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 Islington & Highbury:
We have published three versions of this map, showing how the area developed across the years. The maps each cover the same area, York Road eastward to Rotherfield Street, and from Cloudsley Square northward to Witherington Road. Highbury & Islington station is near the centre of the map, which covers much of Islington and also southern Highbury. Barnsbury and Canonbury are also included. Major roads running through the map include Upper Street, Essex Road, Liverpool Road and Caledonian Road. These are very busy maps and features include the Kings Cross railway approaches; North London Railway, including Canonbury, Highbury & Islington, Caledonian Road and (at extreme west edge) Maiden Lane stations; Metropolitan Cattle Market, Belle Isle, Thornhill Square, Lonsdale Square, Highbury Fields, Milner Square, Canonbury Square, Islington Town Hall, Peabody Square. The major feature is innumerable streets of housing, Barnsbury area to west, Canonbury to east.
An index map showing the areas covered by this and adjacent maps is available here. The map links up with London Sheets 29 Upper Holloway to the north, 38 Kentish Town to the west, 40 Dalston to the east, 50 Clerkenwell to the south.
Follow this link for a complete list of our London maps .
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 / 29 October 2005