[OHM] Parts of surrounding Counties that became part of Greater London

[Karl Grossner]

Mik,

The best work and data on historical boundaries in the UK I'm aware of is at GB-HGIS

http://www.port.ac.uk/research/gbhgis/aboutthegbhistoricalgis/onlineaccess/


kg


----- Original Message -----
> Does anyone have data relating to the rearangement of Administrative
> Boundaries of the Counties, Districts and Parishes into Greater London from
> the surrounding Counties.
> 
> In working through my family tree I have found many people who lived in the
> London parts of Essex and Middlesex. From what I have found so far they
> first settled in Mile End Old Town a year or two before the 1841 census and
> mostly stayed around the East End until they started to spread South of the
> Themes and into Kent about the time of WW1.
> 
> I'm getting confused with the changes that occured and locating addresses
> within those areas.
> 
> One potential source I have heard of but can't find was a "Poverty map of
> London" made about the middle of the 19th century. There was also an update
> created at the end of the 19th Century.
> 
> Any and All help welcome.
> 
> mik
> 
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