Old Ordnance Survey Maps of Southfields

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 Southfields:

  • London Sheet 123.2 Southfields & Wimbledon Park 1867 - published 2000; introduction by Pamela Taylor
  • London Sheet 123.3 Southfields 1913 - published 1993; introduction by Anthony Shaw

    We have published two versions of this map, showing how the area developed across the years. The maps each cover the same area, from Putney Heath eastward to Merton Road, and from Wincanton Road and Brathway Road southward to Ryfold Road and St Luke's church. Development of the 'Wimbledon Park' Estate followed the sale of the land by the 4th Earl Spencer to John Augustus Beaumont in 1846. The two maps are quite different so here are brief notes on each:

  • By the 1860s an estate of 'stately villas' had been built. These are shown on the 1867 map, in their leafy grounds, while further east 'South Field' is largely rural, and aspects of Capability Brown's park can be seen. This is a most attractive map, with a few large houses shown at the top on Putney Heath: Fireproof House, Highlands, Bristol House. At the foot is an area called Parkside. Fine villas line the east side of the Heath - Belmont, Albermarle Lodge, etc - and also on Inner Park Road and Victoria Road. Further east 'South Field' is almost entirely rural, while to the south are remnants of Capability Brown's landscaping, with The Lake. The short directory Wimbledon Park lists the gentry who lived here.
  • The Wimbledon & Fulham railway arrived in 1889 and a much more routine suburb developed around Southfields station. By the time of the 1913 map the term 'Wimbledon Park' is shown referring only to the remaining parkland at the foot of the map. East of the railway are many streets of terraces, but the villas of Wimbledon Park still, for the time being, survive.

    An index map showing the areas covered by this and adjacent maps is available here. The map links up with London Sheets 113 Putney to the north, 161 Putney Vale to the west, 124 Wandsworth Common 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. For a full list of maps for London, return to the London page

    The Godfrey Edition / godfreyedition@btinternet.com / 27 Nov 2005