Centre Spread
Map of Central London dating back to the early 1930s. This view shows the central part of the Capital, roughly the limits of the Circle line and travel zone 1.
Thanks to a very good friend, I recently acquired a Geographia map of ‘London and Suburbs’. The cloth printed map came with two covers of the accompanying book, together with an index of streets. Whilst the map was in quite good condition, the book covers themselves were in a very poor state and falling apart. Thanks to the work of a local picture framer, the map is now safely framed and hanging on a wall at home.
No date of publication is printed on the map, and when I initially saw LNER & LMS Depots, I realised the map was at least 70 years old. Further investigations of closed Underground stations made me realise it was at least 80 years old as St Mary’s station, close to Aldgate, closed in 1938. Thanks to a colleague at work, I discovered that it was actually an open Underground station that dated the map to be between 1931 and 1933. Between these two years Dollis Hill, currently on the Jubilee line, was named ‘Dollis Hill & Gladstone Park’ and this name appears on the map.
Best viewed large.
Centre Spread
Map of Central London dating back to the early 1930s. This view shows the central part of the Capital, roughly the limits of the Circle line and travel zone 1.
Thanks to a very good friend, I recently acquired a Geographia map of ‘London and Suburbs’. The cloth printed map came with two covers of the accompanying book, together with an index of streets. Whilst the map was in quite good condition, the book covers themselves were in a very poor state and falling apart. Thanks to the work of a local picture framer, the map is now safely framed and hanging on a wall at home.
No date of publication is printed on the map, and when I initially saw LNER & LMS Depots, I realised the map was at least 70 years old. Further investigations of closed Underground stations made me realise it was at least 80 years old as St Mary’s station, close to Aldgate, closed in 1938. Thanks to a colleague at work, I discovered that it was actually an open Underground station that dated the map to be between 1931 and 1933. Between these two years Dollis Hill, currently on the Jubilee line, was named ‘Dollis Hill & Gladstone Park’ and this name appears on the map.
Best viewed large.