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 Mill Hill:
This detailed map covers the area of Mill Hill later known as the Village, which had become a 'gentleman's suburb' by 1800. Hamlets were at the summits of Bittacy and Milespit Hills, and large houses were strung along the line of the Ridgeway between them. This is still very much a rural map; frequent spot heights detail the climb up the two hills, and a group of buildings are shown where the two roads join - Grammar School, inns, almshouses etc. Major buildings include The Priory, St Vincent's School and Convent, Burton Bank, Bittacy House. To the east is empty countryside, apart from Frith Manor House and Nether Court. By cartographic contrast, on the reverse we include a 'Map of the Roads from London to Mill Hill & Barnet' by John Cooke, from 1792, an attractive early road map.
An index to this area may be posted here later. The map links up with Middlesex Sheets 6.11 Totteridge to the north, 6.14 Mill Hill Broadway to the west, 6.16 North Finchley to the east, and 11.03 Finchley & Holders Hill 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 / 25 August 2005