Mapography of Early Modern London

Preface

Purpose

This bibliography of maps (our Mapography) aims to help MoEML contributors and team members find information about London locations on the many maps of London now available in print and digital surrogates. Maps are generally excluded from traditional bibliographies or hard to find therein. Cartographic materials present cataloguing challenges that are variously resolved by different institutions (see Yale’s Cartographic Cataloging, for example), which in turn presents challenges to researchers searching for maps across many library catalogues. The single richest digital resource for the study of early modern London is the Crace Collection at the British Library. Containing approximately 1200 maps (from ground plans to long views, and spanning the period 1570 to 1860), this online exhibition lacks an advanced search interface. Our objectives, therefore, have been:
  1. to find the most useful maps both in Crace and in other resources (print and digital), and
  2. to organize our own list in a way meaningful to researchers writing about places in London and researching the toponyms, locations, physical structures, and historical significance of those places.

Early Modern Urban Maps

The first accurate map of London is the Ogilby and Morgan Large Map (1676), drawn after the Great Fire. Earlier maps were not accurate plans of the city, but rather noisily rhetorical art (Edwards para. 4 that served a variety of purposes.
Early maps survive in three forms:
  1. Sheet maps like the Agas map (Civitas Londinum), large maps printed on two or more sheets of paper. These are rare, fragile, and often incomplete.
  2. Atlases (books of maps) like George Braun and Frans Hogenberg’s Civitates Orbis Terrarum (6 vols; Cologne, 1572-1617), which gives us the famous Braun and Hogenberg Map of London. These books have been ransacked for wall decoration and are rarely pristine.
  3. Maps as illustrations in books. These rarely survive in situ, having been cut out of the books and sold separately by unscrupulous book dealers.
Before Ogilby and Morgan’s Large Map, maps took one or more of the following perspectives:
  • Stereographic view offering a prospect or profile, often a prospect of the city as a traveller would see it from the road;
  • Perspective or bird’s eye view offering a view of the city as a bird might have seen it or a person from the top of a nearby hill or vantage point (see Stevenson);
  • Linear ground-plan or plat; and/or
  • Map view, a hybrid genre offering a ground plan and one or more insets offering a bird’s eye or stereographic view.
Civitas Londinum offers a hybrid of these perspectives. The foreground offers a bird’s eye view of Southwark. The central part of the map is a plat of the City and areas just outside the wall. The background offers a stereographic landscape view with a vanishing point north of the city.
Maps also include people, architectural detail, cartouches, coats of arms, labels, poems, and other texts. In general, it is worth asking what an early modern map depicts. Maps that contain buildings show us the urbs or built environment. Maps that contain people in their traditional habit or carrying out their regular activities show us the civitas. Maps that emphasize fortifications, walls, gates, armed ships, soldiers, civic coats of arms, or governors show us the res publica or well governed city. (See Kagan for an elaboration of these terms.) Civitas Londinum depicts the urbs in its central plat-like map; the communitas is in evidence only on the river and in the surrounding recreational and agricultural areas. Being attentive to what a map depicts will alert you to its rhetorical and political purposes, which in turn will help you situate the evidence offered by the map.

Scope of Contents

The MoEML Mapography follows these selection principles:
  1. We include selected manuscript and print maps available in the Crace Collection when they show a part of London addressed in MoEML’s geographic scope and when we think they will help MoEML contributors to:
    • establish precise and accurate geocoordinates and Agas locations, and/or
    • capture toponyms, and/or
    • see the location in context.
    Note that the maps in the Crace Collection are often a second or subsequent printing of a map. Our metadata includes the date of the London depicted so that users know how to deploy the evidence of the map in the service of a historical argument. Users may assume that maps do not change in subsequent printings unless we have made a note describing changes.
  2. We include all the maps listed in Darlington and Howgego’s Printed Maps of London circa 1553–1850 up to 1666, except as follows:
    • We exclude inaccurate maps printed in Europe for the European market. Despite their visual appeal and the fact that they bear witness to the popularity of images of London, they contain inaccuracies that make them inappropriate for use by MoEML place researchers
    • We exclude pictorial images of London inset into small-scale maps of larger areas. These are usually based on earlier, more detailed long views.
  3. We include a selection of post-Fire maps because the footprint and streetscape of the City is clearer on the post-Fire maps and because most contributors will want to indicate the impact of the Fire on the place about which they are writing. Depictions of the Fire and the sensational scale of destruction sold well across Europe, with the result that we have many images of dubious authority. We have included only post-Fire maps with some claim to authority and which are not obviously copies of copies.
  4. We include selected eighteenth-century maps that have been particularly helpful to the MoEML Team in making a connection between modern georeferenced surfaces and early map-like surfaces. One such map is the 1746 Rocque Map (conveniently digitized and georeferenced by the Layers of London project).
  5. We include one important eighteenth-century map that is the earliest surviving witness to a now-lost much earlier map, namely George Vertue’s 1737 map, which is the only witness to the lost 1561 version of Civitas Londinum. The Agas map survives otherwise only in three copies of the 1633 printing.
  6. We include all of the Blome ward maps (first printed in 1720 but drawn some years earlier) because they are the earliest ward maps we have.
  7. Finally, we include selected scholarly reconstructions, most notably The Map of Tudor London, a carefully researched footprint of 1520s London by Historic Towns Trust.

Data Model

The MoEML Mapography (MAPS1) functions coordinately with the MoEML Bibliography. The Bibliography (BIBL1) contains full bibliographic details for each map, listed by cartographer. These BIBL1 entries, each of which has a unique xml:id (e.g., NEEL1), describe the cartographic work rather than particular copies, variant states, or issues. Each entry in MAPS1 has an xml:id beginning with MAPS1_ and concluding with the xml:id from BIBL1 (e.g., MAPS1_NEEL1). The BIBL1 entry has a link to the MAPS1 entry and vice versa. Additionally, whenever the data in MAPS1 mentions a print surrogate (e.g., John Schofield’s edition of Treswell’s manuscript surveys), we include a link to the particular BIBL1 entry for that source.
For each map, we capture ten data points:
  1. Title: We give a short, recognizable title for the map. Clicking on the title will produce a pop-up window containing the entry for the map in BIBL1.
  2. Darlington and Howgego Number: If the map is not in listed, the field will read n/a.
  3. Cartographer[s]: If the cartographer is not known, the field will read Anonymous.
  4. Engraver[s]: If the engraver is not known to us, we leave the field empty. Further information is welcome.
  5. Date Depicted.
  6. Date Drawn.
  7. Location[s] Depicted: Terms are general (e.g., London, Westminster, Southwark).
  8. Digital Surrogate[s]: We give links to digital surrogates (facsimiles) hosted by institutions and in a few cases antique map dealers.
  9. Print Surrogate[s]: We list reproductions of the map, including those in books.
  10. Note: We include comments on the conventional name by which the map is known and any other information likely to help our contributors make effective use of the map.

Credits

The Mapography began life as two independent handlists of maps, one prepared by Kim McLean-Fiander and one prepared by Janelle Jenstad, the latter augmented by a finding aid kindly provided by Erin Blake at the Folger Shakespeare Library. In 2014-2015, JCURA student Brianna Wright worked with UVic Maps Librarian Daniel Brendle-Moczuk to develop the first iteration of our metadata model and track down digital surrogates. Since then, numerous members of the MoEML team have added to MAPS1, principally Tye Landels, Joey Takeda, Chris Horne, Jamie Zabel, and Molly Rothwell. We would like to thank the British Library for allowing us to include the Blome ward maps from the Crace Collection in our ward pages, thus making MoEML one place to view digital surrogates of these maps.

