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Shoreditch 1914 – 51.3

Shoreditch in 1914 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 of this map have been published, stretching from Cropley Street and City Road eastward to Cambridge Road and Corfield Street, and from the Regents Canal southward to Bethnal Green Road and Bishopsgate Station. The maps include Shoreditch, Hoxton, Haggerston and the west part of Bethnal Green. Features include the GER railway approaches, Bethnal Green Junction station, Bishopsgate station on 1872 version, Bishopsgate Goods station on later maps; tramways, Shoreditch station, St Luke`s Hospital, Bunhill Fields Burial Ground, Aske`s Hospital, gas works, Columbia Market, Regents Canal, numerous small industries, e.g. vinegar works among the houses, the area known as The Jago. Streets include Hackney Road, City Road, New North Road, St John`s Road, Hoxton Street, Gosset Street and countless more. Each map has extracts from contemporary street directories.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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