Old Maps Of London England. Old-Maps is the UKs most comprehensive historical map archive comprising site centred historical maps covering England Wales and Scotland. Detail showing Bethnal Green from Bowles folding map of London of 1731.
It has withstood plague devastating fire civil war aerial bombardment terrorist attacks and riots. These high quality digital images of rare London maps are an excellent online resource for historians genealogists archaeologists tourists and lovers of fine art. Davies made detailed maps of London from about 1840 to 1869 and this is one of his earliest.
The map consists of 24 sheets and measures 384 by 201 metres.
Originally produced in 1860 by C. John Rocques A Plan of London 1769 4. Taking nearly ten years to survey engrave and publish it has been. The City of London is the historic core of the Greater London metropolis and is today.
