We have published more than 2,000 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 East Acton:
We have published three versions of this map, showing how the area developed across the years. The maps all cover the same area, with coverage extending from Goldsmith Avenue eastward to Ellerslie Road, and from Friars Place Farm southward to Acton Park. The 1871 map shows a rural area, with the village of East Acton surrounded by fields; features include the Manor House, The Grange, Goldsmiths Almshouses, Acton station, Old Oak Common Lane, Friars Place, Friarsplace Farm, Wormholt Farm, Old Oak Farm. The two subsequent maps are progressively more built up although much open land survives even in 1913. Features by then include part of Acton Park, Acton Isolation Hospital, St Dunstan's church, Wormwood Scrubs prison (largely left blank for security reasons), Hammersmith Workhouse, Wormholt Park, a few Hammersmith streets around Dunraven Road, western part of the White City.
The 1871 map includes an 1894 six-inch map of the area on the reverse. The 1894 map has a good selection of street directory entries. The 1913 map has an 1855 Inch to the Mile map of the Ealing, Acton and west London area.
An index map showing the areas covered by this and adjacent maps is available here. The map links up with London Sheets 46 Willesden Jct to the north, 57 Acton Town to the west, 59 Notting Hill to the east, and 72 North Hammersmith to the south
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You can order maps direct from our On-line Mapshop. For other information and prices, and other areas, 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 England, return to the England page.
Alan Godfrey Maps, Prospect Business Park, Leadgate, Consett, Co Durham, DH8 7PW / godfreyedition@btinternet.com / 5 July 2007