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London - Wards, Parishes, environs &suburbs

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London Maps

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The City of Westminster      Maitland / Cole 1755 
size: 380 x 240 mm

Ref  GHM062               £140.00 (+P&P)
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London Wards - Tower Street    
Stow / Strype   1755       size: 380 x 310 mm

2 folds.
Ref  AAM122               £120.00 (+P&P)
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London  Ward -  Aldersgate
Stow / Strype   1720      size: 200 x 330 mm


Ref  ECM017               £65.00 (+P&P)

Detail
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London Parish -  St Andrews, Holborn  - (Holborn & Kingsway)
Stow / Strype   1720  - 1st edition       size: 400 x 320 mm

centre fold
Ref  EKM087               £75.00 (+P&P)        Detail
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London Ward - Limestreet Ward     (Leadenhall - Fenchurch St)
Bowen / London Magazine 1766-1772       size: 240 x 180 mm

Several folds,  a few creases,  minor repair to split fold.
Ref  AAM008               £38.00 (+P&P)
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London - Green Walk - Gravel Lane, Southwark
Wilkinson  1814       size: 260 x 300 mm

View of John Bunyan's Meeting House,  Zoar St, Gravel Lane, Southwark
Ref  AAM077               £48.00 (+P&P)
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London - Albion Street / Blackfriars Bridge / Holland Street
Wilkinson  1811       size: 260 x 330 mm

View of the Falcan Tavern on the Bankside, Southwark
Ref  AAM078               £48.00 (+P&P)
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London - High Street Borough / St Saviours /  Clink Street,  Southwark
Wilkinson  1811       size: 260 x 330 mm

View of Gateway of St Mary's Priory, Southwark
Ref  AAM079               £48.00 (+P&P)
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London - Marshalsea Prison,  Southwark
Wilkinson  1812       size: 330 x 250 mm

View of the South Front of the North side of the Marshalsea Prison, near Blackman Street, Southwark
Ref  EKM013               £48.00 (+P&P)
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London - Tottenham Court Road
Wilkinson  1813       size: 250 x 330 mm

  Remains of the Manor House, denominated The Lordship of Toten-Hall;  now vulgarly called Tottenham Court, and occupied by the Adam and Eve Tea House and Gardens
Ref  EKM014               £48.00 (+P&P)
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London - Thames / St Saviours Dock / East Lane / Mill St,  Bermondsey
Wilkinson  1813       size: 260 x 300 mm

View of London Street Dockhead, Parish of St Mary Magdelan, Bermondsey
Ref  AAM080               £48.00 (+P&P)
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London Ward - Cheap Ward     (Cheap Side - Guildhall)
Stow / Strype   1720       size: 400 x 320 mm

A few printing folds.
Ref  AAM110               £75.00 (+P&P)
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London Ward - Broad Street Ward & Cornhill Ward   
Cole / Maitland   1755       size: 400 x 320 mm

2 folds.   Repairs to splits at folds
Ref  AAM113               £95.00 (+P&P)
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London Ward - The Tower & St Catherines
Stow / Strype   1720       size: 400 x 320 mm

2 folds.
Ref  AAM114               £150.00 (+P&P)
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London  -  Tower Street Liberty
Stow / Strype   1720      size: 380 x 300 mm

Centre fold, a few minor creases.
Ref  AAM118               £125.00 (+P&P)
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London  -  Tower Street Liberty
Stow / Strype   1720      size: 380 x 300 mm

Centre fold
Ref  HEM020               £130.00 (+P&P)
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London Parish  -  St Giles, Cripplegate Without
Stow / Strype   1720      size: 380 x 320 mm

Ref  HEM023               £85.00 (+P&P)
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London Parishes  -  St Johns, Wapping and  St Pauls, Shadwell
Stow / Strype   1755      size: 380 x 300 mm
Strengthened lower margin & repair to lower-left corner

Ref  HEM024               £85.00 (+P&P)
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London Parishes - St Saviours & St Georges     (Southwark, Borough & London Bridge)
Stow / Strype   1755       size: 400 x 320 mm

2 folds, minor crease.
Ref  AAM123               £120.00 (+P&P)
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London Parishes - St Andrews, Holborn     (Holborn, Kings Way, Fleet River)
Stow / Strype   1755       size: 400 x 320 mm

2 folds, minor crease.
Ref  AAM124               £120.00 (+P&P)
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London Parishes - Shoreditch, Norton Folegate & Cripplegate Without
Stow / Strype   1755       size: 380 x 310 mm

