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.
Here are the details of maps for Shooters Hill:
We have published three versions of this map, showing how the area developed across the years. It covers an area stretching from the Brook Hospital eastward to Oxleas Wood and Woodlands Farm; from Genesta Road, Plumstead southward to Severndroog Castle. The map is therefore dominated by the old Roman Road, now largely followed by Shooters Hill Road. Other features include Herbert Hospital, Shrapnel Barracks, Royal Military Academy, tramways, and some of the southern streets of Woolwich and Plumstead, including part of Herbert Road, Cantwell Road and Woolwich Common.
The 1866 map has another map on the reverse. This is the six-inch to the mile map, Kent Sheet 2sw of 1894, giving a good picture of a wider area, including Charlton, Kidbroke, Woolwich and part of Plumstead. The 1894 and 1914 maps have extracts from street directories.
An index map showing the areas covered by this and adjacent maps is available here. The map links up with Sheets 94 Woolwich to the north, 106 Kidbrooke to the west, and 108 East Wickham & Welling to the east.
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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 / 24 Nov 2005