1745 Map of London
In 1745, London still had edges. The built-up city ran from Westminster east through the City and out toward Wapping, Southwark held the south bank, and open fields began not far north of what is now Oxford Street. This map from Oxford Cartographers reproduces that city, when the Thames did the heavy work of moving goods and people and the great Victorian sprawl was still a century away.
The black and white treatment is the point. Without color to carry the eye, the street pattern itself does the talking: the tight medieval tangle of the old City against the newer, more ordered squares laid out to the west.
- Black and white cartography showing the extent of London as it stood in 1745
- Published by Oxford Cartographers, a British publisher of historical and thematic wall maps
- Finishing options at Map Shop include paper, laminated, mounted to foam core, black or walnut rails, and framing
A natural fit for history enthusiasts, British history classrooms, study and home office walls, and interior designers dressing a library or lobby.