  Centre fold.
Ref  AAM125               £80.00 (+P&P)       Detail
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London Parishes - St Mary, Whitechapel     (Inset of St Katherines by the Tower)
Stow / Strype   1755       size: 400 x 320 mm

  Centre fold, a few minor crease, slight discolouration at margins.
Ref  AAM127               £70.00 (+P&P)
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London Parishes - St Mary, Whitechapel     (Inset of St Katherines by the Tower)
Stow / Strype   1755       size: 400 x 320 mm

  Centre fold, a few minor crease.
Ref  HEM021               £85.00 (+P&P)
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London Parishes - St Dunstans, Stepney    
Carries a table of names of Streets, Courts and Alleys in the hamlets.
Stow / Strype   1755       size: 440 x 320 mm
2 folds.
Ref  AAM128               £120.00 (+P&P)
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London Ward - Cripplegate    (Barbican, London Wall)
Stow / Strype   1755       size: 370 x 310 mm

2 folds
Ref  AAM129               £100.00 (+P&P)
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London Parish  -  Lambeth and Christchurch, Southwark
Stow / Strype   1755      size: 310 x 380 mm
Shows Westminster Bridge and the new roads from Westminster

Ref  HEM022               £90.00 (+P&P)
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London Parish  -  St Mary, Rotherhithe
Stow / Strype engraved by Harris  1720    
 size: 420 x 290 mm

Ref  HEM025               £100.00 (+P&P)
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London Ward - Portsoken
Cole / Maitland   1755       size: 250 x 380 mm


Ref  HDM005           £75.00 (+P&P)

Detail
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London Wards - Colman, Bassishaw, Portsoken,  Cripplegate
Thornton   1784       size: 220 x 340 mm


Ref  ECM002               £35.00 (+P&P)

Detail

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London Wards - Cheap Ward and Tower Street Ward
Thornton   1784       size: 220 x 340 mm


Ref  ECM003               £35.00 (+P&P)

Detail

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London Wards - Cheap,  Tower Street
Thornton   1784       size: 220 x 340 mm


Ref  ECM004               £35.00 (+P&P)

Detail
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London Wards - Aldgate,  Lime Street,  Queen Hithe & Vintry
Thornton   1784       size: 220 x 340 mm


Ref  ECM005               £35.00 (+P&P)
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London Wards - Colman, Bassishaw, Portsoken,  Cripplegate
Thornton   1784       size: 220 x 340 mm


Ref  ECM006               £35.00 (+P&P)

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London Wards - Baynards Castle,  Farringdon Within,  Candlewick,  Langborn.
Thornton   1784       size: 220 x 340 mm


Ref  ECM007               £50.00 (+P&P)

Detail
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London Wards - Bishopsgate,  Bread Street & Cordwainers
Thornton   1784       size: 220 x 340 mm


Ref  ECM008               £40.00 (+P&P)

Detail
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London Parish  -  St Pauls, Shadwell
Stow / Strype   1755      size: 330 x 200 mm

Embossed library stamp.
Ref  ECM018               £60.00 (+P&P)      Detail
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London  Parish -  Redriffe & Part of St Mary Magdelane
Stow / Strype   1755      size: 320 x 200 mm

Embossed library stamp.
Ref  ECM019               £70.00 (+P&P)      Detail
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London Ward - Aldgate  
Cole / Maitland   1755       size: 400 x 320 mm

Embossed Library stamp, some discolouration to bottom margin.
Ref  ECM022               £85.00 (+P&P)       Detail
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London Ward - Aldgate
Cole / Maitland   1755       size: 400 x 320 mm

Ref  EKM091               £85.00 (+P&P)    Detail
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London Ward - Limestreet
Cole / Maitland   1755       size: 370 x 350 mm

Embossed Library stamp, some discolouration to bottom margin.
Ref  ECM023               £80.00 (+P&P)        Detail
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London Ward - Limestreet
Cole / Maitland   1755       size: 370 x 350 mm


Ref  ECM036               £80.00 (+P&P)        Detail
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London Ward - Billingsgate Ward and Bridge Ward Within
Cole / Maitland   1755       size: 370 x 350 mm

