• Whetstone 1897 Middlesex Sheet 6.12 by John Heathfield & Percy Reboul

    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.

  • Ruislip Gardens 1940 Middlesex Sheet 10.13 by Tony Painter

    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.

  • South Kenton & Northwick Park 1936 Middlesex Sheet 10.12 by Alan Godfrey

    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.

  • Osterley Park 1894 or 1935 Middlesex Sheet 20.03

    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.

  • Hounslow (West) 1894 or 1935 Middlesex Sheet 20.06

    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.

  • Hounslow 1894 or 1935 Middlesex Sheet 20.07

    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.