Plaistow 1914 - 54.3

Plaistow 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 of this map cover the same area, from the East London Cemetery and Geere Road eastward to St Bernards Road, and from Crescent Road and Upton Park station southward to Whitwell Road. Much of the map is part of West Ham UD, but an eastern section is in East Ham. The 1867 map shows Plaistow in its last days as a country village and provides a fascinating contrast with the later maps. Features on the 1894 map include Plaistow station and the LTS railway works; High Street, The Broadway, Greengate Street, then a long stretch of the Barking Road, Green Street, Blind Lane; a stretch of the Northern Outfall Sewer; tramways, West Ham smallpox hospital. Many streets are only partly built up in 1894. On the reverse are street directories for The Broadway, Grafton Road, Green Street, Greengate Street, Harold Road, Hollybush Street, Queens Road. The 1914 map, now showing the area almost entirely built up, includes a 1906 directory of Plaistow.

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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