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The Central London Railway pioneered giving maps like this one to passengers free of charge, something which we now take for granted but which only...

This map of the London underground was published shortly before changes were made to the colour coding of the Central and Bakerloo Lines. Beck’s 19...

This issue of Beck’s 1934 map saw a slight increase in size of the card folder given away to passengers.  Beck’s diagram is one of the most innovat...

Our map of the London underground is the second edition in a series designed by Fred Stingemore, issued free to passengers from May 1925 onwards an...

This Edwardian map of the London underground represents a significant advance both in the issuing of passenger maps in a convenient format, and in ...

The British Empire Exhibition was, at the time, the largest exhibition staged anywhere in the world; a high profile, postwar statement of confidenc...

A first edition of the famous diagram from January 1933 Beck’s diagram is one of the most innovative and influential designs of the twentieth centu...

  Garbutt believed he had ‘rescued’ the London Underground map from the clutches of Harold Hutchison and his ‘ham-fisted parody’ of Beck’s designs ...

District within ¼ mile radius [of] South Harrow Stanford’s was a firm of map publishers as well as map retailers until after the Second World War, ...

District within ¼ mile radius [of] Turnpike Lane Stanford’s was a firm of map publishers as well as map retailers until after the Second World War,...

The District Railway Guide to the Greater Britain Exhibition, the Gigantic Wheel, &c, at Earls Court The Greater Britain Exhibition was one of ...

Map with lines showing the boundary for free collection and delivery of parcels and passengers’ luggage The main map shows central London, includin...

Harold Hutchison believed that he could design a superior version of the Beck diagram himself. He was wrong. With a print code dated January 1960, ...

District within ¼ mile radius [of] Monument Stanford’s was a firm of map publishers as well as map retailers until after the Second World War, with...

The map shows bus, tram and train services operated by the Underground Group and is very similar to the pocket map issued in guidebooks c.1924 (ill...

Beck’s diagram is possibly one of the most innovative and influential designs of the 20th century. First published in 1933, Beck remained directly ...

Underground Map of Central London/A Guide to Underground Travel, Through Service Sth. Harrow and the West End Leboff and Demuth draw attention to t...

Underground Railways of London/What to see and how to travel: Map of the Electric Railways of London The continuation of lines in the margins is no...

This District Railway map of Greater London shows the approximate extent from Epsom to Enfield and from Windsor to Grays, with inset of the Henley ...

Un-titled, undated and without a printer, this exceptionally scarce early poster was created for display in stations, but establishing which ones p...

This pictorial map of London employs an unusual form of Turkish fold which makes use of inclined folding lines. The map is a simplified pocket vers...

MacDonald Gill, brother of Eric, was a successful commercial artist in his own right, and a noted calligrapher who designed the font used on all he...

This iteration of the UERL common design marks George Philip & Son’s first official map for the Underground Group; the firm had designed the fi...

The earliest versions of this map advertised the Franco-British Exhibition which closed at the end of October 1908, marked here as ‘Exhibition’. In...

Our map shows bus, tram and train services operated by the Underground Group and is very similar to the pocket map issued in guidebooks c. 1924.  T...

The London General Omnibus Company was by this point owned by the Underground Group and this is an early attempt at transport integration, with the...

The first edition of this map was printed in 1932 but the introduction of Beck's diagram in 1933 did not obviate the need for geographically accura...

This issue of the London Underground map, the last of Beck’s pre-war card folders, features on its reverse an enlargement of the central area with ...

This was the first official London Underground passenger map to be printed since spring 1943, at least partly due to paper shortages. When printed ...

Underground Railways of London What to see and how to travel: Map of the Electric Railways of London Condition & Materials Summer 1925 issue of...

The Central London Railway produced a considerable quantity of advertising material in the Edwardian period. Other postcards included views of Lots...

District within ¼ mile radius [of] Manor House Stanford’s was a firm of map publishers as well as map retailers until after the Second World War, w...

Garbutt believed he had ‘rescued’ the London Underground map from the clutches of Harold Hutchison and his ‘ham-fisted parody’ of Beck’s designs. H...

District within ¼ mile radius [of] Uxbridge Stanford’s was a firm of map publishers as well as map retailers until after the Second World War, with...

The guide seems to have been aimed at an American audience, with several pages devoted to converting prices in pounds, shillings and pence into dol...

This Central London Railway map is similar in style to the UERL common design which had been in circulation since 1908, although with a chocolate r...

Benjamin Getzel Lewis' map of the London underground shows the Victoria Line under construction in the originally proposed colour Lewis (1900-1966)...

The Evening News was responsible for coining the name ‘Bakerloo Line’ for the Baker Street and Waterloo Railway, and here the newspaper makes a rel...

Published in March 1935, this is a commercially available map showing the operating area of the recently formed London Passenger Transport Board, a...

Beck’s diagram is possibly one of the most innovative and influential designs of the twentieth century. First published in 1933, Beck remained dire...

District within ¼ mile radius [of] Paddington Praed Street Stanford’s was a firm of map publishers as well as map retailers until after the Second ...

Garbutt believed he had ‘rescued’ the London Underground map from the clutches of Harold Hutchison and his ‘ham-fisted parody’ of Beck’s designs. H...

The introduction of Beck's diagram did not obviate the need for geographically accurate maps, which pinpointed the location of Underground stations...

This map attempts full integration of bus and coach routes, tramways, the Underground and main-line railways, and is possibly the first issue showi...

In 1933 the Met became part of the LPTB. Here though, the Tube and other railways fade into the background. The emphasis is on work/life balance, c...