Redbridge Museum – Map Of The Week

This week's Map of the Week is a plan for Fairlop that never came to light. In 1937 the City of London purchased 1,000 acres in order to build a civic airport. But with the threat of the Second World War these plans were rejected. By the 1940’s the land was used as an airfield …

Redbridge Museum – Map of the week

To continue celebrating the opening of our new exhibition A History of Redbridge in Maps we are sharing a range of images. The second instalment of our range is a map produced by Ilford Urban District Council. This map highlights the land use in 1925, and sits alongside a present-day land use map created by …