The Resource Medieval to twentieth century London : Four very detailed maps, Created by Old House Books, (cartographic material ;)
Medieval to twentieth century London : Four very detailed maps, Created by Old House Books, (cartographic material ;)
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- Summary
- Boxed set containing four London maps. These maps are so detailed that they show the streets and great houses that King Henry VIII would have known; the destruction of the city by the Great Fire witnessed by Samuel Pepys; the earliest railways as the Industrial Revolution gathered momentum and the massive expansion of the Victorian age.
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 4 Sheet maps (folded)
- Note
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- 4 Sheet map, folded
- In box
- Isbn
- 9781873590799
- Label
- Medieval to twentieth century London : Four very detailed maps
- Title
- Medieval to twentieth century London
- Title remainder
- Four very detailed maps
- Statement of responsibility
- Created by Old House Books
- Subject
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- British & Irish history -- c 1500 to c 1600 | c 1600 to c 1700 | c 1700 to c 1800 | c 1800 to c 1900 -- London, Greater London
- European history -- London, Greater London -- 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599 | 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699 | 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799 | 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899
- Historical maps & atlases -- London, Greater London -- 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599 | 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699 | 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799 | 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899
- Historical maps & atlases -- c 1500 to c 1600 | c 1600 to c 1700 | c 1700 to c 1800 | c 1800 to c 1900 -- London, Greater London
- History
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Boxed set containing four London maps. These maps are so detailed that they show the streets and great houses that King Henry VIII would have known; the destruction of the city by the Great Fire witnessed by Samuel Pepys; the earliest railways as the Industrial Revolution gathered momentum and the massive expansion of the Victorian age.
- Cataloging source
- UK-WkNB
- Characteristic
- single map
- Dewey number
- 912.421
- Index
- no index present
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Old House Books
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Historical maps & atlases
- British & Irish history
- History
- Historical maps & atlases
- European history
- Summary expansion
- These four detailed coloured street maps illustrate the story of London from King Henry VIII to the dawn of the Twentieth Century. During this time the capital developed unlike any other in the world. The 1520 map shows the city just beginning to break out from the confines of the Roman Wall that had more or less defined its limits for 1300 years. Ribbon development was stretching out along Fletestrete and Holbourne across open countryside towards the quite separate city of Westminster. Growth continued apace but on 2 September 1666 disaster struck and most of the area within the walls and more outside was swept away in the Great Fire. The second map in this collection, commissioned by the Lord Mayor to assess the damage and to plan the redevelopment, shows the principal buildings that were destroyed many of which, including St Paul's Cathedral, were soon to be rebuilt by Sir Christopher Wren. Moving on again we find that by 1843, eighty years after the start of the Industrial Revolution the cities of London and Westminster are joined but there were still orchards and market gardens in Chelsea and the Isle of Dogs is marshy ground well below the high water mark. This map was drawn for the benefit of Hansom cab passengers. When the long Victorian age finally ended we see a London in 1902 stretching in all directions both north and south of the river with industries, docks, main line and underground railways and, near the centre, bearing witness to the origins of the greatest city in the world, the unmistakable pattern of streets that once ran alongside the Roman wall where it all began many centuries before. Each of the four maps is accompanied by a booklet describing life in London at the time
- Label
- Medieval to twentieth century London : Four very detailed maps, Created by Old House Books, (cartographic material ;)
- Note
-
- 4 Sheet map, folded
- In box
- Control code
- 9781873590799
- Extent
- 4 Sheet maps (folded)
- Isbn
- 9781873590799
- Other physical details
- col., maps, ed.
- Physical medium
- paper
- Positive negative aspect
- not applicable
- Production reproduction details
- other
- Specific material designation
- map
- Type of reproduction
- unknown
- Label
- Medieval to twentieth century London : Four very detailed maps, Created by Old House Books, (cartographic material ;)
- Note
-
- 4 Sheet map, folded
- In box
- Control code
- 9781873590799
- Extent
- 4 Sheet maps (folded)
- Isbn
- 9781873590799
- Other physical details
- col., maps, ed.
- Physical medium
- paper
- Positive negative aspect
- not applicable
- Production reproduction details
- other
- Specific material designation
- map
- Type of reproduction
- unknown
Subject
- British & Irish history -- c 1500 to c 1600 | c 1600 to c 1700 | c 1700 to c 1800 | c 1800 to c 1900 -- London, Greater London
- European history -- London, Greater London -- 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599 | 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699 | 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799 | 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899
- Historical maps & atlases -- London, Greater London -- 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599 | 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699 | 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799 | 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899
- Historical maps & atlases -- c 1500 to c 1600 | c 1600 to c 1700 | c 1700 to c 1800 | c 1800 to c 1900 -- London, Greater London
- History
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