Additions

Libraries are making available new digital surrogates of their cartographic material at a rapid rate in the 2020s. The MoEML team welcomes suggestions for additions of new links. Please write to the Project Manager.

Index of Maps and Long Views (excluding Wards and Parishes)

Title Darlington and Howgego Number Cartographer[s] Engraver[s] Date Depicted Date Drawn Location[s] Depicted Digital Surrogate[s] Print Surrogate[s] Note
Panorama of London as seen from Southwark: Westminster n/a van den Wyngaerde, Antony 1554 1554 London, Westminster, and Southwark
1 Anonymous 1553–1559 1553–1559 London, Westminster, and Southwark
  • Barber 29. [Print surrogates of impressions drawn from original Moorfields, East City, and Dessau copper plates.]
  • Darlington and Howgego Plate 2. [Print surrogate of impression drawn from original East City copper plate.]
  • Marks Plate 1. [Print surrogate of impression drawn from original Moorfields copper plate.]
  • Prockter and Taylor 30-31. [Print surrogates of impressions drawn from original Moorfields and East City copper plates.]
  • Whitfield 32–33. [Print surrogate of original Moorfields copper plate.]
Popularly known as the Copperplate map of London. Originally comprised of sheets printed from fifteen copper plates, only three of which survive (two in the Museum of London and one in the Anthaltische Gemäldegalerie Dessau, in Dessau, Germany). The Agas map is based on the Copperplate map. For more information about the three surviving plates, the information they offer about London, and their relationship to the Agas map, see Saunders and Schofield, Tudor London: A Map and a View.
Civitas Londinum 8 Anonymous (attributed to Ralph Agas). 1561 1633 London, Westminster, and Southwark Popularly known as The Agas Map.
Civitas Londinum n/a George Vertue 1561 1737 London, Westminster, and Southwark Popularly known as the Pewterplate Map. Discussed in Darlington and Howgego 8. Vertue was commissioned by the Society of Antiquaries to engrave the Agas map. Vertue seems to have had access to a now-lost copy of the 1561 map. The three surviving copies of the Agas map are from the 1633 printing, which has been altered to include the Royal Exchange and the Stuart Coat of Arms. Thus, Vertue’s engraving is the only extant witness to the earlier version of the Agas map.
London and Westminster in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth Anno Dom. 1563 n/a Neele, Samuel John 1563 c. 1800 London and Westminster.
  • British Library Crace Collection. Metadata. Image. [Digital surrogate of original.]
  • British Library Crace Collection. Metadata. Image. [Digital surrogate of c. 1820 reproduction.]
Nineteenth-century retrospective of London in 1563. Use caution in drawing conclusions from this map.
Londinum Feracissimi Angliæ Regni Metropolis 2 Hogenberg, Frans Hogenberg, Frans 1572 1572 London, Westminster, and Southwark Popularly known as The Braun and Hogenberg Map. Published in Hogenberg and Braun’s Civitates Orbis Terrarum. 1st ed.
Londinum Feracissimi Angliæ Regni Metropolis 3 de Belleforest, François 1575 1575 London, Westminster, and Southwark
Popularly known as Belleforest’s Map. Published in Belleforest and Sebastian Münster’s La Cosmographie Universelle de Tout la Monde. Derivative of the Braun and Hogenberg map
Ralph Treswell’s Holograph Surveys for the Clothworkers’ Company n/a Treswell, Ralph 1585–1614 1585–1614 London The Clothworkers’ Company Archive. Metadata and high resolution image. [Digital surrogate of original.]
  • The London Surveys of Ralph Treswell. Ed. John Schofield. London: London Topographical Society, 1987. Print.
    [Print surrogate of original.]
Popularly known as Treswell’s Maps. These manuscript surveys belong to the Clothworkers’ Company. The print volume offers surrogates of these valuable original manuscript items.
London n/a Smith, William 1588 1588 London, Westminster, and Southwark Includes two coats of arms.
London 5 Norden, John Pieter Van den Keere 1593 1593 London and Southwark Popularly known as Norden’s Map. Surrounded by shields of 12 great livery companies, and accompanied by an alphanumerical key to 45 streets and sites. Published in Speculum Britanniae. The first parte an historicall, & chorographicall discription of Middlesex. Wherin are also alphabeticallie sett downe, the names of the cyties, townes,parishes hamletes, howses of name &c. W.th direction spedelie to finde anie place desired in the mappe & the distance betwene place and place without compasses. [Insert between sig. E1v and sig. E2r.]
Londra 4 Valegio, Francesco 1595 1595 London and Westminster
  • British Library Crace Collection. Metadata. Image. [Digital surrogate of original.]
Popularly known as Valegio’s Map. Published in Valegio’s Raccolta di le piu illustre et famose citta di tuttoil mondo.
Londinum Feracis: Ang. Met. 6 Münster, Sebastian c.1544-1552 c.1544-1552 London, Westminster, and Southwark Popularly known as Münster’s Map. Features the City and the Tudor arms. Published in Münster’s Cosmographey, das ist Beschreibung aller Länder although it is unclear which edition it first appeared in.
Middle-sex Described with the Most Famous Cities of London and Westminster 7(Darlington and Howgego are only referencing the London inset in this entry.) John Speed Jodocus Hondius 1611 1611 Middlesex Includes inset images of St. Peter upon Cornhill, St. Paul’s Cathedral, Westminster, and London. Published in The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine. [Inserted after sig. H2r.] The Crace Collection metadata page notes that Speed, the cartographer, owed much of his success to the mapwork of Christopher Saxton and John Norden during the reign of Elizabeth I.
Londinum Florentissima Britanniæ Urbs; Toto Orbe Celeberriumum Emporiumque n/a Visscher, Claes Jansz. Visscher, Claes Jansz. 1600 1616 London, Thames, and Southwark Popularly known as Visscher’s Map.
View of London n/a Merian, Matthäus 1600 1638 London, Thames, and Southwark Based on John Norden’s 1600 engraving and Visscher’s 1616 view. Published in Neuwe Archonto-logica Cosmica. By Johann Ludwig Gottfried and Matthäus Merian. [Insert between sig. 2B1v and sig. 2B1r.]
A Plan of the City and Environs of London as Fortified by Order of Parliament in the Years 1642 & 1643 n/a Vertue, George 1643 1738 London and Southwark
  • British Library Crace Collection. Metadata. Image. [ Digital surrogate of original.]
  • Digital Archive @ McMaster University Library. Metadata and image. [Digital surrogate of a possible 1808 reproduction.]
Eighteenth-century retrospective of London and Southwark after 1643. Published in William Maitland’s The History of London, from its Foundation by the Romans, to the Present Time. [Insert between sig. 3P1v and sig. 3P2r.]
Profil de la Ville de Londre Cappitalle du Royaume D’Angleterre n/a Picart, Nicolas 1600 1643 London, Thames, and Southwark
London n/a Speed, John 1646 1646 London and Southwark
  • British Library Crace Collection. Metadata. Image. [Digital surrogate of original.]
A miniature map of London.
London n/a Hollar, Wenceslaus 1647 1647 London, Westminster, and Southwark
  • The British Museum. Metadata and image. [Digital surrogate for sheet 1 and 7 of the original.]
  • The British Museum. Metadata and image. [Digital surrogate for sheet 2 of the original.]
  • The British Museum. Metadata and image. [Digital surrogate for sheet 3 of the original.]
  • The British Museum. Metadata and image. [Digital surrogate for sheet 4 of the original.]
  • The British Museum. Metadata and image. [Digital surrogate for sheet 5 of the original.]
