Maps of Westminster

Maps of Westminster

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Insurance Plan of London Vol. VIII: sheet 180

1 : 480 This detailed 1888 plan of London is one of a series of twenty-six sheets in an atlas 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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Plan of Spring Gardens, with Improvements and Additions.] 1

1 : 456 Plan of the proposed improvements to the Spring gardens in St James's. The gardens were known for the Great Room, used throughout the 18th century as an exhibition room, museum and concert hall. Chawner, Thomas
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Whitehall, showing the Admiralty

1 : 192 Stretching from the edge of St James's Park to Buckingham Court and Spring Garden Mews, this map shows the Admiralty buildings at Whitehall. Ordnance Storehouses are noted along the edge of the park. The drawing features plans of the individual buildings, including details such as staircases, piers and water closets. Chawner, Thomas
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Plan of Suffolk Street, Haymarket and adjoining Property between Cockspur Street and Whitcomb Street.

Plan of the Royal Theatre at Haymarket before the alterations of 1820-21. Chawner, Thomas
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Plan of Carlton House and Garden, Warwick House and Other Houses on the South Side of Pall Mall and Cockspur Street

1 : 480 Built at the beginning of the 18th century for Henry Boyle, Baron Carlton, Carlton House house was purchased in 1732 by Frederick, Prince of Wales.It was in a poor state by the 1780s, and the Prince of Wales commissioned Henry Holland to reconstruct it.Work on the house began in 1783 and continued for 30 years, with neighbouring properties bought and demolished to make way for new wings.This plan shows the extensive walled garden laid out by William Kent along with the ground plots of other houses and stables in Pall Mall and Cockspur Street. Chawner, Thomas
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Plan of the Great Mews, now Trafalgar Square

1 : 468 This detailed plan shows the houses and stables in what is now Trafalgar Square (indicated on the plan as the Great Mews), recording the ownership of each property. The plan shows the Crown Stables for the State Horses on the site where the National Gallery now stands. Chawner, Thomas
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Insurance Plan of London Vol. IX: sheet 211

1 : 480 This detailed 1889 plan of London is one of a series of twenty-seven sheets in an atlas 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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Plan of Suffolk Street, Haymarket, showing the Improvement of the Property belonging to the Crown

1 : 600 Plan showing the improvemrnts to properties on Pall Mall and Whitcomb Street, Suffolk Street and Cross Street commisioned by the House of Commons. Nash, J.
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PLAN OF THE CHARING CROSS & STRAND IMPROVEMENTS 1832

Trafalgar Square is indicated in this plan of Charing Cross as King William Square. The National Gallery of Painting and Sculpture is also indicated on the plan. Founded in 1824, the National Gallery was initially housed in a building in Pall Mall until a more suitable one was built on the north side of Trafalgar Square in 1832-38 to a design by William Wilkins. Wyld, James
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London VII.73 - OS London Town Plan

1 : 1056 Topographic maps Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey
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A MAPP of the Parish of St MARTINS in the FIELDS, taken from ye last survey, with Additions By Blome, Richard.

1 : 3600 This plan of the parish of St Martins in the Fields shows the Banqueting House at Whitehall, the New Exchange on the Strand and Northumberland House.Near the top of the plate, the southern part of today's Leicester Square is indicated with the name of Leicester Fields. The equestrian statue of Charles I is depicted at Charing Cross. A pecked line marks the boundaries with the neighbouring parishes of St James and St Giles. Blome, Richard
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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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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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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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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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PLAN OF THE Proposed Improvements at CHARING CROSS, ST. ST MARTIN'S LANE AND Entrance to the Strand

1 : 3600 This plan shows the proposed sites for the National Gallery and the Royal Academy. Basire, James
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Drawn Plan of a new Street from Piccadilly to King Street, Covent Garden

1 : 960 A 19th Century copy of a plan in the Gough Collection, Oxford, dating back to 1766 and showing the new streets connecting Piccadilly to King Street in Covent Garden, London.
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A Plan of the Property that was sold in the Strand & Chandos Street June 25th 1830

The lots to be sold are highlighted in pink and blue. Ingrey, C.
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Plan of Part of the North Side of Pall Mall, St. Albans Street and St.James's Market

1 : 480 This plan records the size, street number and the tenant of each property. It also shows the ground plan of St James's Market to the south of Jermyn Street, before it was demolished to make way for Waterloo Place and Regent Street. St James's Market had flourished until the early years of the 19th century as a thrice-weekly general market, supplying most of the West End. Chawner, Thomas
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Insurance Plan of London Vol. VIII: sheet 181

1 : 480 This detailed 1888 plan of London is one of a series of twenty-six sheets in an atlas 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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Insurance Plan of London Vol. IX: sheet 210

1 : 480 This detailed 1889 plan of London is one of a series of twenty-seven sheets in an atlas 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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Plan of Haymarket

1 : 480 Haymarket takes its name from the market for hay and straw that opened here in the 17th century, before being moved to Cumberland market in 1830.This plan records the size, street number and tenant of each property. Chawner, Thomas
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A drawn Plan of the Palace at Whitehall, taken about 1680

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Insurance Plan of London Vol. VIII: sheet 188

1 : 480 This detailed 1888 plan of London is one of a series of twenty-six sheets in an atlas 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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The PARISH of ST. JAMES'S, Westminster, taken from the last Survey with Corrections 3

1 : 11076 This plan was taken from Strype's first annotated edition of Stow's "Survey of England". The plan's title features in cartouche at the top of the plate, with keys to streets, yards, inns, halls and other landmarks in tables at top left and bottom right.The scale bar is also at bottom right. Additions made by Strype that did not feature in earlier editions of the plan include the housing developments in Soho and neighbouring St Martin's (replacing open fields and an extended table of reference). Blome, Richard
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The PARISH of ST. JAMES'S, Westminster, taken from the last Survey with Corrections 2

1 : 11076 This plan is taken from the first edition of Stow's "Survey of England".The plan's title features in a banner at the top centre, with a key to streets, yards, halls, courts and private properties at the top left.Land use and natural features described by symbols and three-dimensional illustrations.St James's Square was laid out in 1662 when Henry Jermyn, Earl of St Albans, obtained a grant of land on the outskirts of London.In 1674, Christopher Wren was appointed architect of the parish church. Blome, Richard
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Insurance Plan of London Vol. VIII: Key Plan

1 : 480 This "key plan" indicates coverage of the Goad 1888 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 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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Plan, presented to the House of Commons, of a street proposed from Charing Cross to Portland Place, leading to the Crown Estate in Mary-le-Bone Park.

Basire, James
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