The collection includes reproductions of early London maps, together with:
- other street plans of London
- Ordnance Survey maps
- parish maps
- bomb damage maps
- Goad insurance plans
- street and district maps
- sale catalogue plans
- architectural drawings
London and Holborn
Holborn is shown on many early views and maps of London. The Centre holds copies of most of these. They include:
• London
Van de Wynegaerde, View of London, 1550.
• London
R. Agas, 1560. Scale 28 inches: 1 mile.
• London
W. Morgan, London etc actually surveyed...,1682.
• St Andrew Holborn Parish
From J. Strype, Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, c. 1720, 1755.
• St Giles in the Fields Parish
From J. Strype, Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, c. 1720, 1755.
• London
J. Rocque, Plan of the Cities of London, Westminster and Southwark, 1746. Scale 26 inches: 1 mile.
• London
J. Horwood, Plan of London and Westminster, 1792-1799. Scale 26 inches: 1 mile.
• London
C. & J. Greenwood, 1828. Scale 8 inches: 1 mile.
• St Giles in the Fields Parish and St George Bloomsbury Parishes
C.J.J. Mair, 1866. Scale approx. 1 inch: 200ft.
• Some of the above maps also cover parts of St Pancras parish.
Hampstead
• Belsize Manor
1679.
• Hampstead Parish Trigeometric Survey
1680.
• Hampstead Manor
J. Ellis, 1762. Scale approx. 1: 2,000. With accompanying field book.
[Copy of originals held at London Metropolitan Archives]
• Hampstead Parish
J. Newton, 1814. Scale approx. 1: 9,000.
• Hampstead Parish Tithe map
1839. Scale approx. 1: 2,000.
[Copy of original held at the National Archives]
St Pancras
• Cantelowes Demesne Lands Parliamentary Survey
1649.
[Copy of original]
• St Pancras Parish
1801 (J. Tompson), 1804 (J. Tompson) with terrier book, 1834 (Davies), 1849, 1850, 1860, 1868, 1874, 1880, 1893.
Ordnance Survey maps
• Pre World War II maps
• 6 inches: 1 mile (1: 10,560. Replaced by 1: 10,000 series)
1862-1873, 1893-1895, 1911-1914, 1938. Whole borough (gaps).
• 12 inches: 1 mile (1: 5,280)
1848-1851. Camden Town, Euston and Holborn. Skeleton survey.
• 25 inches: 1 mile (approx. 1: 2,500)
1865-1874, 1891-1894, 1910s-1920s (Land Registry series), 1930s (London County Council revision). Whole borough (gaps).
• 60 inches: 1 mile (1: 1,056)
1848-1851. Hampstead Heath and Highgate. Skeleton Survey.
1865-1874, 1891-1894, 1910s-1920s (Land Registry series), 1930s (London County Council revision). Whole borough (gaps).
• Post World War II maps
• 1: 10,000 (approx. 6 inches: 1 mile. Older sheets in this series at scale 1: 10,560)
1951 to date. Whole borough (gaps).
• 1: 2,500 (approx. 25 inches: 1 mile)
1946 to date. Whole borough (gaps).
• 1: 1,250 (approx. 50 inches: 1 mile)
1946 to date. Whole borough (gaps).
Administrative maps (1: 25,000 and 1: 63,360)
1947 to date. Camden and Greater London areas.
Goad Insurance plans
• Scale 1 inch: 40 feet
Dates vary from 1886-1960. Available on microfilm. Indexed for streets in Camden.
Bomb damage maps
• Facsimile copies of maps covering Camden area. Produced by London County Council Architect's Department using 25 inches: 1 mile Ordnance Survey maps colour coded to show damage by enemy action.
• [Copy of originals held at London Metropolitan Archives]