  • The British Museum. Metadata and image. [Digital surrogate for sheet 6 of the original.]
Popularly known as the Long View of London. Drawn from the top tower of St. Saviour (Southwark). Some labels were copied from Visscher’s 1616 view. Hollar mistakenly labels the Hope Theatre The Globe. The building labelled Beere bayting was the actual site of the second Globe Theatre, which replaced Shakespeare’s original building that burned down in 1613. For more information, see the British Museum’s data page.
The Prospect of London and Westminster taken from Lambeth n/a Hollar, Wenceslaus 1647 1647 London, Westminster, and Lambeth.
  • Hollar’s Prospect of London and Westminster taken from Lambeth, c. 1665 and c. 1707. London: London Topographical Society, 1988. [Print surrogate of original.]
Includes a key identifying more than 40 buildings.
The Newest & Exactest Map of the Most Famous Citties London and Westminster with their Suburbs; and the Manner of their Streets 11 Porter, Thomas (credited as surveyor). c. 1655 c. 1655 London and Westminster.
  • British Library Crace Collection. Metadata. Image. [Digital surrogate of original.]
  • Map of London and Westminster, ab. A.D. 1660. London: London Topographical Society, 1898. [Print surrogate of original.]
Features an explanation for the two alphanumerical tables, which list sites within and without the walls. For a full title of the map, see Darlington and Howgego.
London n/a Hollar, Wenceslaus 1657 1657 London, Thames, and Southwark Includes a listing of 46 sites. Published in Londinopolis; An Historicall Discourse or Perlustration of the City of London, the Imperial Chamber, and Chief Emporium of Great Britain: Whereunto is added another of the City of Westminster. By James Howell. [Insert between sig. A4v and sig. B1r.]
This text has been supplied. Reason: The text is not clear for some reason not covered by other available values. Evidence: The text has been supplied based on an external source.Bird’s-eye Plan of the West Central District of London n/a Hollar, Wenceslaus c. 1660 c. 1660 London
London 12 Newcourt, Richard William Faithorne 1658 1658 London, Westminster, and Southwark
Londinum London 13 Hermannides, Rutgerus (credited as publisher). 1661 1661 London, Westminster, and Southwark
  • British Library Crace Collection. Metadata. Image. [Digital surrogate of original.]
Published in Britannia Magna: sive Angliae, Scotiae, Hiberniæ & Adjacentium Insularum, Geographico-historica Description. [Insert between sig. M12v and sig. N1r.]
This text has been supplied. Reason: The text is not clear for some reason not covered by other available values. Evidence: The text has been supplied based on an external source.London. Part of the County of Midlesex n/a Anonymous 1662 1662 London, Westminster, and Southwark
  • British Library Crace Collection. Metadata. Image. [Digital surrogate of original.]
Includes a panorama of London with views of towns along the Thames.
A Map of Both Cities London and Westminster, Before the Fire 14 Hollar, Wenceslaus c. 1667 c. 1664 London, Thames, and Southwark
  • British Museum. Metadata. Image. [Digital surrogate of original.]
Inset on A New and Exact Map of Great Britannie.
Londinum Celeberrimum Angliæ Emporium n/a de Jonghe, Clement (credited as publisher). 1666 1666 London, Thames, and Southwark Includes a description and a table of references.
Platte Grondt der Stadt London met de Aenwysinghe hoe die Afgebrandt is 16 de Wit, Frederick 1666 1666 London, Westminster, and Southwark
  • British Library Crace Collection. Metadata. Image. [Digital surrogate of original.]
  • British Library Crace Collection. Metadata. Image. [Digital surrogate of later version.]
Includes a list of 130 sites and a panorama view of London along the Thames.
Platte Grondt der Verbrande Stadt London 17 Doornik, Marcus Willemsz 1666 1666 London and Southwark
  • British Library Crace Collection. Metadata. Image. [Digital surrogate of second edition.]
Includes a detail of a rebuilding plan, a profile view of London as it burned, and a legend with Dutch and English references.
Londinum Rediviuum. Presented by Me to his Majesty, a Week after the Conflagration, together with a Discourse now in the Paper Office. n/a Evelyn, John (credited as architect). 1666 1666 London Popularly known as Evelyn’s Post-Fire Map. Includes a listing of 38 sites and a second proposed plan.
A Plan of the City and Liberties of London; Shewing the Extent of the Dreadful Conflagration in the Year 1666 n/a Hollar, Wenceslaus 1666 1756 London
  • Museum of London. Metadata and image. [Digital surrogate of eighteenth century engraver’s depiction of London in 1666. Published 1756.]
Popularly known as Hollar’s Post-Fire Map. Includes a reference table. Derivative of A Map or Groundplot of the Citty of London and the Suburbes thereof.
A Generall Map of the Whole Citty of London with Westminster & All the Suburbs, by Which May Bee Computed the Proportion of That Which Is Burnt, with the Other Parts Standing 18 Hollar, Wenceslaus Hollar, Wenceslaus 1666 1666 London Inset on A Map or Groundplot of the Citty of London and the Suburbes thereof.
A Map or Groundplot of the Citty of London and the Suburbes Thereof, That Is to Say, All Which Is within the Iurisdiction of the Lord Mayor or Properlie Calld’t London by Which Is Exactly Demonstrated the Present Condition Thereof, since the Last Sad Accident of Fire. The Blanke Space Signifeing the Burnt Part & Where the Houses are Exprest, Those Places Yet Standing 19 Hollar, Wenceslaus Hollar, Wenceslaus 1666 1666 London Contains a reference table of 138 sites.
A Map or Groundplott of the Citty of London, with the Suburbes Thereof So Farr as the Lord Mayors Jurisdiction Doeth Extend, by Which Is Exactly Demonstrated the Present Condition of it, since the Last Sad Accident of Fire, the Blanke Space Signifyng the Burnt Part, & Where the House Be Those Places Yet Standing. Å 1666 20 Hollar, Wenceslaus 1666 1666 London
  • British Library Crace Collection. Metadata. Image. [Digital surrogate of original.]
Contains a reference table of 138 sites.
London n/a Hollar, Wenceslaus 1640 and 1666 1666 London and Thames. Features two prospects of the city with an accompanying key listing 58 sites.
London 15 Blome, Richard Wenceslaus Hollar 1666 1666 London, Westminster, and Southwark
  • British Library Crace Collection. Metadata. Image. [Digital surrogate 1673 edition.]
  • British Library Crace Collection. Metadata. Image. [Digital surrogate of later edition.]
Popularly known as The Blome and Hollar Map. Features the arms of livery companies and of London, and an alphanumeric list of 45 sites.
An Exact Surveigh of the Streets Lanes, and Churches contained within the Ruines of the City of London, First Described in Six Plats by John Leake, John Jennings, William Marr, Willm Leybourn, Thomas Streete & Richard Shortgrave in Decber Ao 1666 by the Order of the Lord Mayor Aldermen, and Common Councell of the Said City Reduced here into one intire plat by John Leake, the Citty Wall being added also. The places where the Halls stood are exprest by Coats of Armes & all the Wards divided by Pricks & Alphabet etc. 21 Leake, John Wenceslaus Hollar 1666 1667 London
  • British Library Crace Collection. Metadata. Image. [Digital surrogate of 1669 edition.]
  • Hollar’s Exact Surveigh. London: London Topographical Society, 1966. [Print surrogate of original.]
Popularly known as Leake’s Map. Includes an inset panorama and a table of more than 170 references.
