Old Kent Road in 1871 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. Three versions cover this area, stretching from Portland Street eastward to Galley Wall Road & Bramcote Road, & from Southwark Park Road southward to Bird-in-Bush Road. A long stretch of the Old Kent Road runs diagonally through this busy map, which covers the area between Southwark, Bermondsey & Peckham. The map is dominated by streets of housing, although a few empty areas still survive on the 1871 map. Other features include the Surrey Canal, Bricklayers Arms railway branch & Goods Depot, Glengall Works, Newington Institution, South Metropolitan Gas Works, Lock`s Field, tramways, small factories along the canal. The 1914 map mentions the following wards: St Peter`s, Coburg, Addington, St George`s, Marlborough, North Peckham & No.4 Bermondsey Wards. Streets include Old Kent Road, Albany Road, Southwark Park Road, Lynton Road & countless others. Each map

Includes:: extracts from directories; 1871 map has a directory for Old Kent Road itself. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25” OS Series: Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes & many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one & a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.FOR MORE INFORMATION & A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE TITLES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK.

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Old Kent Road in 1894 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. In this title: three versions for this area have been published to show how it developed across the years. The maps each cover the same area, stretching from Portland Street eastward to Galley Wall Road & Bramcote Road, & from Southwark Park Road southward to Bird-in-Bush Road. A long stretch of the Old Kent Road runs diagonally through this busy map, which covers the area between Southwark, Bermondsey & Peckham. The map is dominated by streets of housing, although a few empty areas still survive on the 1871 map. Other features include the Surrey Canal, Bricklayers Arms railway branch & Goods Depot, Glengall Works, Newington Institution, South Metropolitan Gas Works, Lock's Field, tramways, small factories along the canal. The 1914 map mentions the following wards: St Peter's, Coburg, Addington, St George's, Marlborough, North Peckham & No.4 Bermondsey Wards. Streets include Old Kent Road, Albany Road, Southwark Park Road, Lynton Road & countless others. Each map

Includes:: extracts from directories; 1871 map has a directory for Old Kent Road itself. The 1914 map

Includes:: information about the OS by Richard Oliver. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25



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Old Kent Road in 1894 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. Three versions have been published for this area, stretching from Portland Street eastward to Galley Wall Road & Bramcote Road, & from Southwark Park Road southward to Bird-in-Bush Road. A long stretch of the Old Kent Road runs diagonally through this busy map, which covers the area between Southwark, Bermondsey & Peckham. The map is dominated by streets of housing, although a few empty areas still survive on the 1871 map. Other features include the Surrey Canal, Bricklayers Arms railway branch & Goods Depot, Glengall Works, Newington Institution, South Metropolitan Gas Works, Lock`s Field, tramways, small factories along the canal. The 1914 map mentions the following wards: St Peter`s, Coburg, Addington, St George`s, Marlborough, North Peckham & No.4 Bermondsey Wards. Streets include Old Kent Road, Albany Road, Southwark Park Road, Lynton Road & countless others. Each map

Includes:: extracts from directories. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25” OS Series: Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes & many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one & a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.FOR MORE INFORMATION & A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE TITLES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK.

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Old Kent Road in 1914 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. In this title: three versions for this area have been published to show how it developed across the years. The maps each cover the same area, stretching from Portland Street eastward to Galley Wall Road & Bramcote Road, & from Southwark Park Road southward to Bird-in-Bush Road. A long stretch of the Old Kent Road runs diagonally through this busy map, which covers the area between Southwark, Bermondsey & Peckham. The map is dominated by streets of housing, although a few empty areas still survive on the 1871 map. Other features include the Surrey Canal, Bricklayers Arms railway branch & Goods Depot, Glengall Works, Newington Institution, South Metropolitan Gas Works, Lock's Field, tramways, small factories along the canal. The 1914 map mentions the following wards: St Peter's, Coburg, Addington, St George's, Marlborough, North Peckham & No.4 Bermondsey Wards. Streets include Old Kent Road, Albany Road, Southwark Park Road, Lynton Road & countless others. Each map

Includes:: extracts from directories; 1871 map has a directory for Old Kent Road itself. The 1914 map

Includes:: information about the OS by Richard Oliver. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25



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Old Kent Road in 1914 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. Three versions have been published for this area, stretching from Portland Street eastward to Galley Wall Road & Bramcote Road, & from Southwark Park Road southward to Bird-in-Bush Road. A long stretch of the Old Kent Road runs diagonally through this busy map, which covers the area between Southwark, Bermondsey & Peckham. The map is dominated by streets of housing, although a few empty areas still survive on the 1871 map. Other features include the Surrey Canal, Bricklayers Arms railway branch & Goods Depot, Glengall Works, Newington Institution, South Metropolitan Gas Works, Lock`s Field, tramways, small factories along the canal. The 1914 map mentions the following wards: St Peter`s, Coburg, Addington, St George`s, Marlborough, North Peckham & No.4 Bermondsey Wards. Streets include Old Kent Road, Albany Road, Southwark Park Road, Lynton Road & countless others. Each map

Includes:: extracts from directories; the 1914 map also

Includes:: information about the OS by Richard Oliver. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25” OS Series: Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes & many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one & a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.FOR MORE INFORMATION & A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE TITLES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK.



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Kyoto is recognised as one of the most beautiful cities in the world. It is also the repository of traditional Japanese culture: still very much alive here. Now, completely updated & revised, this lovingly written travelogue-cum-guidebook is for the traveller seeking to find the real Kyoto. The book focuses on the family establishments that have been active for generations. In the old shops & inns that continue to thrive on the narrow backstreets, the visitor may glimpse the old way of life. Here, a careful examination of action & deed will uncover treasures: the way a h&-crafted calligraphy brush is bound, a miniature garden tended, a bamboo basket woven. Long-time Kyoto resident Diane Durston reveals this hidden world. Dozens of maps & photographs amplify her vision. Never before have the traditional ways been introduced in such depth, with such care, in such a handy guidebook format. The old ways survive. Finding them is another matter... ...

Pillar boxes were first introduced into Britain at the instigation of Anthony Trollope, the novelist, who was also a Post Office surveyor. Although many letter boxes are ordinary, some types, such as those that survive from the 1850s, are understandably rare. This book describes & illustrates some of those from the Channel Islands, where pillar boxes were first introduced in 1852, to Scotl&, which has had its own design of letter boxes since the Queen`s accession in 1952, & from the heart of London to the depths of rural Wales & the Irish Republic. ...

Sheep grazing on Lord`s Cricket Ground, frost fairs on the Thames & rural scenes in Highgate & Notting Hill seem strange sights today, but a 17th-century view of Covent Garden is familiar enough to be recognized by any modern Londoner. This collection of images of old London

Includes:: more than 200 coloured engravings of the city & its suburbs ranging from 16th-century street plans to 19th-century engravings of the squares, markets, turnpikes & docks.

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Old Mac Dino`s farm is full of DINOSAURS! With a Stegosaurus stomp-stomping here & a Triceratops crash-bashing there, they`re causing havoc EVERYWHERE! What`s a farmer to do? A laugh-out-loud read for toddlers & fans of Old Mac Donald Had a Farm! With bright & fun illustrations from Ben Whitehouse, this brilliant new picture book is a hilarious twist on the classic nursery rhyme. ...

” Old Macdonald heard a parp.. .E-I-E-I-O!” There are some VERY rude noises coming from Old Macdonald`s farm
- who could be responsible?!
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