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Euston & Regent`s Park 1870 – 49.1
Euston and Regent`s Park 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 cover the same area, stretching from Baker Street station eastward to Tavistock Square and from The Zoo southward to Fitzroy Square; a fascinating area, including most of Regent`s Park, Euston station and its approaches, Somers Town goods station and the St Pancras railway approaches, part of north Bloomsbury, and the area around University College Hospital. Other features include Royal Botanic Gardens, Regents Canal and Regents Park Basin, Cumberland Market, Regents Park Barracks, The Zoo, Albany Street, Clarendon Square, St Pancras Workhouse, St Pancras church, and countless streets. Various street directory extracts are on the reverse; the 1894 map also has a plan of the Zoo.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.