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This work features 4 sheets at a very detailed scale of six inches to the mile. The massive expansion of the Victorian age produced a demand for detailed maps to determine ownership of land and to plan development. Edward Stanford, a leading Victorian cartographer, produced these maps to show the railways, factories, docks and roads that were springing up everywhere. So detailed are these maps that even individual gardens of suburban homes are shown as are separate platforms of the new railway termini and, astonishingly, even the individual statues in the city's squares. Anyone seeking information about their forebears will be able to see the roads, alleyways and outlying villages where they lived; where they went to school; the pubs where they spent their meagre wages; the churches and chapels where they were married and where they attended Sunday services; the factories, docks and farms where they worked; also maybe the miserable workhouses where they ended their days and the burial grounds where they were laid to rest. Local historians will find fields separating Hampstead and Kilburn with just the occasional farm; footpaths wandering through open country between Peckham and Dulwich. Closer to the centre, the main activity in Parsons Green is market gardening and in Kentish Town there was a vast slaughterhouse, with separate sections for sheep and cattle, close to the suitably named Butcher's Arms public house. Factories for making calico, lead shot, turpentine and candles as well as distilleries and breweries are marked and along the river are docks and factories for timber, flour and all the commodities newly arrived from the rapidly growing empire. Large houses, just one deep, face onto Clapham Common with farmland at the end of their large gardens. Numerous prisons, asylums and orphanages are shown as well as institutions such as The Soldiers Daughter's Home, The Aged Governess Asylum and a Female Reformatory. The early railways are marked as are the houses of famous people such as Sir Rowland Hill the social reformer who invented the postal service. Noticing what is marked is often as fascinating as seeing what has not yet been developed and together they provide a fascinating glimpse of Mid Victorian London.
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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful
Maybe a bit strange for a woman, but I love maps. I got the 1520 - 1902 set first, which I came across in Hatchards in Piccadilly and had to have them. I then bought the 1863 lot from Amazon and have poured over them for hours. It's amazing to see London as it used to be and especially interesting to locate your own area and see what has changed and what has stayed the same. They would also be of use to family historians, who, like me, had ancestors living in the capital in the Victorian era. Great stuff.
16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
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The detailing on these maps is fantastic. They really do contain the kind of intricate information that's priceless to anyone researching their London ancesters. The text is clearly printed and the maps themselves are beautifully coloured and printed on thick, glossy paper to withstand many re-foldings.
Only one small issue prevents me from giving these maps 5-stars. There's no street index. If you've never seen the street you're looking for on another map, you'll never find it here - you either need local knowledge or a reference like The A to Z of Victorian London. That aside, these are fantastic maps and absolutely worth the price.
Only one small issue prevents me from giving these maps 5-stars. There's no street index. If you've never seen the street you're looking for on another map, you'll never find it here - you either need local knowledge or a reference like The A to Z of Victorian London. That aside, these are fantastic maps and absolutely worth the price.
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Having an interest in the East End of London, buying these maps helped me to see just what was in the areas at particular periods.
Seeing the changes on paper and then seeing them in person really brings out the flavour of the times.
Seeing the changes on paper and then seeing them in person really brings out the flavour of the times.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
For art, but not for info
These are okay for random old maps of London, but they are random as to the time/place of them. They look fine if you want to frame them and put them on your wall as art, but there... Read more
Published 2 months ago by atheistsaregod
NOT CHEAP, BUT GOOD
These maps are not cheap, or value for money, but they certainly are good for the serious London historian. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Nigel Barnett
Map
While the idea of this map is for research.....it is very large( 4 large sections) and the printing is very small and of course no street index..... Read more
Published 7 months ago by CK
Interesting but borders detract
Very interesting and well made maps, I don't really see why they felt the need to put bright red postcode borders though (NW NE SW SE WC EC)
Also there is a spelling mistake... Read more
Also there is a spelling mistake... Read more
Published 9 months ago by J. Parnell
London maps 1863
A very reasonable price for an excellent product. In family history terms this set of maps is revealing, accessible, and very useful. Read more
Published 11 months ago by ANSCRUFF
1863 London Street Maps
An excellent product - well packaged and the maps themselves as clearly detailed as led to believe. I would however have liked to know beforehand the extent on the areas covered.
Published 20 months ago by wrg
London maps 1863
Bought this for a present. Was very happy with these maps, there are several in box and in a lot of detail.
Published on 1 Feb 2010 by R. Andrews
a must for family local and social historians
A valuable aid to assist in studies of London at that time, London today is crowded but Victorian London was much more so. Little wonder there was so much disease. Read more
Published on 9 Nov 2009 by Mrs. D. M. B. Hunt
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