On 26/05/2013 19:34, Tony Proctor wrote: > I picked up a copy of an old "Bacon's New Large Print Map of London and > Suburbs" from a second-hand book shop the other day. The map is in poor > condition but I intend to try and rescue as much as I can of it. > > There is no visible date printed anywhere so I need a little help or advice > on dating it. There is a "1900" pencilled on one of the remaining index > pages but I'm sceptical of that - it must be a guess at best. > > Tony Proctor > > A quick online search will give you the dates of various versions. There is full scanned version online http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-rm2478 for comparison which might help? The advertisements may contain dates/prices which could vary with editions so it might be worth checking those.

On Sun, 26 May 2013 20:52:20 +0200, john <john1@s145802280.onlinehome.fr> wrote: >On 26/05/2013 19:34, Tony Proctor wrote: >> I picked up a copy of an old "Bacon's New Large Print Map of London and >> Suburbs" from a second-hand book shop the other day. The map is in poor >> condition but I intend to try and rescue as much as I can of it. >> >> There is no visible date printed anywhere so I need a little help or advice >> on dating it. There is a "1900" pencilled on one of the remaining index >> pages but I'm sceptical of that - it must be a guess at best. >> >> Tony Proctor >> >> > >A quick online search will give you the dates of various versions. >There is full scanned version online http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-rm2478 >for comparison which might help? >The advertisements may contain dates/prices which could vary with >editions so it might be worth checking those. > Some of the railway stations might also give a clue if you can dig out information on what might have been under construction at the time. The Central London Railway had opened between Bank and Shepherds Bush in 1900, IIRC the depot at Wood Lane should have been hard to miss by mapmakers from 1895 onward. The "New Line" from Camden to Watford Junction opened in sections from about 1910-1912 so if e.g. Kensal Green and Harlesden (NOT the one in Gladstone Park) stations aren't there then the book should be before those years.