Plan of Roman London

1897

Attributed to Ralph Agas c1560

This facsimile published by Adams And Francis, London

1874

75cm x 185cm (29½" x 72¾")

c.28" : 1 statute mile

Finsbury Field - Aldgate - Bankside - St. James's Park

Engraved and Published from the Agas map held in the Guildhall Library. Paper on linen, but not dissected, folded unevenly. Includes reference letters and numbers on many buildings, but there is no key to these. Includes notes by W.H. Overall, F.S.A., Librarian To The Corporation Of London.

The City Of London As In Q. Elizabeth's Time;
  or, in full,
The City Of London As In Queen Elizabeth's Time.

John Strype

1720

45cm x 17.5cm (19½" x 9")

Engraved for Stow's Survey of London (1720). See (2) below for details.

Moorfields - Limehouse - St Georges, Southwark - St James's Park.

Original engraved print on paper with later hand colouring. In excellent condition.

Based on a map of London attributed to Ralph Agas. Refer to Howgego No. 2 (a) for details of Hatton's version of this map.

John Thomas Smith

1578

Taken from "Antiquities Of The City Of Westminster" by John Thomas Smith, 1807; containing "Sixty-Two Additional Plates To Smiths Antiquities Of Westminster" by John Thomas Smith, c1809.

London. Published as the Act directs, February 24th, 1808, by John Thomas Smith, No. 31, Castle Street East, Oxford Street.

19.8cm x 26.5cm (7¾" x 10¼" Approx)

Hedge Lane - Strand - Scotland Yard - St James's Park

Copied from Agas's Map Published 1578, centred on Charing Cross.

The caption below the map reads:

The Village Of Charing, &c.: From Radulphus Aggas's Map, Taken In The Reign Of Queen Elizabeth, 1578.

John Thomas Smith

1578

Taken from "Antiquities Of The City Of Westminster" by John Thomas Smith, 1807; containing "Sixty-Two Additional Plates To Smiths Antiquities Of Westminster" by John Thomas Smith, c1809.

London. Published as the Act directs, June 29, 1809, by John Thomas Smith, No. 4, Polygon, Somers Town.

20.5cm x 26.8cm (8" x 10½" Approx)

The caption below the map reads:

Copied from Aggas's Map Published 1578.

John Thomas Smith

1578

Taken from "Antiquities Of The City Of Westminster" by John Thomas Smith, 1807; containing "Sixty-Two Additional Plates To Smiths Antiquities Of Westminster" by John Thomas Smith, c1809.

London. Published as the Act directs, December 26th, 1807, by John Thomas Smith, No. 31, Castle Street East, Oxford Street.

20.6cm x 26.6cm (8" x 10½" Approx)

Scotland Yard - The River Thames - Palace Gardens - St James's Park

The caption below the map reads:

Plan Of Part Of The City Of Westminster, Copied From Radulphus Aggas's Map, Taken In The Reign Of Queen Elizabeth, 1578.

Plan of the City of Westminster in the Time of Queen Elizabeth

1813

Plan of the City of London in the Time of Queen Elizabeth

1813

John Thomas Smith

1593

Taken from "Antiquities Of The City Of Westminster" by John Thomas Smith, 1807; containing "Sixty-Two Additional Plates To Smiths Antiquities Of Westminster" by John Thomas Smith, c1809.

London. Published as the Act directs, February 20th, 1808, by John Thomas Smith, No. 31, Castle Street East, Oxford Street.

26.5cm x 20.4cm (10½" x 8" Approx)

Way To St Giles' - Temple Stairs - Lambeth House - Millbank

John Thomas Smith

1616

Taken from "Antiquities Of The City Of Westminster" by John Thomas Smith, 1807; containing "Sixty-Two Additional Plates To Smiths Antiquities Of Westminster" by John Thomas Smith, c1809.

London. Published as the Act directs, June 3d, 1809, by John Thomas Smith, No. 4, Polygon, Somers Town.

23.7cm x 30.3cm (9½" x 12" Approx)

Garden Stairs - Whitefriars Stairs

Copied from Claes Jansz Visscher's panorama of London c1616.

Walter Harrison

1666

Engraved for "A New and Universal History, Description, and Survey Of The Cities Of London and Westminster, The Borough of Southwark, And Their Adjacent Parts. Including not only all the Parishes within the Bills of Mortality, but the Towns, Villages, Palaces, Seats, and Country, to the extent of Twenty Miles round, Comprizing A Circle Of Near One Hundred And Fifty Miles" By Walter Harrison, Esq. 1775.

London. Published for Harrison's History of London. 1775.
Printed for J. Cooke, at Shakespeare's Head, Pater-Noster-Row. 1775.

31.5cm x 20.9cm (12½" x 8¼" Approx)

Shoreditch - Stepney - Vauxhall - Constitution Hill

Includes "An Explanation of the several Forts on the Line of Communication", which details all 23 forts on the London wall.

A Plan of the City and Liberties of London, Shewing the Extent of the Dreadful Conflagration in the Year 1666

John Noorthouck

1772

Taken from "A New History of London, Including Westminster and Southwark, to which is added, A General Survey of the Whole; Describing The Public Buildings, Late Improvements, &c. Illustrated WIth Copper-Plates." by John Noorthouck. London, 1773.

Printed for R. Baldwin, 47, Pater-Noster Row. 1773.

