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A map showing bomb damage during World War II. The original maps are at the London Metropolitan Archives.
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A survey of the City of London and the surrounding built-up area, completed in 1682 by William Morgan.
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A Map of Tudor London, in about 1520. Reconstructed by modern historians and archaeologists and published by the Historic Towns Trust in 2018.
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The Booth Poverty Map from 1898-9. Each street is coloured to indicate the income and social class of its inhabitants.
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Ordnance Survey maps from the 1940s-1960s. The most detailed OS maps after the Second World War.
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