An exact Map representing the condition of the late famous and flourishing City of London as it lyeth in its ruins whearin you may see what Churches, Halls and places of note with a multitude of houses yThis text has been supplied. Reason: The text is not clear for some reason not covered by other available values. Evidence: The text has been supplied based on evidence internal to this text (context, etc.).t weare burnt and ruinated in four dayes time by that dreadfull & lamentable fire which begun in Pudding lane the 2d of September 1666 22 Pricke, Robert Pricke, Robert 1667 1667 London
  • British Library Crace Collection. Metadata. Image. [Digital surrogate of original.]
Includes an inset map (Darlington and Howgego no. 23) and a table of more than 170 references.
A Map of the Whole City of London and Westminster with the Suburbs, Whearein May be Judged what proportion is burnt and what remains standing 23 Pricke, Robert Pricke, Robert 1667 1667 London
  • British Library Crace Collection. Metadata. Image. [Digital surrogate of original.]
Inset at bottom of Darlington and Howgego no. 22.
Grundtriss der Statt London wie solche vor und nach dem Brand anzusehen, sampt dem Newen Model, wie selbige widrum Auffgebauwet werden solle 25 Anonymous c. 1670 c. 1677 London, Westminster, and Southwark
  • British Library Crace Collection. Metadata. Image. [Digital surrogate of original.]
  • Universitätsbibliothek Augsburg. High resolution image. [Digital surrogate of original.]
Published in Theatri Europaei Continuatio X. By Johann Philipp Abelinus, Matthaeus Merian der Ältere, and Heinrich Oraeus. [Insert between sig. 2B4v and sig. 2B5r.]
A New Map of the Citties of London Westminster & ye Borough of Southwarke with their Suburbs, Shewing ye Strets, Lanes, Allies, Courts etc. with Other Remarks, as they are now, Truly & Carefully Delineated 26 Hollar, Wenceslaus Hollar, Wenceslaus 1675 1675 London, Southwark and Westminster.
  • British Library Crace Collection. Metadata. Image. [Digital surrogate of original.]
  • British Library Crace Collection. Metadata. Image. [Digital surrogate of later edition.]
Includes a list containing about 93 references. For a full title of the map, see Darlington and Howgego.
London 27 Hollar, Wenceslaus Hollar, Wenceslaus c. 1675 c. 1675 London, Southwark, Westminster and Lambeth. Second edition published in 1677 as frontispiece to London Survey’d: or, an explanation of the large Map of London.
A Large and Accurate Map of the City of London. Ichnographically Describing all the Streets, Lanes, Alleys, Courts, Yards, Churches, Halls and Houses, &c. Actually Surveyed and Delinated. 28 Ogilby, John and William Morgan 1676 1676 London Popularly known as The Large Map. Features a dedication to the Lord Mayor, aldermen, and sheriffs of London.
A New and Plaine Mapp of the Citty of London shewing the Streets, Lanes, Allies, Courts, Churches Walls and other remarkable places as they are now rebuilt 1676 29 Overton, John 1676 1676 London
  • British Library Crace Collection. Metadata. Image. [Digital surrogate of second edition.]
  • British Museum. Metadata. Image. [Digital surrogate of second edition.]
Includes a list containing about 126 references.
Englands Glory or the Glory of England Being a New Mapp of the Citty of London Shewing the remarkable streets Lanes Alleyes Chruches Halls Courts and other places as they are now rebuilt the which will therefore be a guide to Strangers and such as are not well acquainted herein to direct them from place to place. Divers faults yThis text has been supplied. Reason: The text is not clear for some reason not covered by other available values. Evidence: The text has been supplied based on evidence internal to this text (context, etc.).t are in yThis text has been supplied. Reason: The text is not clear for some reason not covered by other available values. Evidence: The text has been supplied based on evidence internal to this text (context, etc.).e former are in this amended. Allsoe the severall figures yThis text has been supplied. Reason: The text is not clear for some reason not covered by other available values. Evidence: The text has been supplied based on evidence internal to this text (context, etc.).t stand up and downe in ye Mapp are explained in yThis text has been supplied. Reason: The text is not clear for some reason not covered by other available values. Evidence: The text has been supplied based on evidence internal to this text (context, etc.).e 2 tables at yThis text has been supplied. Reason: The text is not clear for some reason not covered by other available values. Evidence: The text has been supplied based on evidence internal to this text (context, etc.).e upper corners hereof 30 Walton, Robert 1676 1676 London and Southwark Includes a list containing about 126 references. Darlington and Howgego note that changes were made to the map’s title for the second edition.
A Mapp of the Cityes of London & Westminster & Burrough of Southwark with their Suburbs as it is now Rebuilt since the Late Dreadfull Fire 31 Oliver, John Oliver, John 1680 1680 London, Westminster, and Southwark
  • British Library Crace Collection. Metadata. Image. [Digital surrogate of a later edition.]
Features personified figures and lists 80 sites.
Westminster and London 32 Oliver, John Oliver, John c. 1680 c. 1680 London and Southwark
London &.c. Actually Survey’d 33 Morgan, William 1681–1682 1682 London, Westminster, and Southwark
  • Ogilby and Morgan’s Plan. London: London Topographical Society, 1904. [Print surrogate of original.]
Popularly known as Morgan’s Map. Contains written explanations and illustrations including a geneological tree and an impression of A Prospect of London and Westminster as an inset.
The Country About 15 Miles any Way from London 34 Ogilby, John, and William Morgan Hollar, Wenceslaus 1683 1683 London and surroundings Darlington and Howgego Plate 7. [Print surrogate of original.]
A New Mapp of the Cittyes of London and Westminster with the Borough of Southwark & all the Suburbs, Shewing the severall Streets, Lanes, Alleys and most of the Throwgh-faires Being a ready guide for all Strangers to find any place therein 35 Hollar, Wenceslaus (attributed) 1685 1685 London and Southwark Based on Hollar’s 1675 New Map. As explained in Darlington and Howgego, Hollar died in 1677 and it is improbable both on grounds of date and of style that the map was in fact drawn by him though it was based on his [earlier map].
A Groundplot of Part of the Citty of Westminster Containing Westminster-Abby (or the Collegiate Church of St. Peter), Westminster-Hall, The Court of Wards, Court of Requests, Painted Chamber, House of Lords and Princes Lodgings, The Old & New Palace-Yard, The Great Sanctuary, and Several Other Places Adjacent n/a Anonymous c. 1685 c. 1685 Westminster
  • British Library Crace Collection. Metadata. Image. [Digital surrogate of original.]
Traces the route of the Coronation of King James II in 1685.
A Map Containing the Towns Villages Gentlemens’ Houses Roads Rivers & Other Remarks For 20 Miles Round London 36 Morden, Robert 1686 1686 London and surroundings
  • Bibliothèque Nationale de France. Metadata and high resolution image. [Digital surrogate of original.]
  • Boston Public Library Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection (available through Digital Commonwealth). Metadata and image. [Digital surrogate of original.]
Londra 37 Cornelli, Vincenzo Maria 1689 1689 London and Southwark
  • Altea Gallery Online Catalogue. Image. [Digital surrogate of later reproduction.]
Published in Citta, Fortezze, Isole, e Porti Principali dell’Europa. By Vincenzo Maria Cornelli. [Plate 116.] Darlington and Howgego note that the Bibliothèque Nationale and the Members’ Library of the London County Council hold copies.
