WH Smith / Bartholomew 1882

344mm h x 462mm w (Cover: 159mm h x 104mm w)

Bartholomew 1882, WH Smith

WH Smith's Reduced Ordnance Map of London and Environs.

Counties centred on London coloured, with a bright red line to edge the counties, including the coast line. Extends about 26 miles north and south of St Pauls, about 30 miles west and 44 miles east; in Essex gets to Dunmow, Peldon and Foulness.

There is no key to the symbols. Price One Shilling on Cloth; hard covers.

Scale of 8 miles = 49.5mm, or 4.0 miles/inch, ie 1:255,000.

Railway lines include Central Woolwich Dock extension (opened 1880), but not the Southend to Shoeburyness line (1884).

London WH Smith & Son, 186 Strand       J Bartholomew, Edinr.

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