Author: ORDNANCE SURVEY
Title: Ordnance Survey Map of Kilburn, Willesden, Primrose Hill and Kensal New Town, with Part of St. John's Wood and Paddington 1851
Description: Southampton, Ordnance Survey. 1851. Book, Ordnance Survey map of Kilburn Willesden Primrose Hill and Kensal New Town with part of St. John's Wood and Paddington published by the Ordnance Survey Southampton 1851 (Sheet 12). On folding linen in 12 sections size 40 by 27 inches scale 12 inches to the mile or 1:5280. Reduced from the skeleton plans surveyed and engraved by the OS under Captain Yelland 1848-51. It was the result of a survey designed to form the basis of a new set of maps of the capital prompted by concerns about public health and the lack of any accurate map of showing the levels of the area to be drained. Previous OS maps had not shown London in such detail. The map shows streets in outline and includes every street railway and canal with heights above sea level shown in hundreds of places . Covers an area from Willesden Green across to Hampstead Road in the north and from Harrow Road and the Grand Junction Canal across to Dorset Square by Regents Park in the south. Much of Willesden Kilburn and an area west of the Edgware Road have still to be developed. Some foxing fading and old damp spotting but overall Good condition. Images available.

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