20cm x 32.7cm (8" x 13" Approx)

6¾" : 1 Statute Mile (Approx)

Bun Hill - East Smith Field - Southwark - Grays Inn Lane

Folding map showing the extent of the Great Fire of London, engraved for Noorthouck's History of London 1772. Includes a Reference To All The Churches Both In The City And Suburbs, and a Reference To Remarkable Places.

Based on Wenceslaus Hollar's 1666 map of the Great Fire of London entitled A Map or Groundplot of the City of London and the Suburbes thereof, that is to say, all which is within the Jurisdiction of the Lord Mayor or properlie calld't London by which is exactly demonstrated the present condition thereof, since the last sad accident of fire. The blank space signifeing the burnt part & where the houses are exprest, those places yet standing.

As described by the lengthy title above, the blank part of the map clearly shows the extent of the Great Fire.

This map is represented in Howgego as No. 19, Derivative (b).

Walter Harrison

1666

Engraved for "A New and Universal History, Description, and Survey Of The Cities Of London and Westminster, The Borough of Southwark, And Their Adjacent Parts. Including not only all the Parishes within the Bills of Mortality, but the Towns, Villages, Palaces, Seats, and Country, to the extent of Twenty Miles round, Comprizing A Circle Of Near One Hundred And Fifty Miles" By Walter Harrison, Esq. 1775.

London. Published for Harrison's History of London. 1775.
Printed for J. Cooke, at Shakespeare's Head, Pater-Noster-Row. 1775.

29.8cm x 17cm (11¾" x 6½" Approx)

Proposed rebuilding plan of London in the wake of the Great Fire of London, 1666.

Walter Harrison

1666

Engraved for "A New and Universal History, Description, and Survey Of The Cities Of London and Westminster, The Borough of Southwark, And Their Adjacent Parts. Including not only all the Parishes within the Bills of Mortality, but the Towns, Villages, Palaces, Seats, and Country, to the extent of Twenty Miles round, Comprizing A Circle Of Near One Hundred And Fifty Miles" By Walter Harrison, Esq. 1775.

London. Published for Harrison's History of London. 1775.
Printed for J. Cooke, at Shakespeare's Head, Pater-Noster-Row. 1775.

29cm x 21cm (11½" x 8¼" Approx)

Proposed rebuilding plan of London in the wake of the Great Fire of London, 1666.

John Thomas Smith

1677

Taken from "Antiquities Of The City Of Westminster" by John Thomas Smith, 1807; containing "Sixty-Two Additional Plates To Smiths Antiquities Of Westminster" by John Thomas Smith, c1809.

London. Published as the Act directs, Augt 20. 1808, by John Thomas Smith, No. 31, Castle Street East, Oxford Street.

30.3cm x 25.2cm (12" x 10" Approx)

The caption below the map reads:

Plan Of Arundel And Essex Houses.

Copied from Ogilby's & Morgan's twenty-sheet plan of London, etched by Hollar. - N.B. For the friendly loan of this rare print the publisher is indebted to Mr Samuel Woodburn, of St Martin's Lane.

London. Published as the Act directs, Augt 20. 1808, by John Thomas Smith, No. 31, Castle Street East, Oxford Street.

John Thomas Smith

1677

Taken from "Antiquities Of The City Of Westminster" by John Thomas Smith, 1807; containing "Sixty-Two Additional Plates To Smiths Antiquities Of Westminster" by John Thomas Smith, c1809.

London. Published as the Act directs, 30 May. 1809, by John Thomas Smith, No. 4, Polygon, Somers Town.

31.4cm x 24.5cm (12½" x 9¾" Approx)

Charles Inselin sculpt.

Nicholas De Fer, Paris. 1700.

1700

22.2cm x 33cm (8¾" x 13")

3" : 1 Statute Mile (Approx)

Old Street - Ratcliff Cross - Kennington - St. James's Park

Early plan of London, in French. Key reference table identifying 113 locations throughout London.

S. Parker delin et sculpt. Revised by John Senex

Cassell & Company Limited, La Belle Sauvage, Ludgate Hill, London, E.C.

c1880

53cm x 71cm (21" x 28")

5½" : 1 statute mile / Scale bar c. 2½" : 1 statute mile

New River Head - Whitechapel - Lambeth - Buckingham House

Title across top of map. References across bottom of map. Dedication title in cartouche with City arms and insignia, pennons, cornucopiae, etc., at top left. Compass rose and scale at bottom centre. Dedicated to Sir Peter Delme, Knight and Alderman.

John Thomas Smith

1734-1748

Taken from "Antiquities Of The City Of Westminster" by John Thomas Smith, 1807; containing "Sixty-Two Additional Plates To Smiths Antiquities Of Westminster" by John Thomas Smith, c1809.

London. Published as the Act directs, September 10th, 1807, by John Thomas Smith, No. 31, Castle Street East, Oxford Street.

26.5cm x 16.9cm (10½" x 6½" Approx)

Dart Entry - Broken Cross - Barton Street - Peter Street

The London Magazine, or, Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer.
London. Published for R. Baldwin, jun. at the Rose in Pater-Noster-Row.

MDCCXLVIII. 1748.

25.5cm x20.7cm (10" x 8")

Engraved For The London Magazine

1" : 18 Yards (Approx.)

Royal Exchange, Cornhill - St Michael's Church, St Michael's Alley - Abchurch Lane - Pope's Head Alley

Single page from The London Magazine, The Monthly Chronologer section. Printed one side only. Fair/Good condition. Minor discolouration and foxing.

