The London Time Machine
January 19, 2018 2:22 AM Subscribe
The Morgan Map of 1682 vs today. Compare London of 1682 with aerial imagery from today, street by street.
On Sunday the 2nd of September 1666, the Great Fire of London began reducing most of the capital to ashes. Among the devastation and the losses were many maps of the city itself.
The Morgan Map of 1682 was the first to show the whole of the City of London after the fire. Produced by William Morgan and his dedicated team of Surveyors and Cartographers it took 6 years to produce, and displayed a brighter perspective on city life for a population still mourning their loved ones, possessions, and homes.
But how much of this symbolised vision of a hoped-for ideal city remains today? What now lies on the lush green fields to the south of the river Thames? And how have the river's banks been eaten into by the insatiable appetite of urban development?
On Sunday the 2nd of September 1666, the Great Fire of London began reducing most of the capital to ashes. Among the devastation and the losses were many maps of the city itself.
The Morgan Map of 1682 was the first to show the whole of the City of London after the fire. Produced by William Morgan and his dedicated team of Surveyors and Cartographers it took 6 years to produce, and displayed a brighter perspective on city life for a population still mourning their loved ones, possessions, and homes.
But how much of this symbolised vision of a hoped-for ideal city remains today? What now lies on the lush green fields to the south of the river Thames? And how have the river's banks been eaten into by the insatiable appetite of urban development?
Ooh, cool! I'd love one of those for my home town as well.
posted by Harald74 at 3:44 AM on January 19, 2018
posted by Harald74 at 3:44 AM on January 19, 2018
Working here in Firefox, after setting NoScript to allow. YMMV.
posted by oheso at 6:05 AM on January 19, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by oheso at 6:05 AM on January 19, 2018 [1 favorite]
I'd love one of those for my home town as well.
Invent time machine, travel to 1676 and finance Surveyors and Cartographers for six years to produce one. *Simples*
posted by oheso at 6:06 AM on January 19, 2018 [1 favorite]
Invent time machine, travel to 1676 and finance Surveyors and Cartographers for six years to produce one. *Simples*
posted by oheso at 6:06 AM on January 19, 2018 [1 favorite]
I love this.
posted by twilightlost at 9:03 AM on January 19, 2018
posted by twilightlost at 9:03 AM on January 19, 2018
Safari on iPad works fine. After a quick look around only the Tower of London seems to fit both eras.
posted by njohnson23 at 9:31 AM on January 19, 2018
posted by njohnson23 at 9:31 AM on January 19, 2018
the Great Fire of London
I am on a mission to reveal to the world the other Great Fires of London. Inevitably everyone thinks of the 1666 fire, which, as best we can determine from historical records, had a death toll of six. It was one of at least half a dozen massive fires in the city, and not even the deadliest one: the fire in 1212 apparently killed thousands.
That said, I like the subject of the FPP.
posted by ricochet biscuit at 9:37 AM on January 19, 2018 [1 favorite]
I am on a mission to reveal to the world the other Great Fires of London. Inevitably everyone thinks of the 1666 fire, which, as best we can determine from historical records, had a death toll of six. It was one of at least half a dozen massive fires in the city, and not even the deadliest one: the fire in 1212 apparently killed thousands.
That said, I like the subject of the FPP.
posted by ricochet biscuit at 9:37 AM on January 19, 2018 [1 favorite]
Works fine in Firefox.
posted by MovableBookLady at 1:59 PM on January 19, 2018
posted by MovableBookLady at 1:59 PM on January 19, 2018
Works fine in Chrome.
Nice map, you really see what they've done with the place.
posted by Sphinx at 3:22 PM on January 19, 2018
Nice map, you really see what they've done with the place.
posted by Sphinx at 3:22 PM on January 19, 2018
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UPDATE: works in chromium, but not Firefox? Odd.
posted by rum-soaked space hobo at 2:57 AM on January 19, 2018 [1 favorite]