London Parish maps
Our collection of London parish maps offers a detailed and richly historic view of the capital’s local geographies from the 17th to 19th centuries. These maps and accompanying histories trace the development of areas such as Chelsea, Islington, Fulham, Hammersmith, Lambeth, Kensington, and Tottenham, often down to individual estates, roads, and boundaries. They are drawn from works including Faulkner’s illustrated histories of Chelsea and Hammersmith, Stow’s Survey of London, and parish accounts of Clerkenwell, Highgate, and Marylebone. Cartographers like Rocque, Cole, Stanford, and G.W. Bacon are represented alongside rare imprints from local historians and publishers. These parish maps combine topography with social and architectural insight, making them invaluable records of London’s transformation from a collection of villages and manors into today's vast conurbation.
