Old Ordnance Survey Maps of Upton & Plashet


We have published more than 1,900 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, go to The Index Page.


Here are the details of maps for Upton, Plashet & Forest Gate:

  • London Sheet 43.1 Upton, Plashet & Forest Gate 1867 - published 2006; introduction by Tony Clifford
  • London Sheet 43.2 Forest Gate 1894 - published 1986; introduction by Janice Brooker

    We have two versions of this map, covering the same area at different dates. The change in titles reflects the development of the area.) The maps cover an area stretching from Fairland Road and West Ham Park eastward to Woodgrange Park Cemetery; from the GER railway southward to Plashet Road.

  • The 1867 map shows a very rural area, principal features including Ham House and Ham Park, Plashet House, Plashet Hall, Pawnbrokers Almshouses, Woodgrange, and some development around Forest Lane. Country lanes such as Gipsy Lane and Red Post Lane link Plashet with the Romford Road.
  • The 1894 map is more built up. Features now include Forest Gate School, Forest Gate Junction, Woodgrange Park station, tramway along Romford Road,and the northern fringe of Upton Park. Churches include St Anthony's RC church, St James's Forest Lane, All Saints Romford Road. Streets (many only half built up in 1894) include Romford Road, Red Post Lane, Earlham Grove, Gipsy Lane, Boleyn Road and many more. Each map includes selected extracts from a contemporary street directory.

    An index map showing the areas covered by this and adjacent maps is available here. The map links up with Sheet 33 Wanstead Flats to the north, Sheet 42 Stratford to the west, 44 East Ham to the east and 54 Plaistow 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 / 28 July 2006