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== Maps == | == Maps == | ||
===Online Gazetteer=== | |||
*[https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100188159 '''Lewis’s Topographical Dictionary of England'''] | |||
This subject is to help you know where to look on a map for places, streets, residences, churches, school, railroads, rivers, etc. | This subject is to help you know where to look on a map for places, streets, residences, churches, school, railroads, rivers, etc. | ||
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By the early 20th century the engraving styles and indexing systems were beginning to resemble what we are used to today. The current standard is the A-Z, originally from the Geographers' Map Company, founded by Phyllis Pearsall in 1936 and used by residents and visitors alike. She incorporated the best features from each type of map and made one that worked for anyone who needs to find anywhere in London. | By the early 20th century the engraving styles and indexing systems were beginning to resemble what we are used to today. The current standard is the A-Z, originally from the Geographers' Map Company, founded by Phyllis Pearsall in 1936 and used by residents and visitors alike. She incorporated the best features from each type of map and made one that worked for anyone who needs to find anywhere in London. | ||
Reproductions of London maps are easy to find but some are more useful than others. Large sheet maps are unwieldy and generally have no index, but make it easy to compare distances between two places. A magnifying glass is a useful accessory. Electronic versions vary in their usability and clarity. Some are slow to load, difficult to navigate or cannot be searched. A very good example is Philips' Handy-Volume Atlas of the County of London c1922 | Reproductions of London maps are easy to find but some are more useful than others. Large sheet maps are unwieldy and generally have no index, but make it easy to compare distances between two places. A magnifying glass is a useful accessory. Electronic versions vary in their usability and clarity. Some are slow to load, difficult to navigate or cannot be searched. A very good example is Philips' Handy-Volume Atlas of the County of London c1922 available from [http://www.maps.thehunthouse.net] [http://www.maps.thehunthouse.net/ http://www.maps.thehunthouse.net/] as a digital download. This covers the whole of London at a scale of three inches to the mile. It displays clearly and quickly, is easy to navigate, can be enlarged and has an index of 16,500 places that can be searched. Links in the index take you straight to the relevant page. Example pages and a list of street name changes that occurred after the map was originally produced are on the website.<br> | ||
A London parish boundary map identifying the wealthiest parts of the city in 1695 | A London parish boundary map identifying the wealthiest parts of the city in 1695 is available at the [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=5276 British History] website.<ref>'Introduction', London Inhabitants within the Walls 1695 (1966). URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=5276 Date accessed: 04 July 2011.</ref> | ||
[http://mapoflondon.uvic.ca/ The Map of Early Modern London] provides geographic views and descriptions of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century London. | [http://mapoflondon.uvic.ca/ The Map of Early Modern London] provides geographic views and descriptions of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century London. | ||
=== Online Resources === | |||
== References | *1633: [http://mapoflondon.uvic.ca/map.htm Map of Early Modern London]. Interactive map includes parish church locations. | ||
*1746: [http://www.locatinglondon.org/ John Rocque's 1746 map of London superimposed on Google Maps] | |||
*1796: [http://www.londonancestor.com/maps/map-fire.htm Fire in Bishopsgate Street] | |||
*1819: [http://www.londonancestor.com/maps/map-leigh.htm London] | |||
*1832: Environs of London: | |||
:*[http://www.londonancestor.com/maps/london-central-th.htm Inner] | |||
:*[http://www.londonancestor.com/maps/london-north-th.htm North] | |||
:*[http://www.londonancestor.com/maps/london-south-th.htm South] | |||
* 1850: [https://london1850.com/index.htm Cross's New Plan of London 1850]. Includes parish boundaries. | |||
* 1857: [http://www.londonancestor.com/maps/tolls.htm London Toll Gates] | |||
*'''1860-1880''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/62579/ London, England, Parish Maps, 1860-1880] at Ancestry — index & images ($) | |||
*1868: [http://london1868.com/ Map of London] by Edward Weller, F.R.G.S. | |||
*1877: [https://mapco.net/parish/parish.htm Stanford's Map of London]. Includes parish, ecclesiastical district, & poor law boundaries. | |||
*'''1890''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/62627/ London, England, Stanfords London Maps, 1890] at Ancestry — index & images ($) | |||
*1893-6: [http://londonist.com/2014/03/detailed-victorian-london-map-superimposed-on-google-maps.php London Ordnance Survey Town Map Superimposed on Google Maps] | |||
*1897: [http://www.londonancestor.com/maps/env-lon.htm London Vicinity] | |||
*1912: [http://www.londonancestor.com/maps/london-underground-map-th.htm London Underground] | |||
*Early 19th Century: [http://www.londonancestor.com/maps/middx-th.htm Middlesex] | |||
=== Publications === | |||
Webb's book pinpoints which London streets and wards belonged to particular London parishes: | |||
*Webb, Cliff. ''Streets, Parishes and Wards of the City of London.'' West Surrey Family History Society, c1991. {{FSC|497023|item|disp=FS Library Book 942.21 H25w no. 30}}.<br> | |||
*Webb, Cliff. ''Outer London Parish Maps''. MSS. {{FSC|149229|item|disp=FS Library Book 942 A1 no. 569}}.<br> | |||
[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/hitch/gendocs/lon-str.html Victorian London A-Z Street Index] (61,000 references) | |||
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