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The Environs, or Countries Twenty Miles Round London. . . |
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A wonderfully detailed and comprehensive map of the larger environs of London, by Thomas Kithchin and published by R & J Dodsley of Pall Mall in London. Unsurprisingly, the map is centered on the metropolis of central London, then branches out to all points of the compass, some twenty miles to such places as Beaconsfield and Chesham in the west, to Hertford and Harlow in the north, to Gravesend and Billericay in the east to Sevenoaks and Reigate in the south.
Interestingly there is a line that surrounds the capital that marks the extent of the 'Penny Post'. colored county boundaries standout. There is a wealthy of interesting information to be gleaned from this lovely map: commons, parish churches, tiny hamlets, small villages, larger towns, Gentlemen's stately homes (or simply their country 'retreats' away from the capital), farms, parks, forests, woods, copses, major and minor roads. There is even a handy mileage scale in the lower right corner, together with a symbol explanation.
This map takes you back over 250 years, before London grew to its present size and swallowed so many of these small hamets and villages. For instance, the areas to the west of London, marked 'Baber Bridge' , 'Powder Mills' and 'East Bedfont' that had to make way for London's busy international Heathrow airport. The more you study this fascinating map, the more you will appreciate and learn. A wonderfully detailed and comprehensive map of the larger environs of London, by Thomas Kithchin and published by R & J Dodsley of Pall Mall in London. Unsurprisingly, the map is centered on the metropolis of central London, then branches out to all points of the compass, some twenty miles to such places as Beaconsfield and Chesham in the west, to Hertford and Harlow in the north, to Gravesend and Billericay in the east to Sevenoaks and Reigate in the south.
Interestingly there is a line that surrounds the capital that marks the extent of the 'Penny Post'. colored county boundaries standout. There is a wealthy of interesting information to be gleaned from this lovely map: commons, parish churches, tiny hamlets, small villages, larger towns, Gentlemen's stately homes (or simply their country 'retreats' away from the capital), farms, parks, forests, woods, copses, major and minor roads. There is even a handy mileage scale in the lower right corner, together with a symbol explanation.
This map takes you back over 250 years, before London grew to its present size and swallowed so many of these small hamets and villages. For instance, the areas to the west of London, marked 'Baber Bridge' , 'Powder Mills' and 'East Bedfont' that had to make way for London's busy international Heathrow airport. The more you study this fascinating map, the more you will appreciate and learn.
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