Anon.

1753

Taken from Gentleman’s Magazine, May 1753

Gentleman’s Magazine, May 1753

23cm x 36.5cm Approx (9" x 14½" Approx)

Narrow Wall - The Tower - Walworth - Westminster

B.Cole Sculp

January 1756

49cm x 20cm (19¼" x 8")

Engraved For The Gentlemans Magazine

1" : 900 Feet (Approx.)

Jews Harp House - Dobney's Bowling Green - Lincolns Inn - Bell Lane

Folding plan on 19th century paper. Explanation at bottom left. Title at top right. Very good condition.

Gentleman's Magazine

1765

11cm x16.5cm (4¼" x 6½")

Engraved For The Gentleman's Magazine

1" : 27 Yards (Approx.)

South Sea House, Threadneedle Street - Bull Inn, Leadenhall Street -
St. Peter's Church, Gracechurch Street - Sun Court, Cornhill

Single page from The Gentleman's Magazine. Printed one side only. Good condition. No offsetting or foxing.

Anonymous

1767

54cm x 32cm (21" X 12¾")

4¼" : 1 statute mile

New River Head - Shadwell - Newington Butts - Hide Park.

Folding plan on 18th century paper. Hand coloured. Title set in top margin.

A Plan Of The Cities Of London And Westminster, And Borough Of Southwark. Engraved for Noorthouck's History of London 1772.

Printed for R. Baldwin, 47, Pater-Noster Row. 1773.

1772

Taken from "A New History of London, Including Westminster and Southwark, to which is added, A General Survey of the Whole; Describing The Public Buildings, Late Improvements, &c. Illustrated WIth Copper-Plates." by John Noorthouck. London, 1773.

Ashby Sculp.

John Noorthouck

1772

Taken from "A New History of London, Including Westminster and Southwark, to which is added, A General Survey of the Whole; Describing The Public Buildings, Late Improvements, &c. Illustrated With Copper-Plates." by John Noorthouck. London, 1773.

Printed For Noorthouck's History Of London 1772.
Printed for R. Baldwin, 47, Pater-Noster Row. 1773.

25cm x 19.5cm (10" x 7½" Approx)

John Noorthouck

1772

Taken from "A New History of London, Including Westminster and Southwark, to which is added, A General Survey of the Whole; Describing The Public Buildings, Late Improvements, &c. Illustrated With Copper-Plates." by John Noorthouck. London, 1773.

Printed For Noorthouck's History Of London 1772.
Printed for R. Baldwin, 47, Pater-Noster Row. 1773.

25cm x 19cm (9¾" x 7½" Approx)

John Noorthouck

1772

Taken from "A New History of London, Including Westminster and Southwark, to which is added, A General Survey of the Whole; Describing The Public Buildings, Late Improvements, &c. Illustrated With Copper-Plates." by John Noorthouck. London, 1773.

Printed For Noorthouck's History Of London 1772.
Printed for R. Baldwin, 47, Pater-Noster Row. 1773.

25cm x 19cm (9¾" x 7½" Approx)

Includes the north end of old London Bridge, Pudding Lane, and the Monument.

John Noorthouck

1772

Taken from "A New History of London, Including Westminster and Southwark, to which is added, A General Survey of the Whole; Describing The Public Buildings, Late Improvements, &c. Illustrated With Copper-Plates." by John Noorthouck. London, 1773.

Printed For Noorthouck's History Of London 1772.
Printed for R. Baldwin, 47, Pater-Noster Row. 1773.

25cm x 19cm (9¾" x 7½" Approx)

John Noorthouck

1772

Taken from "A New History of London, Including Westminster and Southwark, to which is added, A General Survey of the Whole; Describing The Public Buildings, Late Improvements, &c. Illustrated With Copper-Plates." by John Noorthouck. London, 1773.

Printed For Noorthouck's History Of London 1772.
Printed for R. Baldwin, 47, Pater-Noster Row. 1773.

25cm x 19cm (9¾" x 7½" Approx)

John Noorthouck

1772

Taken from "A New History of London, Including Westminster and Southwark, to which is added, A General Survey of the Whole; Describing The Public Buildings, Late Improvements, &c. Illustrated With Copper-Plates." by John Noorthouck. London, 1773.

Printed For Noorthouck's History Of London 1772.
Printed for R. Baldwin, 47, Pater-Noster Row. 1773.

18.6cm x 24cm (7¼" x 9½" Approx)

John Noorthouck

1772

Taken from "A New History of London, Including Westminster and Southwark, to which is added, A General Survey of the Whole; Describing The Public Buildings, Late Improvements, &c. Illustrated With Copper-Plates." by John Noorthouck. London, 1773.

Printed For Noorthouck's History Of London 1772.
Printed for R. Baldwin, 47, Pater-Noster Row. 1773.

23.5cm x 18.2cm (9¼" x 7¼" Approx)

A New Plan Of London 1777.
Printed For Carington Bowles in St Pauls Church Yard.

Carington Bowles

Printed for Carington Bowles, at his Map and Print-Warehouse, No. 69 in St Paul’s Church Yard, London.

Engraved by J. Ellis, Clerkenwell, London.

Published as the Act directs, 30 March, 1773

Updated to 1775

39.3cm x 55cm (15½" x 21¾")

4" : 1 mile

Islington - Shadwell - Newington Butts - Knightsbridge

Scale & compass rose bottom right. Imprint & table of references to churches and principal buildings located below map.