small split at lower margin,  tight top-right corner
Ref  ECM035               £80.00 (+P&P)        Detail
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London Roads - 'A Plan of the Parish Roads and Property from Holloway
to the
North Road at Tottenham High Cross, shewing the proposed new
line of road to the Seven Sisters'.  
Thought to be one of the first maps of a planned by-pass.
Metropolis Turnpike Trusts  1828       size: 330 x 175 mm
Several folds
Ref  ECM024               £60.00 (+P&P)      Detail
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London Roads - Proposed new roads south of Westminster Bridge
A Map of the New Roads from the Westminster Bridge.  
Shows Milestones, Turnpikes,  Houses, Inns and roadside Gallows.
Gentleman's Magazine 1753       size: 365 x 225 mm  
Tight margins.
Ref  ECM025               £70.00 (+P&P)      Detail
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London Roads - Proposed new roads south of Westminster Bridge
A Map of the New Roads from the Westminster Bridge.  
Shows Milestones, Turnpikes,  Houses, Inns and roadside Gallows.
Gentleman's Magazine 1753       size: 365 x 225 mm  
Tight margins - repair to tear across lower-left side - visible in illustration.
Ref  HEM018               £30.00 (+P&P)          Detail
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A Plan of London as Fortified in the years 1642 and 1643       J. Cooke for Walter Harrison 1775
'A plan of the City and Environs of London as fortified by order of Parliament in the Years 1642 and 1643.'
Side panels have 23 references to fortification locations.
size: 320 x 200 mm,  2 folds
Ref  GHM064               £75.00 (+P&P)
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London Rebuilding plan        J. Cooke for Walter Harrison 1775   
'Sir John Evelyn's Plan for Rebuilding the City of London after the Great Fire in 1666'
Side panel has 33 references to city locations.
size: 300 x 170 mm,  2 folds
Ref  GHM065               £40.00 (+P&P)
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London Rebuilding plan       c1770
'A Plan of the City of London after the Great Fire in the year of our Lord 1666, according to the design & proposal of Sir Christopher Wren ....'
size: 280 x 190 mm,  2 folds
Ref  GHM066               £40.00 (+P&P)
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London Ward - Queen Hithe & Vintry  
Cole / Maitland   1755       size: 380 x 250 mm

Some discolouration to far left, a few minor creases.
Ref  ECM026               £80.00 (+P&P)    Detail
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London Wards - Baynards Castle,  Farringdon Within,  Candlewick,  Langborn.
Thornton   1784       size: 220 x 340 mm

Ref  ECM027               £55.00 (+P&P)

Detail
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London Ward -   Walbrook and Dowgate wards
Cole / Maitland   1755       size: 370 x 250 mm

Ref  AAM157               £90.00 (+P&P)     Detail
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London Ward - Walbrook & Dowgate    (Thames Street / Cannon Streetl)
Bowen / Noorthouk  1772       size: 245 x 185 mm

Ref AAM148               £45.00 (+P&P)
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London Ward - Walbrook & Dowgate    (Thames Street / Cannon Streetl)
Bowen / Noorthouk  1772       size: 245 x 185 mm

Ref  EDM001               £45.00 (+P&P)
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London Wards - Walbrook Ward and Dowgate Ward
Bowen / London Magazine 1766-1772       size: 240 x 180 mm

Several folds
Ref  FGM036              £35.00 (+P&P)
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London Ward - Portsoken Ward    
Bowen / London Magazine 1766-1772       size: 240 x 180 mm

Several folds
Ref  ECM028               £35.00 (+P&P)
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London Ward - Farringdon Without
Bowen / London Magazine 1766-1772       size: 240 x 180 mm

Ref  FGM035              £35.00 (+P&P)
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London Ward - Farringdon Without
Bowen /
Noorthouk  1772        size: 240 x 180 mm
Ref  AAM152              £35.00 (+P&P)
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Tower Street Ward     
Bowen / Noorthouk  1772           size: 240 x 180 mm
faint discolouration at top-centre
Ref  AAM151              £35.00 (+P&P)
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Breadstreet Ward   and Cordwainers Ward 
Bowen / Noorthouk  1772           size: 240 x 180 mm
Ref  AAM150              £35.00 (+P&P)
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Bishopsgate Ward   Within and Without    
Bowen / Noorthouk  1772           size: 240 x 180 mm
Ref  AAM149              £35.00 (+P&P)
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London Ward - Coleman Street & Bassishaw
Bowen / Noorthouk  1772       size: 190 x 240 mm


Ref  ECM029               £45.00 (+P&P)
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London Ward - Aldersgate Ward    
Bowen / London Magazine 1766-1772       size: 240 x 180 mm

Several folds
Ref  ECM031               £45.00 (+P&P)
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London Ward - Bread Street & Cordwainer.   
Bowen / London Magazine 1766-1772       size: 240 x 180 mm

Several folds
Ref  ECM032               £40.00 (+P&P)
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London Ward - Aldgate   
Bowen / London Magazine 1766-1772       size: 240 x 180 mm

Several folds
Ref  ECM030               £38.00 (+P&P)
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London -  Public Improvements

Map of London, Westminster and Southwark, in the time of
Queen Elizabeth From the plan published by Aggas.  
Shows 39 Key landmarks in adjacent table.

