"Charles Ellson" <ce11son@yahoo.ca> wrote in message news:rajaq8lk4bevqc8nh3l69va32ct3j0j171@4ax.com... > On Tue, 28 May 2013 17:05:48 +0100, "Tony Proctor" > <tony@proctor_NoMore_SPAM.net> wrote: > >> >>"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. >> > It was built alongside the existing railway so on the average map it > is identifiable by the new stations (distinct from those already in > use on the existing line), the first of which was Kensal Green then > Harlesden and Stonebridge Park on what is now the DC line in the > London Overground group of services. > >>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 >> OK, the "New Line" isn't there so it looks like the map is between 1900-1910 Charles. There wasn't much around Stonebridge back in those days. It's interesting to see the lines in conjunction with the roads. I'm so used to seeing the rail (& underground) maps as something separate from the street maps that I'm rarely aware of where they intersect. Tony Proctor