Bankside 1873

Large Scale Plan of Bankside; London sheet 7.75. Reduced from the original 5' to a mile plan. Introduction by Alan Godfrey. This highly detailed map at a 'Yard to the Mile' scale covers a very interesting area of Southwark along the south bank of the Thames. Coverage stretches from Blackfriars Road eastward to Cannon Street railway bridge. Features on the map include Blackfriars station (south of the Thames), Christ Church, Phoenix Gas Works, Blackfriars Bridge, Anchor Brewery, Southwark Bridge, Vinegar Distillery, many wharves on both sides of river; a small area north of river is included showing Queenhithe Dock, Queen Street Place, St Paul's Pier. On the reverse we include street directories for Bankside, Blackfriars Road, Great Guildford Street, Holland Street, Park Street, Queen Street Place, Upper Thames Street.

Reduced from the original Ordnance Survey mapping at 1:1,056 and reproduced at 1:1,760 – the equivalent of 36 inches (or one yard) to a mile. Published by Alan Godfrey Maps, Leadgate, Consett