Finchley & Holders Hill 1895 Middlesex Sheet 11.03 by Pamela Taylor
We have published just the one edition of this map. Further west the map is entirely rural.
We have published just the one edition of this map. Further west the map is entirely rural.
This detailed map covers an area stretching from Totteridge Green eastward to Oakleigh Park. A short stretch of the GNR main line is in the NE corner, including Oakleigh Park station. The county boundary with Hertfordshire runs down the Dollis Brook, and west of it we find much of Totteridge Green.
This very detailed map covers the southern part of Ruislip and eastern part of Ickenham. Part of the map (left blank) is Northolt Airfield. Coverage extends from Milverton Drive eastward to Bridgwater Road. Features include Ruislip Gardens station (shown being enlarged), carriage shed, Ickenham Marsh, Newpond Farm. A 1933 directory of Ruislip is included on the reverse.
This detailed map covers parts of Wembley and Harrow, with coverage stretching from Paxford Road northward to Northwick Avenue, and from Peterborough Road eastward to Grasmere Avenue. Features include Northwick Park Golf Course, football grounds, Harrow School Bathing Place, LMS railway with South Kenton station, Metropolitan Railway with Northwick Park station, Chewing Gum Factory etc. We include a selection of street directory entries on the reverse, incl Abbots Drive, Carlton Avenue West, Northwick Avenue, The Fairway, The Ridgeway.
Dust Jacket : False. Weight : 0.3321 kilograms. Condition : Good. Don’t buy if you need the exact cover above as you may get a diffferent one. We use different carriers based on your location and the size of your order.
Dust Jacket : False. Weight : 0.0181 kilograms. Don’t buy if you need the exact cover above as you may get a diffferent one. First Edition : False. Condition : Very Good. We use different carriers based on your location and the size of your order.
The 1894 map is dominated by Osterley Park, both the house and the grounds. Other features include Wyke House and Wyke Farm. Middlesex Sheet 20.03aOsterley Park 1894 – published 1992; intro by Alan Godfrey.
A 1933 directory entry for Ickenham is included on the reverse. This detailed map covers the northern part of Ickenham and extends westward to Harefield Place and northward to Old Clack Farm.
The main feature, however, is Hounslow Barracks, where the engineer Goldsworthy Gurney demonstrated his steam carriage to the Duke of Wellington. Cavalry barracks were established here, midway between London and Windsor, in 1793 and they were expanded in the 1870s.
Nearby is Woodlands, incl St John’s church, part of Isleworth; Spring Grove & Isleworth station is near the east end of the map. At the foot of the map are Worton Hall and Worton Farm. Many orchards and market gardens between these communities remind us of the area’s traditional occupations.