A Sequence of Maps of Stoke Newington

Part 2: From 1868

The 1868 Ordnance Survey Map

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The Booth Poverty maps 1889-90

The Stoke Newington Sheet

The contrast of rich and poor areas of London in 1889, especially when looking at on the coloured maps, is startling. London Topographical Society reproduced the maps for most of London on four large coloured sheets. Lay out these maps in one block and the yellows and reds, colours of light and wealth and warmth, are concentrated in smallish areas on the north-west sheet. All the others are drab purple and blue, with areas of dark blue and even black, the colours of cold and outer darkness.

The London School of Economics published more maps including one from Stoke Newington which reaches up as far as Lordship Park. This is the northern limit of the Booth maps.

This is the Stoke Newington section and is the most northerly area covered. The map did not extend up to Woodberry Down, but the colours would have been similar to the ones at the lower end of Lordship Road.

Part of Map Descriptive of London Poverty, 1888-89

Sheet 3 Northern District

KEY Wealthy (three or more servants; houses rated £100 or more) Well to do (one or two servants) Working class comfort Comfort mixed with poverty Standard poverty Very poor The lowest grade

There will be more detailed 1889 Booth Maps of Stoke Newington for the schools south of, and including, Grazebrook. The other school histories will refer to the Booth map. The only modern school which would have been in a "Very Poor" area was St Mary's Primary. William Patten school building was built in 1892 as Church Street School in a "Well To Do" area.

Uses of the Booth Poverty Maps in this website.

The 1894 Ordnance Survey Map

The 1894 map shows how quickly the houses were built, covering field after field as people ran away from the dust and confusion of London. Between 1860 and 1880 London was like the Wild West. Railways, sewers and roads were being built everywhere and nine tenths of the population fled to the suburbs.

'The London Building Scene in the 1860's', by John Summerson, put the sudden explosion of population in Stoke Newington, elegantly in place.

1914 Ordnance Survey

By the time of the 1914 Ordnance Survey map the street pattern had been set. There would not be much change, apart from some building of Local Authority flats and a few new houses with garages in the Woodberry Down area, until the end of the Second World War.

1935 Ordnance Survey

At this period there was hardly any change but the Derwent House and Hewely House, in Mathias Road, blocks of flats were being planned and would be built just before the Second World War.

They survived the war and and have recently been modernised.

The London County Coucil Bomb Damage Maps, 1939-45

A small piece of the Bombing Map1939-45

This is a very small part of the L. C. C. Bombing map of London which was compiled immediately after the Second World War to show the extent and the nature of the bomb damage. The darker the colour, the more serious was the damage. This ranged from Black- total demolition, to Yellow- slight blast damage. The large circle denoted a flying bomb.

Colour Key References
	Black -Total destruction
	Purple - Damaged beyond repair
	Dark Red - Doubtful if repairable
	Light Red - Seriously damaged, but repairable at cost
	Orange - General blast damage, not structural
	Yellow - Blast damage, minor in nature
O	V1 flying bomb	large circle
o	V2 long range rocket.	small circle
There will be slight variations in the colours because the original maps are old and the colour balance on computer monitors will vary

Uses of the Bombing Map on this website

London Topographical Society’s magnificent edition of the map, published in 2006, is the most important individual piece of information about London that has been published for years. Anyone wanting to know why building styles change along a street, must consult this book. It is invaluable. Copies of any particular area can be obtained, for private or school use, from London Metropolitan Archives who own the copyright.

1953 Ordnance Survey

++Information about changes resulting from the bomb damages caused in the war.

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