This week our Map of the Week takes us twelve miles round London. This detailed map was printed and published by Fairburn’s a family firm based in London.
Between the 1790s and 1850s, they produced a vast output of map prints and popular booklets.
This circular map reaches Teddington in the south west, then (clockwise) to Norwood, Harrow on the Hill, Chipping Barnet, Dagenham, Purley and Kingston.
Title – Fairburn’s Map
Associated Dates– 1796
Location – On display – Redbridge Museum, Central Library 1st Floor
Opening times – Tuesday-Friday 10am-5pm & Saturday 10am-4pm
Due to popular demand our exhibition has been extended until Saturday 14 June 2014
Website – visit our website
Post Author: A. Deo
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