captivating both longtime locals and curious newcomers alike
Warrington sits astride the Mersey on the old road north
reflecting the accuracy and craftsmanship of early 20th-century cartography
highlighting key battlefield locations and major landmarks involved in the defining conflict of the Civil War
and this map reflects that growth in remarkable detail
Old Map of South East London in 1862 by Edward Stanford - Norwood, Crystal Palace, Penge, Sydenham Size:A1 (60x84cm) - UNFRAMED captivating both longtime locals andBy 1862 the district covered by this Stanford sheet had become one of the most visited corners of London, thanks entirely to a single building: the Crystal Palace, dismantled after the Great Exhibition of 1851 and rebuilt on Sydenham Hill in 1854, complete with its own dedicated railway line to bring day trippers out from central London. Edward Stanford's map publishing house, by then well established near Charing Cross, produced this sheet as part of