Canning Town & Custom House 1914

Detailed map of Canning Town; London sheet 66. Introduction by Stephen Pewsey. The map covers the area from St Luke's Square and Forty Acre Lane eastward to Leyes Road and beyond, from Wanlip Road southward to Victoria Dock Road. The latter road runs along the lower portion of the map, including the northern tip of Royal Victoria Dock, with many railway sidings etc. The western half of the map is built up with the eastern part of Canning Town; by contrast the map is largely empty undeveloped east of Prince Regents Lane. Features include Plaistow Marsh, GER Woolwich Branch, incl Custom House station, Hudsons Ward, Tidal Basin Ward, Custom House Sports Ground, tramways. Streets include Beckton Road, Denmark Street, Freemasons Road and many others. Note that part of Canning Town is on sheet 65 to the west. All the maps include directory extracts.

Reduced from the original Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map to a scale of approximately 1:4,340 (or about 15" to the mile). Published by Alan Godfrey Maps, Leadgate, Consett