The National Library for Scotland has worked alongside David Rumsey to scan too georeference the 1896 Ordnance Survey map of London. Thanks to their articulation efforts nosotros tin straightaway stance the entire 729 sheets of 1:1,056 scale maps overlaid on pinnacle of a modern Google Map.
The maps furnish a detailed stance of London at the destination of the nineteenth century, including residential too industrial premises, schools, asylums, hospitals, parks, canals, docks too railways, too fifty-fifty the interior layout of populace buildings, such equally cathedrals, churches, too railway stations.
The map is a bully agency to explore the drastic changes inwards London over the end century. H5N1 transparency slider tool allows y'all to compare the 1896 map alongside the modern map. Take a hold back at the River Thames on the 1896 map too y'all tin meet a London that is nevertheless a huge trading oculus alongside miles too miles of docks. If y'all run the slider tool too bear witness the modern map of London y'all volition uncovering that those docks accept straightaway disappeared too been replaced alongside miles of river side apartments too component blocks.
You tin also bear witness 19th century dockside action on this 1872 Map of Liverpool. Again this historical map has been overlaid on pinnacle of the modern Google Maps then that y'all tin pan too zoom inwards on details on the historical map.
I can't state y'all whatever to a greater extent than virtually the map equally no data is provided past times the website other than the urban amount too year.
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