The Source Modern Map Of London

Do you lot know how many roads at that topographic point are inwards the City of London?

None - at that topographic point are no roads inwards the City of London.

The argue at that topographic point are no roads inwards the City of London is because all those streets paved alongside gilt were named a long fourth dimension earlier the give-and-take 'road' came into purpose close 250 years ago.

If you lot don't believe me thence you lot tin forcefulness out search this 1682 map of London for whatever streets alongside a 'road' place-name. The London Time Machine is an interactive version of William Morgan's map of London. If you lot explore the map you lot volition honour lots of streets, lanes, alleys as well as yards. You won't honour whatever roads.

William Morgan's map was the start properly surveyed map of the urban nub released afterward the 1666 Fire of London. After the Fire of London the urban nub had to last rebuilt as well as this novel urban nub needed a novel map. The survey for the map took half dozen years to complete. The finished map was made upwardly of xvi copper engravings as well as is viii feet yesteryear v feet inwards size. Along the bottom of the map is a panoramic thought of the urban nub created yesteryear Robert Morden as well as Phillip Lee. The panorama shows a thought of the urban nub equally seen from due south of the River Thames.

Luckily for map fans William Morgan's map was featured inwards the BBC's peachy The Beauty of Maps series.