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 Chigwell:
We have published two detailed maps for the Chigwell area, although our coverage here is not yet complete.
The Chigwell Station map covers the area around and to the south and west of Chigwell station. Coverage continues only a little way north, to Grange Court, but to the SW it stretches along Chigwell Road to Hill House, Turpins Lane and the massive Chigwell Convent (here called Manor House and an orphanage) which is at the foot of the map, on the outskirts of Woodford Bridge. "The River Roding meanders down the left-hand side of the map through an ancient landscape" says Tony Clifford at the start of his introduction. To add interest to this somewhat rural map we include a directory of Chigwell on the back, plus a 1915 timetable for the Ilford-Woodford line.,
The Chigwell Row map links up to the east. Grange Hill with its station is in the SW and from here Manor Road stretches up to the NE corner. Most interest is on on near this road, including All Saints church, Frog Hall, Woodlands and several other good-sized houses. The area known as Chigwell Row is in the top right quarter, where Gravel Lane crosses Manor Road. We include a directory of Chigwell Row plus a railway timetable for Woodford-Ilford (ie the other direction from that on Sheet 69.15); this was then a GER line - it became part of the Central Line in 1948.
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You can order maps direct from our On-line Mapshop. For other information and Prices, see Index Page.
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 / 30 Sept 2005