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London 1835 - south-east area of Middlesex -

Introduction - Description - Abbreviations - Guidelines - Maps - Middlesex - Home page

Introduction

Graphics linked from the maps section of this page produce a large print map of part of London in 1835, the south-east area of Middlesex and the City of London. The area shown stretches from Hammersmith in the West to Mile End in the East, and North to Highgate. There is a tactile map with braille lettering, and a key to the tactile map. This page explains and describes the maps. Towns shown are parliamentary boroughs and polling places in 1835. The Description section says what is on the map. The Abbreviations section gives locations within the county. The Maps section has links to the maps, which are in pdf (Acrobat) format, and to a page describing the way to produce a tactile map with braille letters from the pdf file. On another page is a general introduction to this series of maps of the English counties which are intended to be accessible to blind and partially sighted people. The location of this section of the county is shown on the map of Middlesex. The Genuki pages for London and Genuki pages for Middlesex have more information about the places, their records, and its towns or boroughs and parishes.

Description

There is a solid circle at the top left of the map. The title follows it at the top of the map, which is the North.The county boundary at south and east is shown by a dotted line. The Chapman County Code LND is in large letters in the top right corner of the map. Towns are large dots, with a 2 letter abbreviation of the town name nearby. Guidelines linking the towns are solid lines. A five mile scale bar is in the bottom right corner (most other maps in this series have a ten mile scale bar). The area of London shown on the map is about 10 miles east to west by about 8 miles north to south. Directions on map - West is left, East is right, North is up, South is down.

Abbreviations and locations

In the list below the two letter abbreviation is given first, then the place name, then the position on the map.

FI Finsbury, lower centre
HD Hampstead, top left
HI Highgate, top
HM Hammersmith, bottom left
KX Kings Cross, centre
LO City of London, bottom centre
MB Marylebone middle towards left
MI Mile End, bottom right
TH Tower Hamlets, bottom right
WE Westminster, bottom towards right

Guidelines

Guidelines are shown to link the places on the map. They are chosen to make it possible to describe the positions of places. In some cases the guidelines are roads, but generally they are arbitrary.

Three guidelines are shown, a long one across the bottom, two short ones above it..

A line near the top left of the map goes from Hampstead at the left, up and right to Highgate.
A line in the middle of the map goes from Marylebone at the left, up and right to Kings Cross
A line right across the bottom goes from Hammersmith near the left margin. The line goes right and up to Westminster, City of London, and Finsbury. It goes down and right to Tower Hamlets, the up and right to Mile End, and on across the county boundary.

Maps

Graphic of Tactile map with braille names (pdf file)

Graphic of key in braille (pdf file)

Instructions for making a tactile map

Large print map (pdf file)

A single copy of this page can be made by or for any individual user. If you wish to make multiple copies or modifications, please contact David Hawgood - email david at hawgood dot com - I will normally give permission but I wish to know what use is being made of the maps. I also welcome comments.