Londinum London 38 Beer, Johann Christoph (credited as publisher). c. 1661 1690 London and Southwark
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Derivative of Londinum London. Published in Das Den-Gerharnischte Gross-Britannien.
This text has been supplied. Reason: The text is not clear for some reason not covered by other available values. Evidence: The text has been supplied based on an external source.London, Westminster and Southwark 39 Anonymous 1685 1690 London, Westminster, and Southwark
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Derivative of Hollar’s 1685 New Mapp. Features the royal arms of the Stuart kings, a key to churches of London, and 16 images of buildings.
Londini Angliæ Regni Metropolis Novissima & Accuratissima 40 de Ram, Johannes and James de la Feuille 1690 1690 London, Westminster, and Southwark
  • Londini Angliæ Regni Metropolis Novissima & Accuratissima. London: Greater London Council, 1969. Map. [Print surrogate of original.]
Includes a prospect of London and the London coat of arms. Darlington and Howgego 40 (2) includes a panorama of London, a reference table of 148 sites, and the portraits of William III and Mary II.
This Actuall Survey of London, Westminster, & Southwark is humbly dedicated to ye Ld. Mayor & Court of Aldermen 42 Morden, Robert and Philip Lea c. 1690 c. 1690 London, Westminster, and Southwark Contains a key to London’s public offices, wards, parishes, halls and companies.
Plan de la Ville de Londres 43 Anonymous 1698 1698 London, Westminster, and Southwark
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Reduced copy of Londini Angliæ Regni Metropolis Novissima & Accuratissima. Published in Memoires et Observations faites par un Voyageur en Angleterre by Henry Van Bulderen.
A Prospect of London & Westminster taken at several Stations to the Southward Thereof n/a Morden, Robert and Philip Lea c. 1680-1700 c. 1680-1700 London, Thames, and Southwark
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Lists over 100 sites.
Plan des Villes de Londres et de Westminster et de Leurs Faoubourgs avec le Bourg de Southwark. Par de Fer Avec Pruſ. du Roy. 1700. 44 de Fer, Nicholas 1700 1700 London, Southwark and Westminster Includes a reference table of 113 sites. Published in L’Atlas Curieux ou Le Monde Réprésenté dans des Cartes Générales et Particuléres du Ciel et la Térre Divisé tant en ses Quatre Principales Parties que par États et Provinces et Orné par des Plans et Descriptions des Villes Capitales et Principales et des plus Superbes Edifices qui les Embelissent: comme sont les Eglises, les Palais, les Maisons de Plaisance, les Jardins, les Fontaines, &c, Vol. 1. [Plate 11.]
Londen, Westmunster u: Soudwark 45 Stridbeck, Johannes Stridbeck, Johannes 1700 1700 London, Westminster, and Southwark
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A New & Correct Map of Twenty Miles Round London 46 Anonymous c. 1700 c. 1700 London and surroundings
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Nouvelle Carte du Gouvernement Civil D’Angleterre et celui de la Ville de Londres 47 Anonymous c. 1700 c. 1700 London, Westminster, and Southwark
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Includes illustrations of allegorical figures and descriptions of the city in French.
Accurater Prospect und Grundris der Königl: Gros=Britaӣisch: Haupt und Residentz Stadt London edirt von Johann Bapt: Homanns Kayſerl: Geographi ſeel: Erben in Nürnberg. 48 Homann, John Baptist c. 1700 c. 1700 London, Westminster, and Southwark Includes illustrations of Whitehall and the Royal Exchange.
A New Map Containing The Towns Gentlemens Houses Villages and other Remarks Round London, as from London to Windsor, Ware, Chelmsford, the Hope, Tunbridge, Guildford &c 49 Moll, Hermann Moll, Hermann c. 1700 c. 1700 London and surroundings
London Westminster & Southwark 50 Morden, Robert and Philip Lea c. 1700 c. 1700 London, Westminster, and Southwark
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A New Mapp of the Citty of London Much Inlarged since the Great Fire in 1666 in which are Several Streets Places and Buildings of Note which hath been Added since aney other Mapps of London before this hath been Published 53 Overton, John 1685, with modifications 1706 London, Westminster, and Southwark
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Features the city arms and a reference panel of 62 churches within the walls. Based on a 1685 map attributed to Wenceslaus Hollar (Darlington and Howgego 35), which in turn was based on a 1675 map drawn by Hollar (Darlington and Howgego 26).
A Map of the Diocess of London 60 Harris, John Harris, John 1714 1714 London Popularly known as Harris’s Map. Includes a short description. Date based on dedication to Lord Bishop of London. Likely a draft for A New and Exact Map of the Diocese of London.
A New and Exact Map of the Diocese of London Harris, John 1723 1723 London
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Published by Jacob Robinson. Plan based on Harris’s earlier map (Darlington and Howgego no.60). Includes detailed drawings of London churches such as St. Paul’s Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, and St. Mary le Bow.
A New and Exact Plan of the City of London and Suburbs Thereof, with the Addition of the New Buildings, Churches &c. to this Present Year 1720 (Not extant in any other) 64 Overton, Henry Sutton Nicholls 1720 1720 London, Westminster, and Southwark
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  • British Library Crace Collection. Metadata. Image. [Digital surrogate of 1731 edition.]
Popularly known as Henry Overton’s Map. Includes a list of rates of hackney coaches in London. Crace has the west end of the 1720 map and the full 1731 edition.
A Map of the Tower Liberty n/a Anonymous 1754 1754 Tower Hill and Little Tower Hill
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Includes a bird’s-eye view of the Tower of London and a dedication to lord mayor George Thorold. Published in A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster. Vol. 1. [Insert between sig. H4v and sig. I1r.]
Spittle Fields and Places Adjacent Taken from LATIN SMALL LETTER Y WITH REVERSED HOOK ABOVEy Last Survey with Corrections n/a Blome, Richard 1720 1720 Spitalfields Lists 44 sites. Published in A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster. Vol. 1. [Insert between sig. F4r and sig. G1v.]
Shoreditch, Norton Folgate, and Crepplegate Without Taken from LATIN SMALL LETTER Y WITH REVERSED HOOK ABOVEy Last Survey with Corrections n/a Blome, Richard 1720 1720 Shoreditch, Norton Folgate, and Cripplegate Ward Lists 83 sites. Published in A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster. Vol. 1. [Insert between sig. G1r and sig. G2v.]
A Map of St. Giless Cripple Gate. Without. With Large Additions and Corrections n/a Blome, Richard 1720 1720 Parish of St. Giles (Cripplegate) Lists 71 sites. Published in A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster. Vol. 1. [Insert between sig. H2v and sig. H3r.]
The Tower and St. Catherins Taken from LATIN SMALL LETTER Y WITH REVERSED HOOK ABOVEy Last Survey with Corrections n/a Anonymous 1720 1720 The Tower and St. Katherine’s
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  • British Library Crace Collection. Metadata. Image. [Digital surrogate of 1755 edition.]
Lists 65 sites. Published in A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster. Vol. 1. [Insert between sig. H4v and sig. I1r.]
