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Hyde Park Glove Map
If you lack a sense of direction and resort to writing directions on scraps of paper or the palm of your hand, this glove is for you. It was designed for George Shove in 1851 and shows the Great...
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Victorian London in Incredible Detail
[Update - Links fixed to repoint to the correct version of the high resolution maps.] Here’s a real treat. The National Library of Scotland’s Map Department, supported by David Rumsey, have taken some...
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Maps of Shoreditch Past & Future by Adam Dant
Today, Mapping London brings you not one, but eight maps from prolific cartographer/artist Adam Dant, via the excellent hyper-local blog Spitalfields Life. Firstly, Stories of Shoreditch Old & New...
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The Evolution of London’s Streets
This animation shows how the roads in the London area formed, from Roman times through the industrial revolution and to the modern day. London’s boundary has expanded through the ages, and it’s...
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Layers of London
Layers of London, which has just launched, aims to be a platform for geolocating and documenting the local history of the capital. It works by allowing historical facts, comments and memories to be...
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