Old Ordnance Survey Maps of Pimlico

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 Pimlico:

  • London Sheet 88.1 Pimlico, Sloane Square & Nine Elms 1869 - published 1987; introduction by Alan Godfrey
  • London Sheet 88.2 Pimlico, Sloane Square & Nine Elms 1894 - published 1990; introduction by Alan Godfrey
  • London Sheet 88.3 Pimlico, Sloane Square & Nine Elms 1913 - published 1998; introduction by Isobel Watson

    We have published three versions of this map, showing how the area developed across the years. The maps each cover the same area, an area stretching from Chelsea Royal Hospital eastward to Vauxhall Bridge, from Sloane Square southward to Battersea Park. The map therefore coverrs the eastern part of Chelsea, Pimlico, and a small part of Battersea. On the south side of the Thames a major feature is the Nine Elms area, including several wharves and the Nine Elms Goods Depot. North of the river major features include the railway approaches to Vioctoria (though the station is on the Westminster map), Sloane Square, Chelsea Barracks, Ranelagh Gardens, Lupus Street, Warwick Street, Chelsea Suspension Bridge, Vauxhall Bridge, Belgrave Road, Millbank Barracks. The 1869 map has Millbank Prison (in some detail). The 1913 map has the Tate Gallery and Queen Alexandra Military Hospital in its place. The 1869 map is so detailed that even mixed gauge railway track is shown - the GWR had access to Victoria.

    An index map showing the areas covered by this and adjacent maps is available here. The map links up with London Sheets 75 Westminster to the north, 87 Chelsea to the west, 89 Kennington to the east, 101 Battersea & Clapham 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 / 14 October 2005