Old Ordnance Survey Town Plans of London

These highly detailed maps, at a scale of 1:1760 or a Yard to the Mile, cover parts of central London in exceptional detail. They are available through our On-line Mapshop

Here are the details of the map for the Spitalfields area:

London Large Scale Sheet 07.57 Spitalfields 1873-94 - published 2024. Intro by Pamela Taylor. ISBN.978-1-78721-712-6

This very detailed map covers Spitalfields and part of Whitechapel. It is double-sided, with the 1873 map on one side and a reduced version of the 1894 map on the reverse. We also include an introduction to the history of the area.

Features (from 1871 map) include Commercial Street area, All Saints church, St Anne's RC Chapel, Whitechapel Society's School, East London Theatre, Trinity Chapel, Whitechapel Union Workhouse, Pavilion Theatre, Tower Hamlets Swimming Baths, Christ Church, St Stephen's church, St Mary's church, Catholic & Apostolic church, Black Eagle Brewery, schools, distilleries etc. Churches and some other public buildings have interiors mapped. The 1894 map includes Spitalfields Market.

The map links up with sheet 7.47 Bethnal Green West to the north, 7.56 Finsbury Square to the west, 7.67 Aldgate to the south, 7.58 Whitechapel to the east.

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