A Plan of the City’s of London, Westminster and Borough of Southwark; with the New Additional Buildings Anno 1720 65 Parker, Samuel Parker, Samuel and John Senex 1721 1721 London, Westminster, and Southwark Includes tables with site references grouped by type of building. Published in A New General Atlas Containing a Geographical and Historical Account of the World. By Daniel Browne et al. [Insert between sig. 3G1v and sig. 3G2r.]
A Plan of London as in Q. Elizabeths Days n/a Bowles, Thomas 1723 London, Westminster, and Southwark
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Features inset images of buildings as well as a prospect of London in 1666 following the Great Fire.
An Exact Surveigh of the Streets, Lanes, and Churches, Comprehendd., within the Ruins of the City of London n/a Leake, John Vertue, George 1667 1723 London
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Contains prospects of several sites around London. Derivative of John Leake’s 1667 map.
A New and Exact Plan of the Cities of London & Westminster and the Borough of Southwark with all ye Additional New Buildings to ye Present Year: 1724 71 John Smith (credited as publisher). 1724 1724 London, Westminster, and Southwark
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Contains an alphanumeric table listing about 100 sites, a description of London, and a list of 26 wards.
Londinum Augusta n/a Stukeley, William (credited as draftsman). 1724 1724 London and Thames.
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Features a dedication to the Count of Pembroke. Published in Itinerarium Curiosum. Or, an Account of the Antiquitys and Remarkable Curiositys in Nature or Art, Observ’d in Travels thro’ Great Britain. Illustrated with Copper Prints. Centuria I. By William Stukeley. [Plate 57.]
A Pocket Map of the Citties of London. Westminster, & Southwark. With the Addition of the New Bulidings to this Present Year 1725 72 Bowles, Thomas 1725 1725 London, Westminster, and Southwark
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Tite in cartouche with London’s city arms.
A New & Exact Plan of ye City of London and Suburbs Thereof, With the Addition of the New Buildings, Churches &c. to this present yearGap in transcription. Reason: Editorial omission for reasons of length or relevance. Use only in quotations in born-digital documents.[…](Not extant in any other,) Laid down in such a method that in an Instant, may easily be found any Place contain’d therein 63 Bowles, Thomas 1719 1719 London, Westminster, and Southwark
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Contains an alphabetical table of all references on the map.
A View of London About the Year 1560 n/a Anonymous 1560 1739 London and Thames. Eighteenth-century retrospective of London in 1560. Includes an alphanumerical listing of about 100 sites. Published in The History and Survey of London from its Foundation to the Present Time. Vol. 1. By William Maitland.
Accurater Prospect und Grundris der Königl: Gros-Britanisch: Haupt und Residentz Stadt London n/a Homann, Johann Baptist c. 1740 c. 1740 London, Westminster, and Southwark Includes an inset panorama and a table of approximately 60 references.
A Plan of Part of the Ancient City of Westminster from College Street to Whitehall, and from the Thames to St. James’s Park in which are Delineated the New Streets, Laid Down and Intended to be Built by Order of the Right Honourable &c. the Commissioners for Building a Bridge at Westminster n/a Lediard, Thomas (credited as surveyor). 1740 1740 Westminster
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A True and Exact Draught of the Tower Liberties, Survey’d in the Year 1597 by Guilelmus Haiward and J. Gascoyne n/a Hayward, William Vertue, George 1597 1742 Tower of London
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  • Vetusta Monumenta: Ancient Monuments, A Digital Edition. Metadata. Image. [Digital surrogate of 1742 print surrogate.]
Includes an alphabetic listing of the towers with their boundaries. Published by the Society of Antiquaries of London in 1742.
A Plan of London and Westminster Shewing the Forts Erected by Order of the Parliament in 1643 & the Desolation by the Fire in 1666 n/a Anonymous 1666 1749 London and Southwark Published in The Gentleman’s Magazine Jun. 1749: Insert between p. 250 and 251.The British Library Crace Collection metadata notes that this map shows the 1643 defences for the civil war and the area destroyed by the Great Fire. These defences were built to protect the city from attacks by Charles I and his 15,000 Royalist troops. Here all 23 forts are shown, linked by eighteen miles of ramparts.
A Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster, and Borough of Southwark with Contiguous Buildings 96 Rocque, John John Pine 1746 1746 London, Westminster, and Southwark Popularly known as Rocque Map. Features a dedication set in a decorative frame and an accompanying legend. This important map was the first one digitized and georectified by the Locating London’s Past project; the project website has a wealth of information about the making of the Rocque map (see especially John Rocque’s Survey of London, Westminster & Southwark, 1746).
This text has been supplied. Reason: The text is not clear for some reason not covered by other available values. Evidence: The text has been supplied based on an external source.A Drawn Plan Showing the Houses in Great and Little Ormond Streets, Red Lyon Street, Lamb’s Conduit Street, and Millman Street n/a Robins, T. (credited as draftsman). 1752 1752 Great Ormond Street, Little Ormond Street, Red Lyon Street, Lamb’s Conduit Street, and Millman Street
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Includes tables that list the annual rents and expiration dates of leases.
A Plan of the Ground and Buildings in the Strand, Called the Savoy, Taken in the Year 1736 n/a Vertue, George Vertue, George c.1736 c.1736 Savoy Published in Vetusta Monumenta: quae ad Rerum Britannicarum. By Society of Antiquaries of London. Vol. 2. 1754. [Plate 14.]
Sketch of the Procession Usually Observed in the Coronation of our Kings & Queens Together with a Plan Pointing out Several New Paths and their Parts Adjacent n/a Anonymous 1761 1761 Westminster
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Contains drawings of members of the coronation procession. Included here because it has a ground plan of Westminster.
London, Westminster, and Southwark as they appeared A.D. 1543 n/a van den Wyngaerde, Antony Whittock, Nathaniel 1543 1849 London, Westminster, and Southwark
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  • Government Art Collection (UK). Image. [Digital surrogate of original.]
  • Wikimedia Commons. Image. [Section 1 partial digital surrogate of 1881 reprint.]
  • Wikimedia Commons. Image. [Section 2 partial digital surrogate of 1881 reprint.]
  • Wikimedia Commons. Image. [Section 3 partial digital surrogate of 1881 reprint.]
A reduced copy of Antony Van den Wyngaerde’s Panorama of London as seen from Southwark: Westminster. Published by the London Topographical Society in 1881.
Map of Tudor London, 1520 n/a Historic Towns Trust 1520 1989 London Layers of London. Metadata and image. [Digital surrogates of revised and updated 2018 edition.] Scholarly reconstruction of Tudor London. Published in The British Atlas of Historic Towns. Vol. 3. The City of London From Prehistoric Times to c.1520. Ed. Mary D. Lobel and W.H. Johns. Oxford: Oxford UP in conjunction with The Historic Towns Trust, 1989. Print. New printing with corrections and additions published March 2020.

