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London--Map
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1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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Description
- referred to in the Metropolis Gas Act, 1860. [London, 1860], 3800 x 3900mm., large engraved map in 30 sheets joined and backed on linen, hand-coloured, gas companies marked in ink, orignal rollers, housed in wooden case, map parting from upper roller
Ordnance Survey. Southampton and H.M. Stationery Office, [1916 or later], 6 vol., large oblong folio (760 x 1090mm.), 152 large scale regional maps (scale 25.344 inches to the mile), backed on linen, volumes interleaved with typed sheets indexing public houses and brewery owners, some boundaries, public house and gasworks marked in ink and colours, original cloth binders, some soiling, binders slightly scuffed
Catalogue Note
The competition between gas companies to supply London's buildings and streets with gas was intense. The Metropolis Gas Act of 1860 prescribed specific areas of supply and established a standard of gas quality. There were originally thirteen companies who had separate districts assigned to them - later many of these were amalgamated
The set of Ordnance Survey maps are working copies showing the changing face of the London in 1916. The areas covered include East Finchley, Highgate, Finsbury, Islington, Marylebone, Queen's Park, Blackheath, Greenwich, Hammersmith, Kensington, Chelsea, Leyton, Bethnal Green, Newington, Holborn and Camberwell.