Old Ordnance Survey Maps of Redbridge

  • These detailed maps maps normally cover an area of about one and a half miles by one mile. Each map includes an introduction. The Essex maps link up with those for London to form a major series for the Greater London area. They are available through our On-line Mapshop

    • Here are the details of maps for Wanstead Flats:

  • London Sheet 33.2 Wanstead Flats 1893 - published 1986; intro by Janice Brooker. ISBN.978-0-85054-035-2
  • London Sheet 33.3 Wanstead Flats 1915 - published 1992; intro by Isobel Watson. ISBN.978-0-85054-510-4

    We have published two versions of this map, showing how the area developed across the years. It covers an area stretching from Montague Road and Odessa Road eastward to Forest Drive; and from Woodlands Avenue southward to Cobbold Road and Chestnut Avenue. The map is centred on the broad open space of Wanstead Flats, but it also includes fringe streets of Leytonstone (the west side of the map) and Forest Gate (to the south). In the NE corner of the 1915 map is the new housing estate known as Aldersbrook. Features on the map include West Ham cemetery, Manor Park cemetery, City of London cemetery; a short stretch of the GER main line including Manor Park station; part of the Tottenham & Forest Gate railway, incl Wanstead Park station; St Nicholas Industrial School; the 1915 map has tramways. Streets include Dames Road, Capel Road, Woodford Road, Godwin Road, Trumpington Road and others.

    The map links up with Sheets 24 Wanstead to the north, 32 Leyton to the west, 34 Ilford to the east, and 43 Forest Gate to the south.

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  • Maps in the Godfrey Edition are taken from the 25 inch to the mile map and reduced to about 15 inches to the mile. For a full list of maps for London, return to the London page.
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