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 Tooting:
We have published two versions of this map, showing how the area developed across the years. Although in theory both maps cover the same area, coverage is less complete on the 1913 map, where the Surrey part of the map is left blank. Therefore, if you are buying only one of the maps I strongly advise the 1894 version..
The 1894 map covers the area from Wimbledon cemetery and Cromwell Road eastward to St Nicholas' church, Mitcham Road and Vant Road; and from Maskell Road and Huntspill Road southward to Cowper Road and Trevelyan Road. Features include Fountain Hospital; Lambeth, Wimbledon and Streatham cemeteries; Tooting Graveney, Merton Road, High Street, Mitcham Road, St Clement Danes Almshouses, tramways along Upper Tooting Road; a stretch of the River Wandle with industries, including Garratt Printing Works; Durnsford Lodge Hospital, Haydon's Road station. There are street directory extracts for Bickersteth Road, Blackshaw Road, Broadway, Garratt Lane, Hereward Road, Mellison Road, Merton Road, Mitcham Road.
The 1913 map (published by the OS as London Sheet XII.4) has Surrey - the area west of Lambeth Cemetery - left blank. We include the marginal London sheet XII.8 to the south as an inset for completion. This map excludes Haydons Road station, Wimbledon cemetery and the River Wandle area. However, it does now include the massive Grove Hospital, more extensive tramways, and more streets, especially between Backshaw Road and Garratt Lane. Street directories are included for Defoe Road, Garratt Lane, Tooting High Street, Mitcham Road, Selkirk Street and a few others.
An index map showing the areas covered by this and adjacent maps is available here. The map links up with London Sheets 124 Wandsworth Common to the north, 135 West Streatham to the east, 142 Merton to the south.
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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 / 8 Sept 2005