{"title":"Wilson Street","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"goad-london-48-ec2-finsbury-circus-moorgate-station-london-wall-1935-c1969-map-p-9-001112","title":"Goad London 48—EC2—Finsbury Circus—Moorgate Station—London Wall 1935 (c1969) map","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eCharles Goad Insurance Plan of London, sheet 48 [Finsbury Circus, Moorgate, London Wall and Britannic House]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eGoad's fire insurance plan of London, sheet 48, covers Finsbury Circus, the City's largest garden square, together with Moorgate and London Wall (EC2). Lutyens's Britannic House of 1924–27 was built for the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, which became BP, and it is listed Grade II* and now houses Stephenson Harwood. The gardens' bowling green of 1925 was removed when Crossrail made them a worksite from 2010 to 2020, and the redesigned gardens reopened in May 2025. Salisbury House of 1899–1901 is still used as offices, River Plate House was rebuilt as 8 Finsbury Circus in 2016, and Moorgate Station gained its Elizabeth line link in 2022. Of the banks on the sheet, Midland Bank became HSBC in 1999, and National Provincial Bank merged into National Westminster Bank on 1 January 1970. Goad's plans were compiled for fire-risk assessment and kept current with pasted slips recording new occupiers, altered layouts, demolition and rebuilding, but no individual correction on this sheet carries a date. The sheet was reissued in August 1935, with a 1949 copyright date, and key plans acquired with the group were corrected as late as October 1970 and March 1971. Other streets on the sheet include South Place, Eldon Street, Wilson Street and Circus Place.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54371709387099,"sku":"P-9-001112","price":150.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0923\/9583\/1643\/files\/P-9-001112a_d17c133c-6186-4753-8ecd-ad88a520d49a.jpg?v=1792149002"},{"product_id":"goad-london-142-ec2-ec1-wesley-s-chapel-finsbury-square-city-rd-1922-1954-map-p-9-001148","title":"Goad London 142—EC2\/EC1—Wesley's Chapel—Finsbury Square—City Rd 1922 (1954) map","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eCharles Goad Insurance Plan of London, sheet 142 [City Road, Finsbury Square, Worship Street and Wesley's Chapel — obsolete copy]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eGoad's fire insurance plan of London, sheet 142, covers Wesley's Chapel, Finsbury Square and City Road (EC2 and EC1) in the edition marked \"obsolete\". On a printed base headed July 1922, with a 1950 copyright date, this edition preserves smaller industrial plots and the works of the Ardath Tobacco Company, makers of State Express 555 cigarettes. Among its post-war amendments is a British Road Services garage. The surrounding printing, furniture, tobacco, paper and plastics premises reveal a broader manufacturing and warehousing district beyond Ardath's works. The later shift to offices and car parking changed the character of whole groups of small industrial plots, as the replacement edition described below makes clear. Wesley's Chapel of 1778 is still a working church, with Wesley's house and grave. The sheet also names Royal London House, Essex County Council offices and the City of London Territorial Regiment headquarters. It catches renamings in progress too, as Paradise Street became Clere Street, Castle Street became Epworth Street and Hill Street became Bonhill Street. Kept by insurers rating property and fire risk, the sheet carries pasted overlays recording changes of use, altered layouts, demolition and new building, and vacancy notes of June 1954 are its latest dated correction. The replacement edition, reissued in June 1956, reorganised these blocks as larger offices and car parking, with Standard House and changed uses on the former tobacco site. That reissue ended this sheet's regular updating in about 1956. Other streets on the sheet include Tabernacle Street, Paul Street, Worship Street, Wilson Street, Christopher Street and Platina Street.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54371740483931,"sku":"P-9-001148","price":160.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0923\/9583\/1643\/files\/P-9-001148a_6ae0a1d1-bbdb-4f20-84e4-ac28590500ee.jpg?v=1792149091"},{"product_id":"goad-london-142-ec2-ec1-wesley-s-chapel-finsbury-sq-worship-st-1956-1970-map-p-9-001149","title":"Goad London 142—EC2\/EC1—Wesley's Chapel—Finsbury Sq—Worship St 1956 (1970) map","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eCharles Goad Insurance Plan of London, sheet 142 [City Road, Finsbury Square, Worship Street and Wesley's Chapel — later copy]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eGoad's fire insurance plan of London, sheet 142, covers Wesley's Chapel, Finsbury Square and Worship Street (EC2 and EC1) in the June 1956 reissue. This reissue superseded the July 1922 base, an example of which is marked \"obsolete\". On this sheet, larger offices, Standard House, car parking and changed occupancies replace the tobacco premises and smaller industrial plots. Royal London House, then the Royal London Mutual Insurance Society's headquarters, became the Montcalm Royal London House hotel in 2016, so the story runs from industry to offices and on to hospitality. Wesley's Chapel and museum, dating from 1778, is still a working church beside Wesley's house. The sheet also names Singer sewing-machine premises and the City of London Regiment headquarters. Kept for insurers assessing property and fire risk, the sheet carries pasted overlays recording changes of use, altered layouts, demolition and new building. Its later amendments include March 1970 annotations and a construction note in block 1273, the latest dated correction. Resurveyed and reissued in June 1956, with a 1956 copyright date, the sheet belongs to a group whose key plans were still being corrected in October 1970 and March 1971. Other streets on the sheet include City Road, Clere Street, Tabernacle Street, Epworth Street, Bonhill Street, Paul Street, Wilson Street, Christopher Street and Platina Street.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54371740516699,"sku":"P-9-001149","price":170.