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 Plaistow:
We have published two versions of this map. Each covers the same area, from the East London Cemetery and Geere Road eastward to St Bernards Road; and from Crescent Road and Upton Park station southward to Whitwell Road. Much of the map is part of West Ham UD, but an eastern section is in East Ham. Features on the 1894 map include Plaistow station and the LTS railway works; High Street, The Broadway, Greengate Street, then a long stretch of the Barking Road, Green Street, Blind Lane; a stretch of the Northern Outfall Sewer; tramways, West Ham smallpox hospital. Many streets are only partly built up in 1894. On the reverse are street directories for The Broadway, Grafton Road, Green Street, Greengate Street, Harold Road, Hollybush Street, Queens Road.
The 1867 map shows Plaistow in its last days as a country village, and provides a fascinating contrast with the later map.
An index map showing the areas covered by this and adjacent maps is available here.
The map links up with London Sheets 43 Forest Gate to the north, 53 Bow to the west, and 66 Canning Town to the south;
and to Essex sheet 86.07 East Ham & Barking South to the east.
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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.
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