Old Map of London and 10 miles around by John Rocque in 1746 - featuring Hackney, Wimbledon, Highgate, Richmond and other London suburbs new forest Faden's map of London and

Faden's map of London and its surrounds

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but it's still interesting to see the large patches of poverty east of Drury Lane/Covent Garden

Cuckfield (Haywards Heath)

full colour and exceedingly rare map shows two of the Channel Islands (Jersey and Guernsey)

Old Map of London and 10 miles around by John Rocque in 1746 - featuring Hackney, Wimbledon, Highgate, Richmond and other London suburbs new forest Faden's map of London andJohn Rocque, the preeminent map maker of the 18th century, published this map in 1746. The map shows Westminster, Southwark, the City of London, and roughly 10 miles around. Today we would call these areas the suburbs of London but back then, these parts of Middlesex, Surrey, Kent and Essex were mostly just villages and fields. This map was published to accompany Rocque's much more detailed map of central London. Some of the clearly visible towns,