The West End 1894

Detailed map of The West End; London sheet 61. Introduction by Pamela Taylor. Coverage streches from Marble Arch eastward to Charing Cross Road, from Devonshire Street and Bedford Square southward to Berkeley Square and Haymarket. Oxford Street runs through the centre of a map which covers most of what we know as The West End. Streets covered include Regent Street, Shaftesbury Avenue, most of Tottenham Court Road, Charing Cross Road, Portland Place, Portman Square, Soho Square, Grosvenor Square, Cavendish Square and many others. Features include Burlington House, the National Gallery, British Museum, many theatres, All Soul's church. However the map is most notable for its closely packed streets, with their houses, shops, offices etc. in remarkable detail. Each map also has selected extracts from directories

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