Index of Parish Maps

By default, the maps in this table are ordered alphabetically according to their xml:ids. To list maps alphabetically by parish, click on the Location[s] Depicted column. To list maps alphabetically by title, click on the Title column.
Title Darlington and Howgego Number Cartographer[s] Engraver[s] Date Depicted Date Drawn Location[s] Depicted Digital Surrogate[s] Print Surrogate[s] Note
This text has been supplied. Reason: The text is not clear for some reason not covered by other available values. Evidence: The text has been supplied based on an external source.Plan of the Parish of St. George, Hannover Square n/a Anonymous 1730 1730 Parish of St. George (Hannover Square)
  • British Library Crace Collection. Metadata. Image. [Digital surrogate of original.]
Includes a list of 60 street names.
A View of Part of the North-west Suburbs of London, as they Appeared, Anno 1570. Including the Whole of the Parish of St. Giles in the Fields and its Immediate Neighbourhood, its Parochial Churches, Erected at Different Periods, &c. n/a Anonymous 1570 1822 Parish of St. Giles in the Fields
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Nineteenth-century retrospective of the Parish of St. Giles in the Fields in 1570. Published in John Parton’s Some Account of the Hospital and Parish of St. Giles, Middlesex (105).
A Mapp of the Parish of St. Pauls Covent Garden taken from the Last Survey n/a Blome, Richard 1685 1685 Covent Garden
  • British Library Crace Collection. Metadata. Image. [Digital surrogate of original.]
Includes a table of 15 references.
The Parish of St. James Clerkenwell Taken from The special character y͑ (LATIN SMALL LETTER Y WITH REVERSED HOOK ABOVE) does not display on all browsers and has been replaced by its simplified form.ye last Survey with Corrections n/a Blome, Richard 1720 1720 Parish of St. James (Clerkenwell) Lists 35 sites. Published in A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster. Vol. 1. [Insert between sig. H2v and sig. H3r.]
A Mapp of St. Andrews Holborn Parish as well within the Liberty as without, taken from the last Survey, wth Corrections and Enlargements n/a Blome, Richard 1720 1720 Parish of St. Andrew (Holborn)
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  • British Library Crace Collection. Metadata. Image. [Digital surrogate of original.]
Lists 114 sites. Published in A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster. Vol. 1. [Insert between sig. 2I1r and sig. 2I2v.]
St. Olave and St. Mary Magdalens Bermondsey Southwark Taken from The special character y͑ (LATIN SMALL LETTER Y WITH REVERSED HOOK ABOVE) does not display on all browsers and has been replaced by its simplified form.ye last Survey with Corrections n/a Blome, Richard 1720 1720 Parish of St. Olave (Southwark), Parish of St. Mary Magdalen (Bermondsey), and Southwark Lists 75 sites. Published in A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster. Vol. 1. [Insert between sig. C2r and sig.C3v.]
A Mapp of the Parish of St. Saviours Southwark and St. Georges taken from The special character y͑ (LATIN SMALL LETTER Y WITH REVERSED HOOK ABOVE) does not display on all browsers and has been replaced by its simplified form.ye last Survey with Corrections n/a Blome, Richard 1720 1720 Parish of St. Saviour (Southwark) and Parish of St. George (Southwark) Lists 100 sites. Published in A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster. Vol. 1. [Insert between sig. D1r and sig.D2v.]
The Parish of St Johns Wapping and The Parish of St Paul Shadwell n/a Blome, Richard 1720 1720 Parish of St. John the Baptist (Wapping) and Parish of St. Paul’s (Shadwell) Lists 44 sites. Published in A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster. Vol. 1. [Insert between sig. E2r and sig. E3v.]
A Map of the Parish of St Mary White Chappel and A Map of the Parish of St. Katherines by the Tower n/a Blome, Richard 1720 1720 Parish of St. Mary Whitechapel and Precinct of St. Katherine’s by the Tower Lists 67 sites. Published in A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster. Vol. 1. [Insert between sig. F2r and sig. F3v.]
A Map of the Parish of St. Dunstans Stepney, als. Stebunheath Divided into Hamlets n/a Blome, Richard 1720 1720 Parish of St. Dunstan (Stepney) and Stepney Lists 58 sites. Published in A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster. Vol. 1. [Insert between sig. F3r and sig. F4v.]
Cow Cross Being St. Sepulcher’s Parish Without and the Charter House Taken from The special character y͑ (LATIN SMALL LETTER Y WITH REVERSED HOOK ABOVE) does not display on all browsers and has been replaced by its simplified form.ye Last Survey with Corrections n/a Blome, Richard 1720 1720 Cow Cross Street, Parish of St. Sepulchre, and Charterhouse, Residence Lists 29 sites. Published in A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster. Vol. 1. [Insert between sig. H2v and sig. H3r.]
A Mapp of the Parish of St Giles’s in the Fields Taken from the Last Servey, with Corrections and Additions n/a Blome, Richard 1720 1720 Parish of St. Giles in the Fields Lists 50 sites. Published in A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster. Vol. 1. [Insert between sig. K1v and sig. K2r.]
A Mapp of the Parishes of St. Clements Danes, St. Mary Savoy; with the Rolls Liberty and Lincolns Inn, taken from the Last Survey with Corrections and Additions n/a Blome, Richard 1720 1720 Parish of St. Clement Danes, Parish of St. Mary le Strand, Liberty of the Rolls, Lincoln’s Inn
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Lists 59 sites. Published in A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster. Vol. 1. [Insert between sig. O4v and sig. O1r.]
A Mapp of the Parish of St. Margarets Westminster, Taken from the Last Survey, with Corrections n/a Blome, Richard 1720 1720 Parish of St. Margaret (Westminster)
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Lists 84 sites. Published in A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster. Vol. 1. [Insert between sig. H3v and sig. H4r.]
A Mapp of the Parish of St Martins in the Fields Taken from The special character y͑ (LATIN SMALL LETTER Y WITH REVERSED HOOK ABOVE) does not display on all browsers and has been replaced by its simplified form.ye Last Survey with Additions n/a Blome, Richard 1720 1720 Parish of St. Martin in the Fields
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  • Stuart London Project. Image. [Digital surrogate of 1720 copy]
Lists 61 sites. 1720 copy published in A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster. Vol. 1. [Insert between sig. I1v and sig. I2r.]
The Parish of St. James’s, Westminster Taken from the Last Survey, with Corrections n/a Blome, Richard 1720 1720 Parish of St. James’s (Westminster)
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Lists 47 sites. Published in A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster. Vol. 1. [Insert between sig. K4v and sig. L1r.]
A Mapp of the Parish of St. Anns. Taken from the last Survey, with Corrections, and Additions n/a Blome, Richard 1720 1720 Parish of St. Anne’s (Westminster)
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  • British Museum. Metadata. Image. [Digital surrogate of 1755 edition.]
Lists 16 sites. Published in A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster. Vol. 1. [Insert between sig. L2v and sig. L3r.]
A Mapp of the Parish of St. Pauls Covent Garden Taken from the Last Survey n/a Blome, Richard 1720 1720 Parish of St. Paul’s (Covent Garden)
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Lists 19 sites. Published in A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster. Vol. 1. [Insert between sig. L3v and sig. L4r.]
Lambeth and Christ Church Parish, Southwark. Taken from The special character y͑ (LATIN SMALL LETTER Y WITH REVERSED HOOK ABOVE) does not display on all browsers and has been replaced by its simplified form.ye last Survey with Corrections. n/a Blome, Richard 1720 1720 Lambeth and the Parish of Christ Church (Southwark)
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Lists 41 sites. Published in A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster. Vol. 1. [Insert between sig. Z1r and sig. Z2r.]
A Map of the Parish of St Mary Rotherhith n/a Pullen, John 1720 1720 Parish of St. Mary Rotherhithe
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Lists 21 sites. Published in A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster. Vol. 2. [Insert between sig. Z3r and sig. Z4r.]

