London

The Daily Telegraph was one of a number of newspapers to sponsor London underground maps, like our example from 1919 which also includes the tramwa...

A Mapp of the Parish of St Giles’s in the Fields John Stow's A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster was originally published in 1598 and ...

Beck’s 1938 passenger map features on its reverse an enlargement of the central London area with interchange stations named inside large diamonds. ...

Underground map of London with some motor bus connections, September 1916 issue. The London General Omnibus Company was by this point owned by the ...

A New and Accurate Map of the City of Westminster, the Dutchy of Lancaster and Places Adjacent This ward plan of Westminster was engraved by Benjam...

The May 1925 issue of Stingemore’s passenger map shows Wembley Exhibition Grounds, and its covers advertise the number of escalators and other amen...

Cassell's 'immense map' of London, of which this is the central sheet, was prepared for the Weekly Dispatch and published in nine parts between Jan...

Cassell's 'immense map' of London, of which this is the south sheet, was prepared for the Weekly Dispatch and published in nine parts between Janua...

This is the Summer 1928 issue of this portrait format map of the London underground, issued 1928-29.  The style of the lines, stations and intercha...

London, the Bastion of Liberty On returning to Blandford Studio in 1946 after his war service with the Air Ministry, Kerry Lee spent six months wor...

This is the North Eastern sheet of Stanford’s Library Map, extending as far east as Straford and West Ham; further sheets were available to extend ...

Wallis's Guide for Strangers, through London, and its Evirons, 1821 The stranger will here find an alphabetical list of streets corresponding to a ...

Stanford’s map of London and the twelve miles round was published in various editions between (at least) 1860 and 1903. Condition & MaterialsLi...

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 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...

Souvenir Map of the Coronation procession May 12th, 1937. This decorated Map is drawn to mark the Royal Procession of Their Majesties Coronation......

The “District Railway” Miniature Map of London and Environs (6th edition) District Railway routes are overprinted in red on this road and rail map ...

The British Empire Exhibition originally ran between April and November 1924, but it was not a financial success, and the decision was taken to reo...

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

Our journey to Hythe begins in London and follows the road through East Peckham and Eltham, reaching Hythe via Maidstone. Thousands of miles of roa...

Our journey to Dover begins in London and follows the road through Deptford, Blackheath, Shooter’s Hill, and Dartford, reaching Dover via Rochester...

Our journey begins in London and follows the road west through Knightsbridge and Kensington (with Hyde Park to one side), Hammersmith and Turnham G...

This map of London was published in the Report of the Royal Commission on London Traffic, a detailed eight volume investigation of the nature, admi...

Cassell's 'immense map' of London was prepared for the Weekly Dispatch and published in nine parts between January 1861 and April 1862. This exampl...

This pictorial map of London is generally dated 1931 in institutional catalogues, but here Geographia’s date-code for November 1934 is worked into ...

This pictorial map depicts various London ‘types’ in the borders, and shows the Royal Festival Hall (built for the 1951 Festival of Britain) and th...

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, ...

By Green Line from Hyde Park Corner This pair poster was issued in April 1947 for the start of the first summer of the fully re-instated coach netw...

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 ...

Plan of St Marylebone 1900 Detailed map of the Metropolitan Borough of St Marylebone as created by the London Government Act 1899, coloured to show...

Late Theatre Services by Tramway is one of at least three posters designed by Haythorne for LCC Trams, the others being ‘Dull days made bright in t...

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

London Restored or Sir John Evelyn’s Plan for Rebuilding the Antient Metropolis after the Fire in 1666 Evelyn, Wren and Hooke were among the archit...

Limestreet Ward divided into Parishes according to a late Survey Possibly engraved by Thomas Bowen and first published in the London Magazine, this...

Cheap Ward with its Divisions into Parishes according to a New Survey This ward plan of Cheap was published in the greatly expanded second edition ...

The Parish of St Johns Wapping; The Parish of St. Paul Shadwell This detailed ward plan of Wapping and Shadwell includes Execution Dock, where sent...

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...

Mary Sims and Mary Camidge, both signing as 'of Maps and Guides, Ltd', each produced posters for British Railways (Eastern Region) in 1960. They th...

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 ...

Particulars, with Plans, Key Plan and Conditions of Sale of the Hoxton Estate The Hoxton estate passed by marriage from the Pitfield to the Sturt f...

Clang, clang, clang went the trolley… Trolleybus services were introduced to London in 1931 and phased out between 1954 and 1962, making this one o...

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...