Clapham Common 1914 - 115.3

Clapham Common in 1914 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. Three versions have been published for this area, stretching from Grandison Road and Wroughton Road eastward to Bedford Road and Lyham Road, and from Freke Road and Clapham High St southward to Malwood Road. Almost all of Clapham Common itself is on the map while to the north-east of it are the closely packed streets of Clapham, with much of the High St, Holy Trinity church, Park Crescent, Polygon, St Peter''s church. However, there are great contrasts elsewhere: on the 1870 map the area east and south-east of the Common, including much of Clapham Park, is filled with villas in leafy grounds; by 1894 many of these were being replaced by terraces and semis in streets such as Narbonne Avenue, Abbeyville Road, Elms Road etc. But some large houses survive, such as Cavendish House from which the eccentric scientist Henry Cavendish weighed the world in 1798; this estate would be sold for development in 1905. The essays by Keith Bailey explain these changes. Each map includes extracts from a contemporary directory.

About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25” OS Series:
Selected towns in Great Britain and Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th and early 20th century. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping and reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4,340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes and many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one and a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.

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