Warwick Leadlay is your first stop for old maps of the area. He may have been ousted from his beautiful shop in Nelson Road, but he's set up next door (effectively at the back of the old shop) and he's fighting back. He has several originals at squeakingly scary prices - but also does some very good reprints.
Greenwood's Map
Thanks to the kind individuals at Bath Spa university, this fantastic 1827 map is now available online - see - not everything costs on this part of the site...
Read what I have to say about it here
Old House Books
Do facsimilies of several maps, but unless you're in the far western corner of Greenwich don't expect much joy from their selection. There is one exception - the rather splendid 1897 map of London's railways which clearly shows London's first railway - London Bridge to Greenwich.
Ordnance Survey have a section dedicated to their historic maps dating back to the mid Victorian age. You can view them online, buy them and even have books made up as presents. Some old OS maps can also be bought from the Visitor Centre.
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- Greenwich is one of the coolest "uncool" places there is in London. It's not profoundly unfashionable - rather somewhere where it doesn't occur to people that there is anything more than a few museums, a nice park and the Cutty Sark. The really adventurous might know about the Trafalgar Tavern or venture out to Greenwich market on a Sunday afternoon, but essentially, Greenwich is still relatively undiscovered for one of the great regions of London. I adore Greenwich - but I'm not blind to its faults either. In this journal I take an affectionate but honest - at times brutally so - look, giving my own personal low-down on the things to do - and one or two of the things NOT to do in Greenwich. I am being unashamedly parochial here. I will talk about the tourist sites, of course - how could I not when we have a World Heritage Site on our doorstep - but also about the things which make our town great - the little things. Interesting vistas, cool shops, bizarre novelties and quirky one-offs which make this place buzz. Greetings, by the way, to all of you who have travelled with me from Livejournal - and thank you for making the journey.
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