Maps of Tower Hamlets

Maps of Tower Hamlets

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A NEW MAP OF LONDON with the adjacent Villages Including the New Streets and Public Buildings CORRECTED TO 1832

This map of London has an added sheet extending eastward to include the docks in the Isle of Dogs. The map is divided into rectangles, with letters and numbers along the borders for reference. The key to streets, public buildings and prominent places appears in a panel below the plan.
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PLAN of the CITIES OF LONDON and WESTMINSTER, with the BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK, exhibiting all the NEW BUILDINGS to the present YEAR MDCCCVI

As the 19th Century progressed, maps were often used as illustrations for general guides to London, for which there was a great demand. This map appeared in Lambert's 'History of London' of 1806. The title appears along the top with the reference table in a panel below the map. The plan extends eastward to include the East India Docks, opened in 1806. Lambert, B.
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London[Plan of]. Drawn expressly for the Post Office

Wyld, J.
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Reynolds's map of London : with the latest improvements

1 : 16000 Martin, Henry, fl. 1830-1852 J. Reynolds
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CROSS'S NEW PLAN OF LONDON 1828

The title of this folding map is inset in the top border, with the publisher's imprint and explanatory notes in the bottom border and a list of parishes in a table at top right. The map is divided into half-mile squares for reference, with the river, open spaces and the boundaries of London, Westminster and Southwark highlighted in different colours. Cross, Joseph
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LONDON 269

This map of Victorian London was produced for publication in the Post Office Directory of 1852. The map's title and imprint appear at top right. It shows the entire London railway system. With the exception of Blackfriars and Marylebone stations, all London termini were built in the between 1736and 1876. As the railway companies scrambled to buy land to redevelop central London, many people, mainly slum-dwellers, were left homeless or forced to move to outer suburbs like Tottenham and Edmonton. Davies, Benjamin Rees
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CARY'S New and Accurate Plan of LONDON AND WESTMINSTER, the Borough of SOUTHWARK and parts adjacent 210

This title of this folding map of London appears along the top. Open spaces are depicted in colour with a reference table in a panel below the plan. This is the twelfth edition of the map first issued by Cary in 1787, updated to include several new works of the Regency period. An added sheet extends eastward to include the Isle of Dogs and the East and West India Docks. Cary, John
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LONDON 1849 DRAWN & ENGRAVED EXPRESSLY FOR THE POST OFFICE DIRECTORY

This map has been engraved for the Post Office Directory. It is the third edition of a map originally published in 1847. Davis, Benjamin Rees
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PLAN OF LONDON AND WESTMINSTER with the Borough of SOUTHWARK Being an INDEX to the Large Plan in forty Sheets

This folding map of London was originally published by Faden in 1818 as an index to Harwood's famous map of Regency London. This is a later edition of the map, issued by Wyld when he took over Faden's publishing business. The title, explanation and scale bar feature at top right. The boundaries of London, Westminster, Southwark, Lambeth, Marylebone, Finsbury and Tower Hamlets are outlined in colour. The map is divided into squares with letters and numbers for reference along the margins for reference, with an interpretive key in panel below the plan. Faden, William
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CARY'S New and Accurate Plan of LONDON AND WESTMINSTER, the Borough of SOUTHWARK and parts adjacent 221

The title of this folding map of London runs along the top, with a list of public buildings at top left, facing a list of churches at top right. Open spaces and the city boundaries are drawn in colour, withal reference table in the panel below the plan. John Cary, who first published this map in 1787, added a sheet to this later edition to include the Lea River, the Isle of Dogs and the new docks. The map also shows the Asylum for the Blind in St. George's Fields and the Penitentiary at Millbank. Cary, John
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LONDON AND WESTMINSTER with the Borough of SOUTHWARK Being an INDEX to the Large Plan in forty sheets 231

The title, explanatory notesand scale bar of this folding mapappear at top right. The map is divided into squares, with letters and numbers for referencealong the margins. A key appears in a panel below the plan. Originally published by Faden in 1818 as an index to Harwood's famous map of Regency London,the map was reissued by James Wyld when he took over Faden's publishing business in the late 1820s. Faden, William
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LONDINUM, LONDON

This small map possibly derives from a German work published in Nuremberg.
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MAP of LONDON and its ENVIRONS 209

This later edition of Sherwood, Neely and Jones's 1813 original. The title appears along the top, with the publisher’s imprint and scale bar below the plan. The map shows Regents Park and the proposed new bridges at Vauxhall and Waterloo, with the Isle of Dogs and the East and West India Docks on an added sheet. Sherwood, Neely & Jones
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Post office plan of London

Wyld, James, 1812-1887 Ja.s Wyld
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Map of London from an Actual Survey