Map divided into squares lettered along margins for reference. Built-up areas stippled in city, hatched elsewhere (Howgego pp 126).

This is a 1775 map in a later 1777 slipcase. This copy is an earlier state than the first known copy recorded in Howgego as No. 168 (1).

John Cary

Published By J. Cary, July 1st, 1790.

Taken from: Cary's Survey Of The High Roads From London To Hampton Court, Bagshot, Oakingham, [and twenty-three other places in the neighbourhood of the metropolis.] On a Scale of one Inch to a Mile; wherein Every Gentleman's Seat, situate on, or seen from the Road, (however distant) are laid down, with the Name of the Possessor; to which is added The Number Of Inns on each separate Route; also, The different Turnpike Gates, shewing The Connection which one trust has with another.
London: Printed for J. Cary, Engraver & Map seller, the corner of Arundel Street, Strand. July 1st. 1790.

22cm x 15.6cm (8½" x 6¼" Approx)

1" : 1¼ Miles (Approx)

Clapton Gate - Deptford Gate - Camberwell Gate - Kensington Gate

Hand coloured map on paper. Good condition with some foxing, offset and staining.

Single page map showing the main thoroughfares of London in 1790, with every turnpike, and the area of every turnpike trust shown by a different colour. The Thames, the turnpike gates, and the areas of the trusts are coloured.

The title is in a raised panel along the top of the map. In the upper two corners are the names of the gates with references by numbers and references to the colours on the map, and other notes. Imprint details in panel below map.

Source: (Fordham pps. 40-41).

John Cary, Map & Print-seller, No. 188, corner of Arundel Street, Strand.

January 1st, 1795

125cm x 81.5cm (49¼" x 32")

6½" : 1 statute mile

Canonbury - Limehouse - Kennington - Kensington

Folding map. Slipcase torn and in poor condition, though label is better preserved. Map consists of hand coloured sections laid down on linen. Map title above top border. Table of references to public buildings at top left, and to churches at top right. The map is divided into squares numbered for reference. The main table of references is below the map outside the border. There is no key to the stippling or symbols used (Howgego pp134-5).

William Faden, Charing Cross

September 1st, 1800

Circular 56cm diameter (22" diameter)

½" : 1 statute mile

Chelsing - Tilbury - Dorking - Eton.

Folding map, hand coloured in outline, with parks coloured. Explanation bottom left and bottom right outside map. Imprint and scale below.
(Howgego Pg 142)

This map is recorded in Howgego as No. 193 (2). The first edition of this map was published by Faden in 1790. The date imprint of this edition has been changed to "Sepr 1st 1800". Paddington Canal is shown on the map.

John Wallis, No.16 Ludgate Street

January 24th 1801

89cm x 45cm (35" x 17¾")

6¼" : 1 statute mile

Pentonville - Stepney - Lambeth - Hyde Park

Folding map. Slipcase in poor condition, though label is better preserved. Hand coloured sections laid down on linen. Title on oval at top left. Explanation of symbols, Hackney-Coach Fares and Scale at bottom right. This map is extended East by an extra sheet 17¾" x 8¼", from Rotherhithe to Stepney.

An unrecorded variant of Howgego No. 214 (4), this copy does not include the additional title "The Isle Of Dogs and the New Docks for the West India Trade" in an oval at the top left as cited in Howgego, nor the imprint "Published May 18th 1801 by J. Wallis".

John Wallis, No.16 Ludgate Street

January 24th 1804

117.5cm x 43.9cm (46¼" x 17¼")

6¼" : 1 statute mile

Pentonville - Abbey Marsh - Lambeth - Hyde Park

Folding map. Hand coloured sections laid down on linen. Title on oval at top left. Explanation of symbols, Hackney-Coach Fares and Scale at bottom right.

This map is extended east by an extra sheet 11¾" (30.0cm) wide, from Stepney to Greenwich Marsh. Additional title "The Isle Of Dogs and the New Docks for the West India Trade" in an oval at the top left.

Howgego No. 214 (4-5)

A New and Correct Plan of London and Westminster with the latest Improvements.

Wards Plan of London. Printed & Sold by W & T. Darton, Holborn Hill.

Pubd. Jany 12th 1814 by Willm. Darton, 58 Holborn Hill, London.

1814

35.5cm x 56cm (14" x 22")

3¾" : 1 Statute Mile

Somers Town - Ratcliffe - Walworth - Knightsbridge

First title in top border. Second title in oval at top right. Compass star and map scale at bottom right. Plan of the Rules of the Fleet Prison inset at top left. Map divided into squares lettered for reference and table of references below map. City area, open spaces, etc., are coloured.

Includes a "List of 200 principal streets with letters of reference to their situation" in the bottom margin.

Recorded in Howgego as No. 245 (4).

Published July 1st 1817 by W. Darton, Junr. 58 Holborn Hill.

July 1st 1817

91.8cm x 47.1cm (36" x 18½")

Folding hand-coloured map of London. Hand coloured sections laid down on linen. Title at top right. Explanation and Scale at top left.

Howgego No. 268 (2)

David Hughson

1817

Taken from "Walks Through London, Including Westminster and the Borough of Southwark, with the Surrounding Suburbs; Describing Every Thing Worthy of Observation in the Public Buildings, Places of Entertainment, Exhibitions, Commercial and Literary Institutions, &c. Down to the Present Period. Forming a complete Guide To The British Metropolis, In Two Volumes", by David Hughson, L.L.D. 1817. Printed for Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, Paternoster-Row, London; et al., 1817.

