The Borough 1872

Large Scale Plan of Borough; London sheet 7.85. 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 the centre of Southwark. Coverage stretches from Blackfriars Road eastward to Borough High Street, and from Southwark Street southward to Friar Street. Features include Southwark Convict Prison (shown in detail), St Saviours Union Workhouse, Surrey Chapel, Nelson Square, Iron Bedstead Manufactory, Phoenix Gas Works, a stretch of the LCDR railway incl Borough Road station, St Michael's church Lant Street, Hat & Cap Manufactory, St George the Martyr's church, Pickfords Goods Depot, a stretch of the SER railway (incl disused station at Blackfriars). Southwark Bridge Road runs through the centre of the map.On the reverse are street directory entries for Blackfriars Road, Blackman Street, Borough High Street, Great Suffolk Street, Lant Street, Mint 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