Mapping 18Th Century London

In the Eighteenth Century 'Grub Street' inwards London became the dwelling menage to a concentration of impoverished writers, aspiring poets in addition to low-brow publishers & booksellers. The literary occupants of Grub Street tended to run at the margins of London's journalistic in addition to literary scene. Hence 'working inwards Grub Street' has perish a pejorative phrase used against writers or 'hacks' who run for hire in addition to are prepared to prostitute their fine art for profit.

The Grub Street Project is attempting to document in addition to map London's literary in addition to publishing scene inwards the 17th & 18th Centuries. As business office of this projection it has created a issue of interactive vintage maps of London. These maps are in addition to thus beingness used to demonstrate the locations of import to London's emerging publishing & literary scenes in addition to their associated trades.

So far the Grub Street Project has created a issue of interactive versions of master copy 18th Century maps. At the minute Strype's 1720 Plan of the City of London, Westminster & Southwark is the solely map which contains a issue of layers which tin sack endure overlaid on the map. Strype's 1720 map includes layers showing the locations of java houses, taverns & inns in addition to a house index providing information close London's 18th century roads in addition to streets.


Locating London's Past is closed to other superb tool for exploring Eighteenth Century London life. The site uses John Rocque’s 1746 map of London every bit the footing for exploring many aspects of London life during the Seventeenth in addition to Eighteenth Century.

The information sets that tin sack endure viewed on the map include records of Old Bailey Proceedings, coroner's records, historical directories, plague deaths, archeology finds in addition to much more. The interactive map includes the pick to switch betwixt Roque's 1746 map in addition to Google's modern map of London.