Vauxhall and South Lambeth, inc. the Pleasure Gardens. Note that the area was still very rural.
This page will help you to access certain maps of Vauxhall and Kennington from 1746 to the present day. Maps are listed in date order, oldest first.
The majority of entries on this page contain links to other websites where you can look at old maps and often buy reproductions. But this page also displays reduced versions of a small number of other old maps of this area. Click on the underlined links at the side of the images to download much larger images.
Important Notes:- Please note that the detailed maps often take quite a while to download, but they are well worth it! And if your browser reduces these images to fit your screen, you can expand them by clicking in the bottom right hand corner of the image.
Other maps not listed here are available via the Vauxhall Society website.
The principal suppliers of copies of old maps are:-
This is the first detailed map (1:2437) of the area, published by Motco. Click here to look at it.
Click here to see this map originally published in "Gentleman's Magazine"
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Vauxhall and South Lambeth, inc. the Pleasure Gardens. Note that the area was still very rural. |
Another very detailed (1:2437) Motco map
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Click here to see this map at 1:16896
Click here to access the 1830 version of this detailed and fascinating map of the whole of London in the early 1800s.
Copies of this map can be obtained from Lambeth Archives at the Minet Library, 52 Knatchbull Road, London SE5 - 020 7926 6076.
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Vauxhall, showing the site of the Pleasure Gardens. |
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Click here to see this 1:10560 map.
Click on one of the four links below to look at these very detailed (1:7040) maps. Copies of pages of this atlas can be bought from the London Topographical Society.
Vauxhall Park/Spring Gardens:- Note how the land was built on following the closure of the Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens,
Fentiman Road & Clapham Road:- Note Oxford & Cambridge Terraces on Fentiman road, and that Richborne Terrace was still Richmond Terrace on one side and Osborne Terrace on the other.
Click here to access this searchable London-wide street map and archive. Copies can be bought at the London Museum in the Barbican.
Alan Godfrey publish these detailed and inexpensive maps, available from many booksellers as well as over the web. London sheet 89 (Kennington & Walworth) is available for 3 dates: 1871, 1894 and 1914.
