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 Hendon & Burnt Oak:
We have published just the one version of this. It is dominated by Hendon Aerodrome, which covers the central area of the map but which, with its hangers and other buildings, is left blank for security reasons. But there is much of interest around it. To the west lie Colindale and Burnt Oak stations, Colindale Hospital, Watling Park and the many streets of Burnt Oak from Grange Hill Road eastward. To the right of the aerodrome (which finally closed to flying in 1957) appear the new arterial roads, Great Northway and Watford Way, dating from 1926 and 1927. A last reminder of the rural past, Good Hews Farm, would soon disappear. To provide a vivid contrast, on the reverse we include over half of the 1896 version of the same map, showing the Midland Railway and GNR Edgware Branch going through open fields, Page Street a small rural settlement, and Hall Lane meandering where Watford Way would later rush. Stewart Gillies' introduction tells how Claude Grahame-White turned Hendon into one of the four leading airfields in the country, and of its impact on the area.
An index map showing the areas covered by this and adjacent maps is available here. The map links up with Middlesex Sheets 6.14 Mill Hill Broadway to the north, 11.01 Burnt Oak & Little Stanmore to the west, 11.03 Finchley & Holders hill to the east, and 11.06 Kingsbury Green 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 / 24 August 2005