The Penny Magazine  1838       size: 170 x 260 mm

Ref  ECM034               £25.00 (+P&P)
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London Ward - Cheap Ward 
Cole / Maitland   1755       size: 500 x 390 mm

Several folds.
Ref  AAM107               £85.00 (+P&P)
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London Parish  -  Lambeth and Christchurch, Southwark
Stow / Strype   1755      size: 310 x 380 mm
Shows Westminster Bridge and the new roads from Westminster
Embossed library stamp.
Ref  AAM121               £70.00 (+P&P)
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London Wards - Barnard Castle & Farringdon Within 
Cole / Maitland   1755       size: 490 x 380 mm

Several folds, a few minor creases, some folds split at margins.
Ref  AAM132               £130.00 (+P&P)
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London Wards - Langborn  and Candlewick 
Cole / Maitland   1755       size: 500 x 390 mm

Several folds, a few minor creases.
Ref  AAM133               £85.00 (+P&P)
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Plan of  proposed street development around London Bridge 
Gentleman's Magazine    1760     size:  190 x 115 mm

Ref  HBM015           £24.00 (+P&P)

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London in the Time of Queen Elizabeth         Coxhead 1814    size:  190 x 115 mm, tight top margin

Ref  GEM040           £28.00 (+P&P)
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Westminster in the Time of Queen Elizabeth         Coxhead 1814    size:  190 x 115 mm, tight top margin

Ref  GEM041           £28.00 (+P&P)
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A Map of the Counties 30 miles around London,
Drawn and Engraved from Accurate Surveys By Thos. Kitchin ..,
Engraved for Noorthoucks History of London  1753 - 1773
Shows the circuit of the London Penny Post, later to become the London Postal District.
Extent: Braintree (NE),  Smarden (SE), Godalming (SW),  Ayesbury (NW), Stevenage (N),  Crawley (S)
size: 540 x 510 mm,  many folds.

Ref  AAM140               £110.00 (+P&P)
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A Map of the Country Surrounding London to the Extent of 30 Miles,
Drawn and Engraved for Hughson's Description of London  1808

Shows the circuit of the London Penny Post, later to become the London Postal District.
Extent: Chelsford (NE),  Tunbridge (SE), Guildford (SW),  Tring (NW), Ware (N),  Reigate (S)
size: 410 x 360 mm  many folds, tight side margins (see illustration).

Ref  GLM002              £50.00 (+P&P)
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map London -   Borough of Southwark, with the New Roads & New Buildings to the Year 1765
Hinton  (Universal Magazine)  1765    Copper Engraving   size:  350 x 400 mm
Many folds.  Repairs to damage at folds and a few tears. 
Poor condition from years of folding & unfolding. 
Not for display purposes, but a useful reference copy.
Ref  HAM009         £25.00 (+P&P)    Detail
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map Plan of the Docks at London in 1808       Wilson Lowry 1809
Copper Engraving    size:  250 x110 mm
Ref  HCM002        £24.00 (+P&P)
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map London -   Tower Hill, Fenchurch Street, London Bridge
Vignette illustration of The New Custom House
Hughson / Clark    1817
from David Hughson's  Walks through London     
size:  90 x150 mm

Ref  GBM226         £24.00 (+P&P)
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map London -   Bishopsgate, Cornhill, Aldgate, Moorfields, Threadneedle Street
Vignette illustration of Crosby Hall
Hughson / Clark    1817
from David Hughson's  Walks through London     
size:  90 x150 mm

Ref  GBM227         £22.00 (+P&P)
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map London -   Bank, London Wall,  Poultry, Threadneedle Street
Vignette illustration of Bank from Lothbury
Hughson / Clark    1817
from David Hughson's  Walks through London     
size:  90 x150 mm  
Small spot of discolouration at centre.

Ref  GBM228         £22.00 (+P&P)
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map London -   London Wall,  Cheapside, Finsbury Park
Vignette illustration of Goldsmith's Hall
Hughson / Clark    1817
from David Hughson's  Walks through London     
size:  90 x150 mm

Ref  GBM229         £22.00 (+P&P)
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map London -   Thames Street, St Pauls Churchyard
Vignette illustration of St Paul's School
Hughson / Clark    1817
from David Hughson's  Walks through London     
size:  90 x150 mm

Ref  GBM230         £22.00 (+P&P)
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map London -   St Pauls, Smithfield,  St Bartholomew's Hospital, Fleet Market
Vignette illustration of Physicians College
Hughson / Clark    1817
from David Hughson's  Walks through London     
size:  90 x150 mm  
Small spot of discolouration at top-right.

