We have published more than 2,000 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 Wanstead Flats:
We have published two versions of this map, showing how the area developed across the years. It covers an area stretching from Montague Road and Odessa Road eastward to Forest Drive; and from Woodlands Avenue southward to Cobbold Road and Chestnut Avenue. The map is centred on the broad open space of Wanstead Flats, but it also includes fringe streets of Leytonstone (the west side of the map) and Forest Gate (to the south). In the NE corner of the 1915 map is the new housing estate known as Aldersbrook. Features on the map include West Ham cemetery, Manor Park cemetery, City of London cemetery; a short stretch of the GER main line including Manor Park station; part of the Tottenham & Forest Gate railway, incl Wanstead Park station; St Nicholas Industrial School; the 1915 map has tramways. Streets include Dames Road, Capel Road, Woodford Road, Godwin Road, Trumpington Road and others.
An index map showing the areas covered by this and adjacent maps is available here. The map links up with Sheets 24 Wanstead to the north, 32 Leyton to the west, 34 Ilford to the east, and 43 Forest Gate to the south.
Follow this link for a complete list of our London maps.
You can order maps direct from our On-line Mapshop. For other information and prices, go to The 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 / 23 June 2007