Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Historical maps of London overlaid on Google Maps
Aight, fellow map nerds of Harringay (and I know you're out there, from previous threads on HOL, not to mention the great eBay map-buying success of 2012):
Check out this page from the amazing David Rumsey map collection. It overlays historical maps onto a Google Maps interface, and lets you play with the transparency (sliders at top right) so you can see the modern-day streets beneath.
For GIS folks: marvel at the lovely rubbersheeting :)
The index is here if you fancy looking at historical maps of other places around the world.
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Permalink Reply by Finsbury Park Ranger on
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Wow that's cool,, how do you get back to the old map though once you've found your location on the new one ?
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Permalink Reply by rosyrose on
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Very very cool. What are the long rectangular blocks running either side of what's now Grand Parade? I assume it's industrial buildings associated with the kilns, but I'm surprsed - they must have been massive. The one on the east side seems to run from the southern end of where Homebase is now to half way along the gardens. Maybe a local history buff could say what company was based there? What kind of stuff did it turn out - tiles and pottery, but what kind of pottery?
Finsbury Park Ranger - just move the slider top right.
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Permalink Reply by John D on
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I doubt if it's buildings - as you say, would have to be enormous and all other buildings are shown as black blobs. I would think it's enclosed land. Also interesting is why are some parts of the roads shown as dotted lines ? On a modern OS map that would indicate an unfenced road so perhaps Grand Parade was then only a track across a field linking made-up sections.
What struck me was the circle showing the limit of two penny postal delivery. A century later, in 1950, you could send a letter anywhere in the country for two-and-a-half old pence ( = 1P for the younger element
). Inflation? What inflation ?
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Permalink Reply by Alexander Smith on
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Yes, the dotted lines are very interesting. I think they might well show where the road passed through areas accessible to the public which extended much further to the sides. Perhaps these side areas were sometimes village greens. I think that's how Stroud Green got its name. You can also see the dotted lines round the triangular bit of Duckett's Common and also in the village of West Green.
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They could be brick pits - where they dug up the clay to make bricks (note the kilns located beside them). I've seen a a different map showing brick pits either side of Kingsland road.
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Permalink Reply by Michael Anderson on
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Interesting that on the old map the junction of Green Lanes and St Anne's has the triangle where the Salisbury is now.
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