Synopsis:
Detailed map of Rotherhithe; London sheet 78. Introduction by Alan Godfrey. The map covers the area from Lower Road and Thames Tunnel eastward to Alpha Road, from Rotherhithe Road and the Thames southward to Greenland Dock. The maps therefore cover most of Rotherhithe with its docks, and also the western part of the Isle of Dogs, and a small bit of Wapping. Features include Shadwell Old Basin, West Ferry Road, Union Docks, Limehouse Basin, the western parts of West India Dock and South Dock; Surrey Commercial Docks including Lavender Pond, Stave Dock, Albion Dock, Canada Dock, Quebec Pond, Russia Dock, Lady Dock, Norway Dock, Greenland Dock; also Surrey Basin, Surrey Canal, Sulphur Works, St Olave's Union Infirmary, tramways, Barnard's Wharf, Durand's Wharf and many other wharves; part of Southwark Park. Churches include St Mary's Rotherhithe, All Saints, St Luke's Alpha Road. Streets include West Ferry Road, Commercial Dock Road, Adam Street, Albion Street, part of Wapping High Street. Maps also include extracts from directories; 1868 map has street directory for Millwall and Rotherhithe Street.
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