We have published more than 2,100 maps in our series of Old Ordnance Survey Map reprints, some 300 of them in the London and Middlesex 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 Heathrow:
This detailed map covers an area where, remarkably, scarcely a single feature remains traceable today. Author Tony Painter notes that in 1934 the picture, with its farmsteads, had changed little since the Middle Ages, but by 1936 plans were afoot to develop a civil airfield on the Fairey site nearby. Heathrow Airport was duly opened in 1946 "with limited and primitive facilities". Features on our map include Heathrow Farm, Perrott's Farm, Cain's Farm, Heathrow Hall, Perry Oaks and some orchards. On the reverse we include part of adjacent sheet 19.07, covering Perry Oaks Sludge Disposal Works, part of the area now being used for Terminal 5. A directory of the hamlet of Heathrow is included, with just 9 entries.
The map links up with Middlesex Sheet 19.04 Sipson to the north.
Follow this link for a complete list of our London and Middlesex 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 / 21 March 2008