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Holborn & The City 1895 – 62.2

Holborn and the City in 1895 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. Three versions cover an area stretching from the British Museum eastward to Guildhall, and from Clerkenwell Road southward to Waterloo Bridge. Features include Covent Garden, Lincoln`s Inn Fields; Blackfriars, Ludgate Hill, Holborn Viaduct and Aldersgate stations; Southwark and Blackfriars Bridges; part of Bloomsbury; Fleet Street, The Strand, Somerset House, St Paul`s Cathedral, The Temple, Smithfield, Cheapside, etc. The 1873 map has street directories for Fleet St, Holborn and Strand; the 1895 version has directories for Drury Lane, Fleet Street and Ludgate Hill; and the 1914 map has entries for Fleet St, Kingsway and Strand. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25″ OS Series:Selected towns in Great Britain and Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th and early 20th century. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping and reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4,340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes and many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one and a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.FOR MORE INFORMATION AND A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE TITLES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK.

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