Ref  GBM231         £24.00 (+P&P)
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map London -   Fleet Street, Temple,  Blackfriars Bridge
Vignette illustration of Middle Temple Hall
Hughson / Clark    1817
from David Hughson's  Walks through London     
size:  90 x150 mm  


Ref  GBM232         £22.00 (+P&P)
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map London -   Holborn, Hatton Gargen, Grays Inn
Vignette illustration of Furnivals Inn
Hughson / Clark    1817
from David Hughson's  Walks through London     
size:  90 x150 mm  


Ref  GBM233         £22.00 (+P&P)
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map London -   Holborn, Chancery Lane, Carey Street, Fleet Market
Vignette illustration of Staples Inn, Holborn
Hughson / Clark    1817
from David Hughson's  Walks through London     
size:  90 x150 mm  


Ref  GBM234         £24.00 (+P&P)
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map London -   Covent Garden,  Strand, Charing Cross,  Drury Lane
Vignette illustration of Covent Garden Theatre
Hughson / Clark    1817
from David Hughson's  Walks through London     
size:  90 x150 mm  


Ref  GBM235         £26.00 (+P&P)
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map London -   Whitehall, St James, Pimlico,  Green Park
Vignette illustration of The Treasury, Westminster
Hughson / Clark    1817
from David Hughson's  Walks through London     
size:  90 x150 mm  


Ref  GBM236         £26.00 (+P&P)
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map London -   Park Lane, Grosvenor Square, Berkley Square, Piccadilly, Soho
Vignette illustration of Pulteney Hotel
Hughson / Clark    1817
from David Hughson's  Walks through London     
size:  90 x150 mm  


Ref  GBM280         £26.00 (+P&P)
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map London -   Baker Street, Great Portland Street,  Harley Street
Vignette illustration of Cavendish Square
Hughson / Clark    1817
from David Hughson's  Walks through London     
size:  90 x150 mm  


Ref  GBM237         £24.00 (+P&P)
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map London -   Bloomsbury, Russell Square, Grays Inn,  Sadlers Wells
Vignette illustration of British Museum
Hughson / Clark    1817
from David Hughson's  Walks through London     
size:  90 x150 mm  


Ref  GBM238         £26.00 (+P&P)
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map London -   Bishopsgate, Shoreditch,  Old Street, Brick Lane, Spitalfields
Vignette illustration of St Leonards Church, Shoreditch
Hughson / Clark    1817
from David Hughson's  Walks through London     
size:  90 x150 mm  


Ref  GBM239         £22.00 (+P&P)
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map London -   London Bridge, Borough, Kennington
Vignette illustration of Blackfriars Bridge & St Pauls
Hughson / Clark    1817
from David Hughson's  Walks through London     
size:  90 x150 mm  


Ref  GBM240         £24.00 (+P&P)
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map London after the fire of 1666           Stanford  1883
An 1883 reprint of Hollar's map of 1604.   
photo-litho, size:  350 x 230 mm,  several folds 
& repair to split

Ref  GKM065         £18.00 (+P&P)
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London Rebuilding plan       Harrison's History of London   1775   
'Sir John Evelyn's Plan for Rebuilding the City of London after the Great Fire in 1666'
Side panel has 38 references to city locations.
size: 300 x 170 mm
Ref  HBM013               £40.00 (+P&P)
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map Map of the West Bourne, Ty Bourne and Hole Bourne & Fleet
Stanford  1883
Old, and lost, London rivers shown on a contemporary map.
photo-litho, size:  190 x 340 mm    several folds


Ref  GKM056           £26.00 (+P&P)
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map The City of London in Parishes and Wards          Stanford  1883
photo-litho, size:  280 x 190 mm   2 folds


Ref  GKM062         £16.00 (+P&P)
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map London Fortifications of 1643            Stanford  1883
photo-litho, size:  160 x 110 mm


Ref  GKM059         £10.00 (+P&P)
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map Plan of Blackfriars over contemporary London            
A.W.Clapham   for 'Selbourne Magazine'   c1890
photo-litho, size:  110 x 180 mm


Ref  GKM066         £16.00 (+P&P)
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map Plan of Whitefriars over contemporary London            
A.W.Clapham   for 'Selbourne Magazine'   c1890
photo-litho, size:  110 x 180 mm


Ref  GKM067         £16.00 (+P&P)
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The County of London      George Philip   1898 
Colouring represents the Parliamentary Divisions and Boroughs   
size: 220 x 180 mm, centre fold, original printed colour
Ref  HHM049              £16.00 (+P&P)
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