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0923\/9583\/1643\/files\/P-9-001149a_25b7a65e-4af2-44ec-9a73-98ee5d6cc2d5.jpg?v=1792149091"},{"product_id":"goad-london-143-ec2-shoreditch-clifton-paul-worship-streets-1946-1970-map-p-9-001150","title":"Goad London 143—EC2—Shoreditch—Clifton, Paul \u0026 Worship Streets 1946 (1970) map","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eCharles Goad Insurance Plan of London, sheet 143 [Shoreditch: Worship Street, Clifton Street, Scrutton Street and Holywell Row]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eGoad's fire insurance plan of London, sheet 143, covers Shoreditch's Worship Street and Paul Street (EC2), then a printing quarter. Waterlow \u0026amp; Sons' Finsbury works is shown with its paper storage, type casting and printing. It belonged to banknote printers bought by Purnell in 1961, and that side of the business passed to De La Rue. At the time, Metcalfe \u0026amp; Cooper printers, S. Oppenheimer \u0026amp; Sons, W. H. Smith \u0026amp; Son's warehouse, Paul Street Garage and the Territorial Army Centre stood among printers and engravers. Those printers and engravers were publishing's manufacturing side, which came before today's media, technology and creative trades. Appold Street and Wilson Street now edge Broadgate, built over Broad Street station, which closed in 1986. Kept for insurers rating property and fire risk, the sheet carries pasted overlays recording new uses, altered layouts, demolition and rebuilding. They include vacancy notes of June 1966 and June 1968, a June 1968 construction note in block 1286, and March 1970 vacancies, which are the latest dated correction. The sheet was resurveyed and reissued in June 1946, with a 1950 copyright date, and the key plans acquired with it carry corrections as late as October 1970 and March 1971. Other streets on the sheet include Luke Street, Scrutton Street, Clifton Street, Phipp Street, Holywell Row, Worship Square, Dysart Street, Curtain Road and Finsbury Market.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54371742777691,"sku":"P-9-001150","price":160.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0923\/9583\/1643\/files\/P-9-001150a_509a6166-939d-427c-a75b-ef833b7d489a.jpg?v=1792149094"},{"product_id":"goad-london-150-ec2-finsbury-square-finsbury-pavement-sun-street-1950-1970-map-p-9-001157","title":"Goad London 150—EC2—Finsbury Square—Finsbury Pavement—Sun Street 1950 (1970) map","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eCharles Goad Insurance Plan of London, sheet 150 [Finsbury Square, Finsbury Pavement, Sun Street and Wilson Street]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eGoad's fire insurance plan of London, sheet 150, covers Finsbury Square and Finsbury Pavement (EC2), and its curiosity is the Lex Garage beneath the square's garden. The car park is still there, run by NCP, under a square that keeps its bowling green. The square of 1777 lost its Georgian houses to commercial blocks, among them City Gate House of 1930 by Giles Gilbert Scott and the London \u0026amp; Manchester Assurance offices. That insurer passed to Friends Provident in November 1998 and is now part of Aviva. The sheet also names Dominion Buildings, commercial offices and basement car parks. It was drawn for fire-risk assessment and amended with pasted overlays recording new uses and rebuilding. Its latest dated corrections, from March 1970, include a vacancy note at 33 Wilson Street, while upper floors at 39 Wilson Street, in block 2872, were marked vacant in June 1968. The sheet was resurveyed and reissued in August 1950, with a 1950 copyright date, and key plans acquired with the group were corrected as late as October 1970 and March 1971. Other streets on the sheet include Christopher Street, Sun Street, Lackington Street, Dominion Street, South Place and Ropemaker Street.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54371746939227,"sku":"P-9-001157","price":180.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0923\/9583\/1643\/files\/P-9-001157a_c1a968cb-62f1-46f2-aeba-b92cd7f54d81.jpg?v=1792149111"},{"product_id":"goad-london-151-ec2-finsbury-market-clifton-wilson-streets-1958-1970-map-p-9-001158","title":"Goad London 151—EC2—Finsbury Market—Clifton \u0026 Wilson Streets 1958 (1970) map","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eCharles Goad Insurance Plan of London, sheet 151 [Finsbury: Clifton Street, Wilson Street, Appold Street and Finsbury Market]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eGoad's fire insurance plan of London, sheet 151, covers Finsbury Market, Appold Street and Clifton Street (EC2), then a railway-side quarter beside the Broad Street approaches. Here scientific instruments, lithographic printing and saddlery sat among railway arches and electricity works. Waterlow \u0026amp; Sons' lithographic printing works belonged to the security printers whose banknote business went to De La Rue in 1961. A. Gallenkamp \u0026amp; Co's scientific-instrument warehouse and Technico House belonged to the laboratory firm that Fisons bought in 1977. The sheet also names Eldonian Ltd's saddle factory, together with the Central Electricity Generating Board and London Electricity Board premises. The Broad Street Station approaches and railway arches lost their trains when the terminus closed in 1986, and Broadgate brought a far larger office economy to that railway land. The sheet was amended for fire-risk assessment with pasted overlays recording new uses and rebuilding, and its latest dated corrections are March 1970 vacancy annotations. Resurveyed and reissued in May 1958, with a 1958 copyright date, the sheet belongs to a group whose key plans were still being corrected in October 1970 and March 1971. Other streets on the sheet include Wilson Street, Dysart Street, Christopher Street, Snowden Street, Pindar Street, Earl Street and Sun Street.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54371747627355,"sku":"P-9-001158","price":160.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0923\/9583\/1643\/files\/P-9-001158a_ee10ade0-48bd-4beb-995e-45af8d17c08b.jpg?v=1792149113"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.antiquemapsandprints.com\/collections\/wilson-street.oembed","provider":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}