Published by W. Clarke, New Bond Street, Mar. 1. 1817.

13cm x 21cm (5" x 8¼" Approx)

Hyde Park - Regent Street - Westminster Bridge - Tothill Fields

This walk, taken from Volume II, shows the "Propos'd New St." north of Carlton House, which became Regent Street.

The page also displays an engraved view of The Treasury, Westminster, and shows:

Hyde Park Corner, Turnpike, Grosvenor Place, Piccadilly, Queen's Palace, Garden, Constitution Hill, Green Park, The Road To Chelsea, Bason, Pimlico, Green Coat School, Bridewell, Tothill Fields, Grey Coat School, Peter Street, Almonry, Queen Square, St James's Park, Pagoda Bridge, St James's Street, Pall Mall, Palace, Marlborough House, Carlton House, Proposed New Street (Regent Street), St John Church Yard, Horse Ferry, Millbank Street, College Garden, Old Palace Yard, Sanctuary, New Palace Yard, House of Lords, House Of Commons, Westminster Bridge, Privy Garden Stairs, Admiralty, Horse Guards, Treasury, Whitehall, Charing Cross, Scotland Yard, Northumberland House, & Whitehall Stairs.

David Hughson

1817

Taken from "Walks Through London, Including Westminster and the Borough of Southwark, with the Surrounding Suburbs; Describing Every Thing Worthy of Observation in the Public Buildings, Places of Entertainment, Exhibitions, Commercial and Literary Institutions, &c. Down to the Present Period. Forming a complete Guide To The British Metropolis, In Two Volumes", by David Hughson, L.L.D. 1817. Printed for Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, Paternoster-Row, London; et al., 1817.

Published by W. Clarke, New Bond Street, Apr. 1. 1817.

13cm x 21cm (5" x 8¼" Approx)

Edgeware Road - The New Road To Paddington - Tottenham Court Road - Oxford Street

This walk, taken from Volume II, shows the "Projected New Street" north of Oxford Street running into Portland Place. This became the north end of Regent Street.

The page also displays an engraved view of Cavendish Square, and shows:

Edgeware Road, Great Cumberland Street, Great Quebec Street, Portman Square, Baker Street, Manchester Square, High Street, Welbeck Street, Wimpole Street, Cavendish Square, Harley Street, Projected New Street (Regent Street), Portland Place, Road To Regent's Park, Great Portland Street, Portland Road, Berner's Street, Hospital, Fitsroy Square, Charlotte Street, John Street, Tottenham Court Road, The New Road To Paddington, & Oxford Street.

J. Pigot & Co. 24 Basing Lane, London, & 16 Fountain St., Manchester

c1820

27cm x 41.3cm (10¾" x 16¼")

c17/8" : 1 statute mile

Islington - East India Docks - Camberwell - Kensington Gardens

Folding map, included with Pigot & Co.'s Metropolitan Guide. Title at top right. Scale near bottom centre. 70 divisions of map numbered for reference to the street index. Waterloo and Southwark Bridges and Stamford Street shown, but not York Road, Lambeth. Carlton House shown.

G.F. Cruchley, Map-Seller, 38 Ludgate Street, London.

1827

44cm x 92cm (17¼" x 24") excluding border

4&7/8" : 1 statute mile

Hoxton - East India Docks - Walworth - Brompton

Engraved and Published from a plan by Arrowsmith. Folding plan, with hard cover slipcase. Hand coloured sections laid down on linen. Title set in top border. Imprint and reference to symbols in lower border. References to size and date of opening of docks in lower border.

Les Capitales De L'Europe. Promenades Pittoresques.

M. Charles Malo.

Paris. Marcilly Fils Aine, Rue S.-Jacques, No 21.

1829

Image: 11.7cm x 7.6cm (4½" x 3")
Page: 14.8cm x 9cm (5¾" x 3½")

Hand-colored aquatint of the Parish or St. Marylebone, from Charles Malo's series on the capitals of Europe. Fine condition, due to presence of a tissue guard, which seems to have been lately removed.

Charles Malo (1790-1871) produced a series of books on the capital cities of Europe, including Berlin, Constantinople, Londres, Madrid, Paris, Rome, St. Petersbourg, and Vienne.

The volumes, in French, record details of daily life in the cities, historical information, and architectural details of churches and significant public buildings.

Charles Smith, 172 Strand.

c1830

61cm x 34.5cm (24" x 13½")

3½" : 1 statute mile

Islington - Limehouse - Newington Butts - Hyde Park.

Folding plan, with hard cover. Hand coloured sections laid down on linen. Title on cover only. Explanation top left. Compass rose top right. Scale bottom right. Boundaries etc. coloured to accord with the explanation. New and Old London Bridge shown, also St Katharine's Dock (opened 1828). New London Bridge shown as an "Intended Improvement" (it opened in 1831).
Howgego No. 328 (1)

Edward Mogg, No. 14 Great Russell Street, Covent Garden

January 1st. 1834

60cm x 50.5cm (23½" x 19¾")

3¾" : 1 statute mile

Pentonville - Ratcliff - Kennington - Brompton.

Folding map. Slipcase missing. Hand coloured sections laid down on linen. Title in top margin. Imprint below map in bottom margin. Date added above compass star. Map squared and margins lettered and numbered for reference. List of 500 "Principal Places" below map.