Map of London printed in six sheets from a survey made during the period 1824-26.The map featurestitle and imprint at top right, dedication to King George IV at bottom centre, view of Westminster Abbeywith key to symbols at bottom left and view of St Paul's Cathedral with key to lines at bottom right. Greenwood, Christopher and John
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LONDON AND WESTMINSTER with the Borough of SOUTHWARK Being an INDEX to the Large Plan in forty sheets 219

This folding map of London was originally published as the index to Harwood's famous map of Regency London. The map features the title, imprint and scale bar at the top right and is divided into squares, with letters and numbers along the borders for reference. Faden, William
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PAYNE'S IMPROVED PLAN OF LONDON

The title of this map appears at top right alongside the publisher’s imprint (in shield) and the city arms. The map is divided in half-mile squares with letters and numbers for reference running along the borders. It shows the Dover, Croydon, Greenwich, Blackwall, Eastern, North London, Great Northern and Birmingham railway lines and their termini. Payne, Albert Henry
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PAYNE'S ILLUSTRATED PLAN OF LONDON

Map of London with title inset in top border, general view of London at top right and view of the House of Parliament at bottom centre. The plan shows Hungerford suspension bridge, with the proposed Waterloo Bridge indicated by a pecked line. Payne, Albert Henry
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LANGLEY & BELCHE'S NEW MAP OF LONDON

Proof before letters is the term for an impression of a print withdrawn before the title is added to the image prior to publication. This is a proof before letters copy of Langley & Belche's 1812, with illustrated views of prominent London buildings (including the newly opened docks) along the top and bottom of the plate. The plan is divided into lettered squares for reference. It was originally accompanied by Langley & Belch's street directory or 'Companion to their new map of London'. Langley, Edward & Belch, William
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Reynolds’s Map of London with the latest improvements

Reynolds, James
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[Kaart], uit: Payne's illustrated plan of London

1 : 15000 Annotatie: Met een gezicht op Londen en een gezicht op het parlementsgebouw Payne, A. H. Dresden [etc.] : A.H. Payne
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LONDON 270

This map of Victorian London was published in the 'Weekly Dispatch' newspaper of 1756. Its title appears at top right, along with the publisher’s imprint and scale bar. Based on Davies's map of 1847, the map shows London railway termini, the South Western, West London and North Kent lines, and all post-receiving houses and pillars. Cassell, Petter & Calpin
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MAP of LONDON and its ENVIRONS 203

The title of this map appears along the top, with scale bar and imprint below the plan. It shows Regents Park and the proposed new bridges at Vauxhall and Waterloo, with the East and West India Docks in the Isle of Dogs added on a separate sheet. Sherwood, Neely & Jones
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ROWE'S PLAN OF LONDON, WESTMINSTER and SOUTHWARK, exhibiting the various IMPROVEMENTS, to the Year 1804 with the LONDON and WEST INDIA DOCKS

The title of this map appears along the top, with the table of reference in a panel below the plan and scale bar at bottom right. The map is divided into rectangles for reference and shows the newly built London and West India Docks on the Isle of Dogs. Designed by William Jessop, the docks were completed in 1802 allowing West India Company merchants to discharge their ships in four days instead of the usual four weeks. Rowe, Robert
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London.

1 : 19500 Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain)
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THE CIRCUITEER. A SERIES OF DISTANCE MAPS FOR ALL THE PRINCIPAL TOWNS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. INVENTED BY J. FREDERICHS AS A GUIDE FOR ASCERTAINING CAB FARES, PORTERAGE &c. &c.

The title of this map of Victorian London appears at top centre, with a scale bar at the foot of the plate. The map is divided into circles, each a half-mile in diameter, allowing the reader to ascertain the distance between two places at a glance. Each circle is also numbered for reference, with a key to the principal streets and squares a in panel below the map, together with an explanatory note. Repeated in French and German, this note reports London cab fares, set by Act of Parliament at 8d (pence) per mile and 4d for every additional half mile. Frederichs, J.
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LAURIE'S NEW PLAN OF LONDON and its ENVIRONS with an Improved Scale FOR ASCERTENING DISTANCES

Map of London and the suburbs with title, imprint and dedication to Lord Viscount Melbourne in table at top right. Below the title, a note explaining that the map was based on the trigonometric survey by General Roy "combined with a new series of 52 stations on elevated situations from which the positions of upward to of 450 steeples, domes, turrets, vanes and other conspicuous objects within the limits of the plan, have been determined by means of more than 5000 angles." Laurie, Richard Holmes
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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
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Bez titulu: London

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Cary's new plan of London and its vicinity

Cary, John; Cary, George Cary
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