Old Ordnance Survey Map Bermondsey Wapping near Whitechapel London 1894 S77 New

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Ancestors from London -  find where they lived and worked on

OLD ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP OF

BERMONDSEY AND WAPPING LONDON 1894

LONDON SHEET 77

This reprint first published 1986, Reprinted 1995, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2011

Reduced from the original Ordnance Survey 1:2500 map to a  scale of approximately 1:4340 or about 15 inches to the mile

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This is a brand new black & white folded map 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.

Do you have ancestors who lived in Bermondsey & Wapping who were employed at the Docks . Perhaps the worked on the River Thames ferrying people  or goods. Or the Neckanger or London Mills. This map is a must for the historian, genealogist and anyone interested in the local history of London Bermondsey and Wapping around the time of the 1894 census period. 

 Three versions of this map have been published 1872, 1894 and 1914, showing how the area developed across the years. The maps each cover the same area, stretching from London Bridge eastward to Southwark Park and southward to New Kent Road and Spa Road. Major features include London Bridge station, Tower Bridge, St Saviour's Dock, Tooley Street, Jamaica Road, Southwark Cathedral, Borough Market, St James's church, Spa Road station, numerous small works, and wharves beside the Thames. The map also includes a small but interesting section north of the Thames, where features include part of the Tower, most of St Katharine's Docks, London Western Dock, Wapping Basin, Wapping High Street.

Wards are  St Olave & St Thomas, St John Horsleydown, St Mary Magdalen Bermondsey, St John of Wapping, London Docks, River Thames. 

 The map links up with London Sheets 63 Whitechapel to the north, 76 Waterloo to the west, 77 Rotherhithe to the east, 90 Old Kent Road to the south.

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