dignitaries and down the right is a list of City companies, Irish nobility and the clergy. Morgan, William
PLANES DES VILLES DE LONDRES ET DE WESTMINSTER et de leurs Faubourges, avec le Bourg de Southwark
The title of this French plan runs along the top of the sheet, with table of references at top left, facing the scale bar and compass rose at top right. This map was included in Nicolas de Fer's "Atlas Curieux". Fer, Nicholas de
Neuester Grundriss von London, Westminster, und Southwark
1 Plan : Kupferdruck ; 36 x 67 cm Liebe s.n.
London & c., accurately Surveyed, an accurate Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster and the Borough of Southwark, 1732
This is a later edition of the map of London first issued by Morden and Lea in 1681-82. Printed in 12 sheets, the map features title in banner along the top, portraits of King William and Queen Mary below the title, with the Royal and City arms. Reference tables, compass rose and scale bar at lower right. Along the top of the map are views of Westminster Abbey, the Banqueting Hall, Somerset House, the Mercers' Chapel, the Royal Exchange, Guild Hall and St Paul's Cathedral, with equestrian statues of Charles I and Charles II at top left and right respectively. The map shows Wigmore Street, Grosvenor Square and the Church of St Anne, Limehouse which did not feature in earlier editions of the map. Morden, Robert and Lea, Philip
Bowles's new pocket plan of the cities of London & Westminster with the borough of Southwark : comprehending the new buidlings and other alterations to the year 1783
1 : 9800 Bowles, Carington, 1724-1793 Printed for the proprieter Carrington Bowles
CARY's New POCKET PLAN OF LONDON, WESTMINSTER and SOUTHWARK; with all the adjacent buildings in ST. GEORGE'S FIELDS &c.&c.
Pocket plans were made popular by the Bowles companying the 1730s, and had an enduring appeal. This plan, engraved by the prolific John Cary, was published 18 times. This is the first edition. It includes a list of the receiving houses appointed by the General and Penny Post Offices and a table of Hackney coach fares. The postal service in London was largely developed by William Dockwra, who responded to the demand for local letter delivery in London: non-existent until 1680, except by private messenger. Dockwra opened nearly 500 receiving houses where letters were sorted for delivering, costing the user one penny. So successful was this system that it was taken over by the General Post Office after two years. Cary, John
LONDRES avec le Bourg de Southwark
This French map is coloured to distinguish land use. Open land is green and the built- up area of the city is pink and red. Blackfriars Bridge, under construction at the time this map was produced, is shown along with its proposed approaches. The intended canals from St. Marylebone to Moorfields and to Waltham Abbey are also shown. An English-to-French translation table of topographical words is included. The border is marked off in toises (a French measurement of roughly six feet). Tardieu, Pierre Francois
Reynolds's distance map of London, for ascertaining cab fares & shewing the distances in every direction from the railway stations &c.
James Reynolds
A NEW PLAN OF LONDON with the Names of the Streets Alphabetically arranged at Bottom with directions to find them in the Map
The title of this map appears along the top and with the river, city boundaries and open spaces depicted in different colours. The map is divided into numbered squares for reference, with a key in the table below the plan. Samuel Fores, better known as a publisher of sporting prints, first issued this map in 1789; this is a later edition, updated to include the housing developments of Sommers Town and St. George's Field. Fores, Samuel W.
LONDON 76
This small map of London and suburbs was included in a small 1707French travel book, "Les Delices de la Grande Bretagne". It features a compass rose at bottom right, and a title with reference panel below the plan. Bevereel, James
London
This is a "proof before letters", the trade term used for animpression withdrawn by the author before the title and imprint could be added for publication.The map covers London in the 1830s, and is surrounded by small pictorial views of prominent buildings and landmarks including East India House, Marble Arch, Westminster Abbey and Waterloo Bridge. Anonymous
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
Londres (avec le bourg de Southwark)
1 Plan : Kupferdruck ; 26 x 45 cm, Bildgrösse 32 x 45 cm Mentelle; Tardieu; Dubuisson Mentelle
This actual survey of London Westminster Soutwark is humbly dedicated to y.e L.d Mayor [and] court of Aldermen
1 Plan auf 2 Blättern : Kupferdruck ; 58 x 98 cm chez Iean Cóvens et Corneille Mortier libraires et marchands des cartes
