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Actions	Map entitled: "London and its Environs, Sheet VI S.E" Remove from selection Add to selection TitleMap entitled: "London and its Environs, Sheet VI S.E" ReferenceMSL/0415 CreatorOrdnance Survey Ordnance Survey dates back to 1747, when the defence ministry of the time, the Board of Ordnance, began a survey of England's southern coasts. Prior to this, maps had lacked the detail required for moving troops and planning campaigns. Date c. 1860 Scope and ContentScale 1' : 1m. Reduced from the Skeleton Plans. Surveyed and Engraved in 1848-50, under the direction of Captain Yolland, R.E. at the Ordnance Map Office, Southampton. Map shows lines of the West London Railway and the Great Western Railway (and both goods and passenger stations at Paddington), and sites of the Horticultural Gardens, of the 'Exhibition for 1862', and of South Kensington Museum. Shows also (in manuscript and wash) the proposed lines of the London, Buckinghamshire and West Midland Railway, the Kensington Station and North and South London Junction Railway, and the Metropolitan Railway, and the proposed 'Station for Kensington'. Extent1 sheet (in 48 parts) Physical descriptionEngraved LanguageEnglish Levelfonds Repository nameScience Museum, London Conditions governing accessOpen Access Conditions governing ReproductionCopies may be supplied in accordance with current copyright legislation and Science Museum Group terms and conditions

TitleMap entitled: "London and its Environs, Sheet VI S.E"

ReferenceMSL/0415

Date

c. 1860

Scope and ContentScale 1' : 1m. Reduced from the Skeleton Plans. Surveyed and Engraved in 1848-50, under the direction of Captain Yolland, R.E. at the Ordnance Map Office, Southampton. Map shows lines of the West London Railway and the Great Western Railway (and both goods and passenger stations at Paddington), and sites of the Horticultural Gardens, of the 'Exhibition for 1862', and of South Kensington Museum. Shows also (in manuscript and wash) the proposed lines of the London, Buckinghamshire and West Midland Railway, the Kensington Station and North and South London Junction Railway, and the Metropolitan Railway, and the proposed 'Station for Kensington'.

Extent1 sheet (in 48 parts)

Physical descriptionEngraved

LanguageEnglish

Levelfonds

Repository nameScience Museum, London

Conditions governing accessOpen Access

Conditions governing ReproductionCopies may be supplied in accordance with current copyright legislation and Science Museum Group terms and conditions