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, go to The Index Page.
Here are the details of maps for the Kenwood area:
At present we have published just the one map for this area. It covers an area of a mile by a mile and a half, still largely rural in 1894, stretching from Finchley Road eastward to Kenwood House. To the south it includes part of Hampstead Heath, including The Spaniards pub, Kenwood House itself, Ken Wood and North End. Golders Hill is included and North End Road, but beyond this the map is rural Middlesex, including Bishop's Wood, Turner's Wood and Wild Hatch. This also has the sheet numbering of Middlesex Sheet 11.12. On the reverse we include about half of a later map, showing the eastern half of the map revised to 1912. This is busier, showing development north of Golders Hill Park, including Golders Green station, West Heath Avenue, North End Road, Hampstead Way, Jews Cemetery, railway works. This provides a fascinating contrast with the 1894 version.
An index map showing the areas covered by this and adjacent maps is available here. The map links up with Sheets 10 East Finchley to the north, 17 Golders Green to the west, 19 Highgate to the east, 26 Cricklewood 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, go to The 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 / 13 August 2005