Maps

Here are a selection of historic maps which feature Middleton Buildings. The exception being the first, the famous John Rocque map of 1746, which predates the construction of the Buildings and shows the site as a field.

(Click on any map to see an detailed view.)

1746 John Rocque map Section b1 — 1746 John Rocque (complete West End)

1746 John Rocque map Section b1 magnified — 1746 John Rocque map (local detail)

1767 Plan of the Cities of London — Plan of the Cities of London
(published 1767, plan from 1757)

1799 Horwood Map — The Horwood Map of 1799
(a history of map)

1801 Wallis Plan Cities of London & Westminster — 1801 Wallis Plan
Cities of London & Westminster

1899 Pocket Atlas

Poor map with legend — Charles Booth’s famous “Poverty map” (1898-1899) with legend showing the ‘general condition of the inhabitants’ of Middleton Buildings as ‘Fairly comfortable. Good ordinary earnings’.