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Bethnal Green & Bow 1870 – 52.1
Bethnal Green and Bow in 1870 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 Cambridge Road eastward to Fairfield Road, and from Morpeth Road southward to Cephas Street. The eastern part of Bethnal Green is covered, and the map also includes Globe Town, part of the Mile End Road, Old Ford and the western part of Bow. Features include the southern part of Victoria Park, Hertford Union Canal, Waterloo House (earlier referred to as Workhouse), Bethnal Green Museum, Bethnal House, Coborn Road station, Meath Gardens, People`s Palace, Regent`s Canal, City of London Hospital for Diseases of the Chest, Bow Institution, Guardians Institution, Bow Road station, Old Ford Coal and Goods station, Globe Bridge, Tower Hamlets Cemetery, tramways, Bancrofts Hospital, City of London Union Workhouse, Tredegar Square, etc. Various street directory extracts are on the reverse. 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.