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

[SK53]

There are several potential additional sources:


   - Vice county
boundaries<http://www.cucaera.co.uk/grp5/?refs=TQ28&map=road&vcs=true&graticule=true&nsgrids=false&zoom=10&lat=51.57536261053028&lon=-0.2032470703125>:
   these were devised in the 19th century for recording plant distributions.
   They have remained unchanged and so show the original boundaries of
   Middlesex, Surrey, Essex & Hertfordshire. It does not show the boundary of
   the county of London
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_of_london>(predecessor of the GLC
from 1888 to 1965), which included bits of
   Middlesex, Surrey & Essex.


   - Old 1:25k maps at the OpenStreetMap
Out-of-copyright<http://faffy.openstreetmap.org/?zoom=13&lat=51.52139&lon=-0.07682&layers=000B00000>map
collection or at
   NLS<http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=12&lat=51.52774&lon=-0.08606&layers=B000000000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFTFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF>.
   These pre-date the creation of greater London and show earlier boundaries.
   The NLS has a wide range of less detailed maps which can help provide the
   overall picture.


   - Old 6 inch
maps<http://maps.nls.uk/geo/find/index.cfm#zoom=11&lat=51.52765&lon=-0.08612&layers=B000000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFTFFFFFFFFF>at
National Library of Scotland. These aren't georeferenced, and are of
   most use when the area is already known.


It is unfortunate from an OHM perspective that the University of Portsmouth
Vision of Britain data has a restricted licence. (It's also down today).

Jerry


On 22 May 2014 01:34, mick <bareman at tpg.com.au> wrote:

> 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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