Index of Ward Maps

By default, the maps in this table are ordered in the same way that the wards are organized in Stow’s Survey of London. Some of these maps contain two wards that are located in two different places in Stow’s 1633 Survey. In these instances, whichever ward on a map that depicts two wards appears first in Stow has been placed in it’s correct position in correspondence with the Survey. To list maps alphabetically by ward, click on the Location[s] Depicted column.
Title Darlington and Howgego Number Cartographer[s] Engraver[s] Date Depicted Date Drawn Location[s] Depicted Digital Surrogate[s] Print Surrogate[s] Note
Portsoken Ward being Part of the Parish of St. Buttolphs Aldgate, taken from the Last Survey, with Corrections and Additions n/a Blome, Richard 1720 1720 Portsoken Ward
  • British Library Crace Collection. Metadata. Image. [Digital surrogate of original.]
Popularly known as Blome’s Map of Portsoken Ward. Lists 80 sites. Published in A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster. Vol. 1. [Insert between sig. B1v and sig. B2r.]
Tower Street Ward with its Division into Parishes, Taken from the Last Survey, with Corrections n/a Blome, Richard 1720 1720 Tower Street Ward
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Popularly known as Blome’s Map of Tower Street Ward. Lists 28 sites. Published in A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster. Vol. 1. [Insert between sig. E2r and sig. E3v.]
Aldgate Ward with its Divisions into Precincts & Parishes According to a New Survey n/a Cole, Benjamin 1756 1756 Aldgate Ward
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Includes 2 architectural views. Published in The History and Survey of London from its Foundation to the Present Time. By William Maitland. Vol. 2. [Insert between sig. 9K2v and sig. 9L1r.]
Aldgate Ward with its Division into Parishes. Taken from the Last Survey, with Corrections & Additions. n/a Blome, Richard 1720 1720 Aldgate Ward Popularly known as Blome’s Map of Aldgate Ward. Lists 9 sites. Published in A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster. Vol. 1. [Insert between sig. H3r and sig. H4v.]
A Mapp of Lime Street Ward. Taken from The special character y͑ (LATIN SMALL LETTER Y WITH REVERSED HOOK ABOVE) does not display on all browsers and has been replaced by its simplified form.ye Last Surveys & Corrected. n/a Blome, Richard 1720 1720 Lime Street Ward
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Popularly known as Blome’s Map of Lime Street Ward. Published in A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster. Vol. 1. [Insert between sig. M1r and sig. M2v.]
Bishopsgate-street Ward. Taken from the Last Survey and Corrected. n/a Blome, Richard 1720 1720 Bishopsgate Ward Popularly known as Blome’s Map of Bishopsgate Street Ward. Lists 71 sites. Published in A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster. Vol. 1. [Insert between sig. N1r and sig. N2v.]
Broad Street Ward with its division into Parishes, taken from the last Survey, with Corrections and Additions and Cornhill Ward with its Divisions into Parishes, taken from the Last Survey, &c n/a Blome, Richard 1720 1720 Broad Street Ward and Cornhill Ward Popularly known as Blome’s Map of Broad Street Ward and Cornhill Ward. Lists 50 sites. Published in A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster. Vol. 1. [Insert between sig. P2r and sig. P2v.]
Langborne Ward with its Division into Parishes. Corrected from the Last Survey and Candlewick Ward with its Division into Parishes. Corrected from the Last Survey n/a Blome, Richard 1720 1720 Langbourn Ward and Candlewick Street Ward Popularly known as Blome’s Map of Langborne Ward and Candlewick Street Ward. Lists 37 sites. Published in A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster. Vol. 1. [Insert between sig. U3r and sig. U4v.]
Billingsgate Ward and Bridge Ward Within with it’s Division into Parishes, taken from the last Survey n/a Blome, Richard 1720 1720 Billingsgate Ward and Bridge Within Ward Popularly known as Blome’s Map of Billingsgate Ward and Bridge Ward Within. Lists 29 sites. Published in A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster. Vol. 1. [Insert between sig. Y2r and sig. Y3v.]
Walbrook Ward and Dowgate Ward with its Division into Parishes, taken from the last Surveys n/a Blome, Richard 1720 1720 Walbrook Ward and Dowgate Ward Popularly known as Blome’s Map of Walbrook Ward and Dowgate Ward. Lists 19 sites. Published in A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster. Vol. 1. [Insert between sig. 2B3r and sig. 2B4v.]
Queen Hith Ward and Vintry Ward with their Division into Parishes, taken from the last Surveys n/a Blome, Richard 1720 1720 Queenhithe Ward and Vintry Ward Popularly known as Blome’s Map of Queenhithe Ward and Vintry Ward. Lists 33 sites. Published in A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster. Vol. 1. [Insert between sig. 2C4r and sig. 2D1v.]
Bread Street Ward and Cordwainer Ward with its Division into Parishes Taken from the Last Survey n/a Blome, Richard 1720 1720 Bread Street Ward and Cordwainer Street Ward
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Popularly known as Blome’s Map of Bread Street Ward and Cordwainer Street Ward. Lists 24 sites. Published in A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster. Vol. 1. [Insert between sig. B3r and sig. B4v.]
Cheape Ward with its Division into Parishes, Taken from the Last Survey, with Corrections and Additions n/a Blome, Richard 1720 1720 Cheap Ward Popularly known as Blome’s Map of Cheap Ward. Lists 12 sites. Published in A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster. Vol. 1. [Insert between sig.D1r and sig. D2v.]
Cheap Ward with its Division into Parishes According to a New Survey n/a Cole, Benjamin 1756 1756 Cheap Ward
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Includes 4 inset drawings of buildings. Published in The History and Survey of London from its Foundation to the Present Time. By William Maitland. Vol. 2. [Insert between sig. 10N2v and sig. 10O1r.]
Coleman Street Ward and Bashishaw Ward taken from the last Survey, with Corrections and Additions n/a Blome, Richard 1720 1720 Coleman Street Ward and Bassinghall Ward Popularly known as Blome’s Map of Coleman Street Ward and Bassinghall Ward. Lists 60 sites. Published in A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster. Vol. 1. [Insert between sig. G2r and sig. G3v.]
Creplegate Ward with its Division into Parishes, taken from the last Survey, with Additions, and Corrections n/a Blome, Richard 1720 1720 Cripplegate Ward Popularly known as Blome’s Map of Cripplegate Ward. Lists 75 sites. Published in A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster. Vol. 1. [Insert between sig. I3r and sig. I4v.]
Aldersgate Ward and St. Martins le Grand Liberty Taken from the last Survey, with Corrections n/a Blome, Richard 1720 1720 Aldersgate Ward and St. Martin’s le Grand Popularly known as Blome’s Map of Aldersgate Ward and St. Martin’s le Grand. Lists 76 sites. Published in A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster. Vol. 1. [Insert between sig. M3r and sig. M4v.]
The Wards of Farington within and Baynards Castle with its Divisions into Parishes, taken from the last Survey, with Corrections n/a Blome, Richard 1720 1720 Farringdon Within Ward and Castle Baynard Ward Popularly known as Blome’s Map of Farringdon Within Ward and Castle Baynard Ward. Lists 78 sites. Published in A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster. Vol. 1. [Insert between sig. Q2r and sig. Q3v.]
Farrington Ward without, with its Division into Parishes, taken from the last Survey with Corrections & Amendments n/a Blome, Richard 1720 1720 Farrington Without Ward Popularly known as Blome’s Map of Farringdon Without Ward. Lists 149 sites. Published in A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster. Vol. 1. [Insert between sig. 2F3r and sig. 2F4v.]

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