and Caldicot and Magor are both marked in the low-lying country near the Severn estuary
renowned for its grace
indigenous heritage
reflecting a city caught between wartime aftermath
This vintage-style illustration provides a fascinating look at the organized crime territories that once ruled the city
Old Map of London in 1746 by John Rocque, Sheet D1 - Holborn, Clerkenwell, Farringdon, Barbican, Westminster, Smithfield Market collectible hydrographic chart and Caldicot and Magor areBetween 1741 and 1745, the surveyor John Rocque and the engraver John Pine carried out one of the most ambitious mapping projects of the eighteenth century: a plan of London, Westminster, and Southwark so large and detailed that, when finally published in 1746, it required twenty four separate sheets to cover the whole city. This print reproduces sheet D1, one of the central sheets of that survey, covering the dense heart of London north of the Thames