{"id":2278,"date":"2025-05-22T12:40:44","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T11:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anterotesis.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=2278"},"modified":"2025-08-02T13:24:04","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T12:24:04","slug":"historic-maps-of-london","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/anterotesis.com\/wordpress\/mapping-resources\/historic-maps-of-london\/","title":{"rendered":"Historic Maps of London"},"content":{"rendered":"

This page lists digital collections of historic maps of London, and individual maps and the projects utilising them. More a personal collection of materials I often have recourse to; for a more comprehensive collection see the excellent ‘Mapography’<\/a> compiled by the Map of Early Modern London.<\/p>\n

Collections<\/h2>\n

Harvard. Library of Congress. Michigan Clark Library<\/a>. David Rumsey<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Wikicommons category: Old Maps of London<\/a><\/p>\n

Individual maps<\/h2>\n

1561: Agas Map.<\/p>\n

Scans: Map of Early Modern London<\/a>. British History Online<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Download: Michigan<\/a>. BHO @ Github<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1667: An Exact Survey of the Streets, Lanes and Churches contained within the Ruines of the City of London.<\/p>\n

Scans: NYPL<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1676: Ogilby, A Large and Accurate Map of the City of London.<\/p>\n

View: Grub Street Project<\/a>. British History Online<\/a>, Yale<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Download: Trove, National Library of Australia<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1682: Morgan & Ogilby, London &c. actually surveyed.<\/p>\n

Scans: Library of Congress<\/a>, Wikicommons<\/a>,<\/p>\n

1746: Rocque<\/p>\n

Georectified: Locating London’s Past<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Scans: Harvard<\/a>. David Rumsey<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Index to Rocque at Google books: best copy,<\/a> another copy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1790s: Horwood’s Plan.<\/p>\n

Georectified: Romantic London<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1819: Faden’s 4th edition of Horwood’s Plan.<\/p>\n

Georectified: Romantic London<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1830: Greenwood’s Map of London.<\/p>\n

Scans: Harvard<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1866: Stanford’s Library map of London.<\/p>\n

Scans: David Rumsey<\/a>, (High quality, 7 sheets).<\/p>\n

Street Indexes and Directories:<\/p>\n

1746: Index to Rocque at Google books: best copy,<\/a> another copy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1810: Lockie’s Topography<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1918: Harben’s Dictionary of London<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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