Engraved by B.R. Davies From Surveys & Drawings By F.A. Bartlett Under The Direction Of John Britton F.S.A. &c. &c. &c.

London. Published June 25, 1837; By J. Britton, Burton Str. J. Taylor, 30 Upper Gower Str. & B.R. Davies, 16 George Str. Euston Squ:

1834

25 June 1837

114.5cm x 95cm (45" x 37½")
Each Section 28.5cm x 24cm (11¼" x 9½")

8.81" : 1 British Statute Mile
5" : 1000 Yards (Approx.)

St. Marylebone - St. Pancras - Paddington

Folding map of St. Marylebone. 16 hand coloured sections laid down on linen, folding into a hardback cover, in good condition. The map is in excellent condition, with only minor offsetting and age toning.

The label on cover reads "Survey Of The Borough Of St. Mary-le-bone 1834." The information on the map is updated to 1834.

The map records:
London & Birmingham Railway - began 1834
Christ Chapel, Northwick Terrace - 1834

Topographical Survey Of The Borough Of St. Marylebone, As Incorporated & Defined By Act Of Parliament 1832. Embracing & Marking The Boundaries Of The Parishes Of St. Marylebone, St. Pancras, & Paddington, Also The Extents & Limits Of The Principal Landed Estates Within The Borough, And Plans & Elevations Of The Public Buildings.
Engraved by B.R. Davies From Surveys & Drawings By F.A. Bartlett Under The Direction Of John Britton F.S.A. &c. &c. &c.
Inscribed To The Dukes Of Bedford, Portland, & St. Albans, The Marquis Camden, The Lord Bishop Of London, Lords Mansfield & Southampton, E.B. Portman, Esq., & Other Landed Proprietors.

Engraved by B.R. Davies From Surveys & Drawings By F.A. Bartlett Under The Direction Of John Britton F.S.A. &c. &c. &c.

London. Published June 25, 1837; By J. Britton, Burton Str. J. Taylor, 30 Upper Gower Str. & B.R. Davies, 16 George Str. Euston Squ:

1834

25 June 1837

Environs Of London

Thomas Moule

Engraved for Moules English Counties by W. Schmollinger

1837

Taken From Moule's "The English Counties Delineated; or, A Topographical Description Of England."

George Virtue & Co.

26.7cm x 20.9cm (10½" x 8¼")

1" : 2¹/3 Miles (Approx)

Bounds Green - Barking - Norwood - Hanwell

Hand coloured engraved paper map of London. Imprint and scale below map. Based on James Bingley's Environs Of London map published 3 Nov 1828 (Howgego No. 315).

Oval foliate and cornucopia vignette border, with image of Old Father Thames bottom centre. The cornucopia contain (left) fruit, flowers and wheat, representing Agriculture, and (right) ivory, gold chain, pearls, jewels and coins, representing Commerce.

This is a pretty little map of equal artistic and cartographic merit.

Cary's New Map Of London, And Its Adjacent Villages, Published By Order Of His Majesty's Postmaster General, Showing The Present Boundary Of The Two-Penny Post Delivery, And The Limits Of The Hackney Coach Back Fares.

G. And. J. Cary, 86, St. James's Street.

1837

83.2cm x 77.2cm (32¾" x 30½")

4¼" : 1 Statute Mile (Approx.)

Stoke Newington - East India Dock - North Brixton - Kensington

Folding plan, with hard cover slipcase. Hand coloured, laid down on linen. Title in bottom margin. Scale bottom left. Note regarding limit of two-penny post bottom left. No publishers imprint. Map divided into squares lettered for reference. City boundary, open spaces, etc., coloured. Position of Hungerford Bridge shown.

This state recorded as Howgego No. 279 (11).

C.B. Graham, Lithographer, Washington D.C.

15th April 1841

54cm x 42cm (21¼" x 16½")

United States Senate Document G.2., 30th Congress, 2nd Session.

1" : 421 Feet (Approx.)

Bromley Marsh - River Lea - Timber Pond - River Thames.

Folding plan on 19th century paper. Hand coloured plan, backed with archival tissue. Title at top left. Very good condition.

J. Cross, 18, Holborn Hill, opposite Furnivals Inn.

1844

72cm x 43.7cm (28½" x 17¼")

3½" : 1 statute mile

Islington - Limehouse - Walworth - Kensington.

Hand coloured folding map of London, dissected and mounted on linen. Paper label adhered to endpaper reads "John Betts, Map Publisher, 115 Strand".

Title set in top border. Explanation of colours and imprint set in bottom border. The railways entering London are coloured blue.

No date on map. Moorgate Street and location of Hungerford Bridge shown, confirming this edition as Howgego No. 360 (2).

Map divided into half mile squares and margins lettered and numbered for reference. References to Public Buildings, Exhibitions &c., Theatres, Police Offices, and Miscellaneous Buildings below bottom margin. Decorative motifs at corners.

The bottom margin includes the map price "In Sheet 2s/6d", and "In Case 4s/-"

Lacking slipcase. A fine example of this map.

Panorama Of The River Thames In 1845. Given With The Illustrated London News.
Supplement To The Illustrated London News, January 11, 1845.

Smyth

Printed and Published by William Little, 198, Strand

Saturday, January 11, 1845

39.4cm x 244.5cm (15½" x 96¼")

29.7cm x 238.8cm (11¾" x 94")

Vauxhall Bridge to Greenwich

This balloon or birds-eye panoramic view of the River Thames and London was issued as a Supplement to the Illustrated London News on Saturday, 11 February 1845. The panorama is in excellent condition, with visible fold lines as issued. It has been engraved in sections, which have been assembled in two halves for publication.

