"Charles Ellson" <ce11son@yahoo.ca> wrote in message news:a5k5q8d8irlpknj8tt47hevpsnh88l5s4q@4ax.com... > 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. Thanks Charles. The Shepherds-Bush to Bank line is clearly visible. I'm not sure about the Camden one though. There's a Great Northern Railway line goes from Camden and eventually disappears off my map at Highgate but it doesn't look very direct, or very new. Tony Proctor