We have published more than 1,800 maps in our series of Old Ordnance Survey Map reprints, some 300 of them in the London area. The maps are highly detailed. They are taken from the OS 1:2,500 (or 25 inch) maps and reduced to about 15 inches to the mile. They show streets with individual houses, tram tracks, railway tracks and even signals, factories, wharves and such details as fountains and water troughs. They will provide hours of fascination for historians and genealogists. The maps are neatly folded and each includes a specially written introduction to the area. Maps can be purchased on our On-line Mapshop where further information about titles is given. For other information and Prices, see Index Page.
Here are the details of maps for Barkingside (E):
The tiny village of Aldborough Hatch is central to this map, with Aldborough Hall almost dead centre. Features there include St Peter's church. To the east lies the fringe of Little Heath, with St James church and Little Heath House. This is very rural, but at the left side of the map is a stretch of the GER (later Central line) and Barkingside station. Nearby is the Girls Village Home started by Dr Barnardo in the 1870s. The story of this is given in the notes. Elsewhere I said of the area that "this remains an oasis of countryside, perhaps caused through the planning blight caused by possible airport use" and marvelled "that in 1999 the visitor can still arrive here by train, at a station little changed from that on the map, admire Dr Barnardo's cottages, then follow the same paths, past the same farms, in much the same tranquility". A GER timetable for the Woodford-Ilford line is included, together wioth a directory for Aldborough Hatch.
The map links up with Essex Sheet 78.12 Newbury Park to the south.
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Maps in the Godfrey Edition are taken from the 25 inch to the mile map and reduced to about 15 inches to the mile. For a full list of maps for London, return to the London page.
The Godfrey Edition / godfreyedition@btinternet.com / 1 Oct 2005