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Plan of Norwood Common, Norwood, 1806

Plan of Norwood Common, Norwood, 1806
Print of a plan engraved by G. Mills, 1806

Click on the map for an enlarged image or click here for a larger, readable image (slower download).

The section of Elder Road shown is now Norwood High Street; and Gipsy House Road is now Chapel Road.

 

A map of the area between Knights Hill in the west and Gypsy Hill in the east showing the ownership of the area following the passing of the Enclosure Act of 1806.

A considerable amount of land is shown in the owner-ship of Lord Thurlow, the Lord Chancellor in the late 18th century.

The remaining wooded areas, part of the original Great North Wood are shown in the ownership of the Archbishop of Canterbury.

Many of the plots are marked with the letter C which stands for 'Copyhold' a form of tenancy, that was turned into freehold in 1926.


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Historical maps of Lambeth
 
Map of the
"Brixton Hundreds",
1648
 
Map of the Fortification of London and Suburbs, c.1700
Fortification of London
and Suburbs, c.1700
 
The Road from London towards East Grinstead, 1790
The Road from
London towards
East Grinstead, 1790
 
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