J. Cross, 18, Holborn Hill, opposite Furnivals Inn.

January 1st. 1850

102cm x 63.5cm (40" x 25")

4½" : 1 statute mile

Islington - East India Docks - Peckham - Hyde Park.
8 miles East to West & 5 miles North to South.

Folding plan, with hard cover slipcase. Hand coloured sections laid down on linen. Title set in top border. Explanation and imprint set in bottom border. Date added below imprint. Map divided into half miles and margin marked off in half miles. References to parishes at top right.

Cross's London Street Directory 1851

J. Cross, 18, Holborn Hill, opposite Furnivals Inn.

1851

72cm x 43.7cm (28½" x 17¼")

3½" : 1 statute mile

Islington - Limehouse - Walworth - Kensington.

Folding map of London. Printed on silk. Hand coloured. Paper label adhered to back of silk. Title set in top border. Explanation of colours and imprint set in bottom border. No date on map. Map divided into half mile squares and margins lettered and numbered for reference. References to Public Buildings, Exhibitions &c., Theatres, Police Offices, and Miscellaneous Buildings below bottom margin. Decorative motifs at corners. Howgego No. 360 (4)

Post Office Directory Map Of London With Patent Index.

Kelly & Co., Post Office Directory Printing Offices, 18 to 21 Old Boswell Court, Clements Inn, Strand. (W.C.)

1857

69.1cm x 39.1cm (27¼" x 15½")

3" : 1 statute mile

Dalston - East India Docks - Camberwell - Bayswater.

Title and imprint at top right. Scale in bottom margin. Very early Tape Indicator map, with full index and references to every street shown on map.

Printed by Maclure, Macdonald & Macgregor's New Patent Machine. 37 Walbrook, London.

Unknown

Unknown

9 April 1859

40.5cm x 56.5cm (16" x 22¼")

34.5cm x 52cm (13¾" x 20½")

Battersea to Chelsea

Engraved and published for the Illustrated London News, on bright, good quality newspaper. Central fold as issued. Key to the view included in the volume.

Cross's London. A New Plan Of The Metropolis.

J. Cross, 18, Holborn Hill, Opposite Furnivals-Inn.

E. Weller, Lithogr, 34, Red Lion Square.

January 1st. 1861

125.5cm x 87cm (49½" x 34¼")

Nearly 4¾" : 1 statute mile

Upper Holloway - East India Dock - North Brixton - Kensal Green.
9¾ miles East to West & 6¾ miles North to South

Folding plan, with hard cover slipcase. Hand coloured, laid down on linen. Title set in top border. Explanation and imprint set in bottom border. Date added below imprint. Map divided into half miles and margin marked off in half miles. References to parishes at right.

Thomas Sulman del.

Robert Loudan Sr.

9 February 1861

57.5cm x 144cm (22½" x 56¾")

43cm x 132cm (17" x 52")

Millbank to St Catharine's Dock

Engraved and published as a supplement to the Illustrated London News, on bright, good quality newspaper. Folded as issued. Key to the view included.

Published by Edward Stanford, 6 Charing Cross, London, S.W.

1864, with later overlay post-1866

1690mm Wide x 1920mm High (66½" Wide x 72½" High)

6" : 1 Mile

Crouch End - Greenwich - Anerley - Hammersmith

Large scale and highly detailed map of London, with proposed Metropolitan railway lines and improvements overlaid in various colours, numbered.

Whitbread's Map Of London Extending Four Miles Round Charing-Cross

Josiah Whitbread, Map-Seller, 142, Oxford Street.

April 1865

77.5cm x 74.5cm (30½" x 29¼")

3" : 1 statute mile

Kenwood - Bow Common - Brixton Hill - Hammersmith

Coloured folding map on paper, laid down on linen. Hard card cover. Title at centre in top border. Imprint, explanation of railway symbols, and scale in bottom border. Divided into squares lettered and numbered in border for reference. Includes street index.

Edward Stanford, 6 & 7 Charing Cross, S.W.

1872

1730mm Wide x 1980mm High (68" Wide x 78" High)

6 Inches to 1 Eng. Statute Mile; or, 1 Inch to 880 Feet; or, as 1:10560 on the Ground.

Crouch End - Greenwich - Anerley - Hammersmith

Hand-coloured map, dissected and mounted on linen. 80 sections each measuring 170mm Wide x 245mm High (6¾" x 9½").

London & Envs. James Wyld, Geographer To Her Majesty. 457 Strand. Charing Cross. (East.) 2 Doors Down From Trafalgar Square. Maps, Charts, Globes, & Geographical Works Of Every Description.

Published By James Wyld, Successor To Mr. Faden, Geographer To Her Majesty, Charing Cross East.

The slipcase label includes a handwritten date of 1872.

75cm x 77.5cm (29½" x 30½")

2": 1 Statute Mile

Edmonton - Plumstead - Croydon - Chiswick

Title imprint in border above map. The margin is divided into miles N, S, E, & W of the meridian and parallel of St. Paul's, County boundaries, roads, etc., are coloured. No key or hatching symbols.
(Source: Howgego No. 250)

A later variant of Howgego No. 250. Dated at c1872, but actual date to be determined.

A note in the bottom margin reads:

NB. The Circle round London denotes the extent of the Four Mile Radius, and beyond which Hackney Carriages charge Back Fares.

Published by Edward Stanford, 55, Charing Cross, London.

Original map published July 2nd, 1875. This copy revised July 1877.

79cm x 58.5cm (31" x 23")

3" : 1 statute miles

Holloway - River Lea - Clapham Common - Hammersmith

Folding map. Sections laid down on linen. Hand coloured in outline. Explanation, scale bar, and imprint in bottom margin. The population of each district is shown.
Recorded in Hyde as No. 157 (1).

Stanford's Geogl. Estabt. London

1877

28.7cm x 17.8cm (11¼" x 7")

6" : 1 Mile

City of London

Title top left. Imprint and scale in bottom margin.

The School Board Of London map, City of London Division, is recorded in Hyde as No. 168 [ii].

Stanford's Geogl. Estabt. London

1877

28.7cm x 17.8cm (11¼" x 7")

6" : 1 Mile

Westminster

Title bottom left. Imprint and scale in bottom margin.

The School Board Of London map, Westminster Division, is recorded in Hyde as No. 168 [x].

Published by Edward Stanford, 55 Charing Cross Road SW, May 1st 1878

1878

On 4 sheets, each 865mm Wide x 990mm High (34" Wide x 39" High)

1730mm Wide x 1980mm High (68" Wide x 78" High)

6" : 1 Mile; Or, 1 Inch To 880 Feet

Crouch End - Greenwich - Anerley - Hammersmith

Corrected to 1 January 1877. Republished with the geological colouring on 1 May 1878.

Ordnance Map Department. Forster Groom & Co., Geographers & Map Specialists. 15 Charing Cross, London , S.W. Near Whitehall.

Letts, Son & Co. Limited, London.

c1883

44cm x 35.5cm (17¼" x 14")

Approx ½" : 1 statute mile

South Mims - Woolwich - Walton On Thames - Windsor.

Folding paper map, linen backed, with hard cover. Printed colour. Title, Scale and Middlesex Statistics top left. Explanation Of Signs bottom centre. Some London Statistics bottom right. Publisher's label pasted on at bottom center. Stained and foxed, but generally in good condition. Divided into squares lettered in upper and lower case in border for reference. The reference index is not included with this map.

Metropolitan Goods Conference. Map Of Collection & Delivery Boundaries. January 1st 1886.

Lithog. Kelly & Co. London & Kingston.
Printed & Published By Kelly & Co. Post Office Directory Office, 51 Great Queen Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London. W.C.

January 1st 1886

66cm x 90cm (26" x 35½")

3": 1 Statute Mile

Highgate - Plaistow - Dulwich - Chiswick

Paper title stuck over previous map title top right. Scale bar top right.

Paper labels stuck on in right hand margin:

"The Pink Boundary Includes St. George's Road, Green Street To Upton Park Station (L.T. & S.R.)"
"Includes Albert Docks And Firms Between The Docks And The River Side."

Recorded in Hyde as No. 61 (29), but with 1886 dated title similar to Hyde No. 61 (12) dated April 1st 1869.

Edward Stanford, 26 & 27, Cockspur Street, Charing Cross, S.W.

April 2nd. 1897

101cm x 68cm (40" x 27")

4" : 1 statute mile

Kentish Town - Bethnal Green - Clapham Common - Chiswick

Coloured folding map on paper, laid down on linen. Hard card cover. Title in top margin. Scale in margin at bottom left. Imprint in bottom margin at centre. Shows omnibus routes.

Handy Reference Atlas Of London & Suburbs By J.G. Bartholomwe, F.R.G.S.
From Latest Surveys Showing Street Names As Altered By L.C.C.
With Complete Index To Streets, Public Buildings, Etc.

John Bartholomwe & Co.
The Geographical Institute, Edimburgh.

1908

14.6cm x 22.7cm (5¾" x 9")

3¼" : 1 Statute Mile

Wood Green - Plumstead - Upper Norwood - Ealing

Atlas of London by John George Bartholomew. Slightly predates the construction of White City for the 1908 Olympic Games, although the vacant site is clearly visible.

Includes a 68 page "General Index To Streets, Public Buildings, Railway Stations, Etc."

The Underground Map Of London 1911

Johnson, Riddle, & Co. Ltd., London, S.E.

1911

Taken From "Cook's Handbook For London. With Two Maps And Six Plans."

Thomas Cook & Son, Ludgate Circus. Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., Ltd.

27.2cm x 20.5cm (10¾" x 8")

Golders Green - Whitechapel - Clapham Common - South Ealing

Folding paper map of London Underground. Machine colour. Bound into "Cook's Handbook For London". In very good condition.

The map includes details of the Metropolitan Railway, District Railway, City & South London Railway, Central London Railway, Great Northern & City Railway, London Electric Railway (Bakerloo Line, Piccadilly Line, & Hampstead Line), Brighton Railway (Elevated Electric), & Waterloo & City Railway.

This map will be of interest to family historians researching their family in the 1911 Census of London.

E.J. Lovegrove, M. Inst. C.E., Engineer & Surveyor, Town Hall, Highgate, N.6.

Unknown

July 1925

69.3cm x 56.5cm (27¼" x 22¼")

7¼" : 1 Mile

Friern Barnet Road - Finsbury Park - Seven Sisters Road - Bishops Avenue

Folding map of the Borough of Hornsey, laid down on linen. 24 folding sections with marbled end boards. Original slipcase not present.