Leyton in 1863-1867 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. Three versions cover the same area, from Templemill Sidings eastward to Woodhouse Road & Newcomen Road, & from Carlisle Road & St Mary`s church southward to Crownfield Road. St Patricks RC cemetery is in the centre of the map & other features include the massive West Ham Union Workhouse opened in 1840, GER wagonworks, Leyton Isolation Hospital, Ruckholt Farm, tramways & tram works, GER Epping line with Leyton station, Tottenham & Forest Gate line with Leytonstone station, Harrow Green, Holy Trinity church. The principal roads running north-south through the map are Leyton Road & High Road. Leyton itself is to the top of the map, while in the south-eastern corner is Wanstead Slip, with Jews Cemetery. The area saw enormous changes over the years. The first map shows an almost entirely rural village, with development only just begun & Leyton station standing among fields; by 1914 the area was largely built on. The population of Leyton in 1861 was just 4, 794; by 1921 it had risen to 128, 430. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25” OS Series: Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes & many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one & a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.FOR MORE INFORMATION & A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE TITLES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK. ...

Leyton in 1894 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. Three versions cover the same area, from Templemill Sidings eastward to Woodhouse Road & Newcomen Road, & from Carlisle Road & St Mary`s church southward to Crownfield Road. St Patricks RC cemetery is in the centre of the map & other features include the massive West Ham Union Workhouse opened in 1840, GER wagonworks, Leyton Isolation Hospital, Ruckholt Farm, tramways & tram works, GER Epping line with Leyton station, Tottenham & Forest Gate line with Leytonstone station, Harrow Green, Holy Trinity church. The principal roads running north-south through the map are Leyton Road & High Road. Leyton itself is to the top of the map, while in the south-eastern corner is Wanstead Slip, with Jews Cemetery. The area saw enormous changes over the years. The first map shows an almost entirely rural village, with development only just begun & Leyton station standing among fields; by 1914 the area was largely built on. The population of Leyton in 1861 was just 4, 794; by 1921 it had risen to 128, 430. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25” OS Series: Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes & many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one & a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.FOR MORE INFORMATION & A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE TITLES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK. ...

Leyton in 1914 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. Three versions cover the same area, from Templemill Sidings eastward to Woodhouse Road & Newcomen Road, & from Carlisle Road & St Mary`s church southward to Crownfield Road. St Patricks RC cemetery is in the centre of the map & other features include the massive West Ham Union Workhouse opened in 1840, GER wagonworks, Leyton Isolation Hospital, Ruckholt Farm, tramways & tram works, GER Epping line with Leyton station, Tottenham & Forest Gate line with Leytonstone station, Harrow Green, Holy Trinity church. The principal roads running north-south through the map are Leyton Road & High Road. Leyton itself is to the top of the map, while in the south-eastern corner is Wanstead Slip, with Jews Cemetery. The first map shows an almost entirely rural village, with development only just begun & Leyton station standing among fields; by 1914 the area was largely built on. The population of Leyton in 1861 was just 4, 794; by 1921 it had risen to 128, 430. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25” OS Series: Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes & many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one & a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.FOR MORE INFORMATION & A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE TITLES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK. ...

Leytonstone in 1893 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. Two versions have been published of this area of Leytonstone & part of north Layton, stretching from Manor Road & Lea Hall Road eastward to Poppleton Road & St John the Baptist`s church; & from Grove Road southward to Grove Green Road. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25” OS Series: Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes & many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one & a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.FOR MORE INFORMATION & A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE TITLES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK. ...

Leytonstone & Leyton in 1915 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. Two versions for this area have been published, stretching from Manor Road & Lea Hall Road eastward to Poppleton Road & St John the Baptist`s church; & from Grove Road southward to Grove Green Road. Features on the 1915 map include a stretch of the MR Tottenham & Forest Gate railway including Leyton station, Leyton cricket ground, tramways, Kinematagraph studio, Knotts Green, West Ham Union Infirmary, a short stretch of the GER Epping line including Leytonstone station, Forest House & the fringe of Epping Forest. Churches & streets include St John the Baptist`s High Road, St Catherine`s, St Stephen`s Grove Road, Hainault Road, Hoe Street, High Road, Peterborough Road, etc. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25” OS Series: Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes & many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one & a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.FOR MORE INFORMATION & A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE TITLES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK. ...

There are many Lhasas. One is a grid of uniform boulevards lined with plush hotels, all-night bars, & blue-glass-fronted offices. Another is a warren of alleyways that surround a seventh-century temple built to pin down a supine demoness. A web of Stalinist, rectangular blocks houses the new nomenklatura. Crumbling mansions, once home to noble ministers, famous lovers, nationalist spies, & covert revolutionaries, now serve as shopping malls & faux-antique hotels. Each embodiment of the city partakes of the others` memories, whispered across time & along the city streets. In this imaginative new work, Robert Barnett offers a powerful & lyrical exploration of a city long idealized, disregarded, or misunderstood by outsiders. Looking to its streets & stone, Robert Barnett presents a searching & unforgettable portrait of Lhasa, its history, & its illegibility. His book not only offers itself as a manual for thinking about contemporary Tibet but also questions our ways of thinking about foreign places. Barnett juxtaposes contemporary accounts of Tibet, architectural observations, & descriptions by foreign observers to describe Lhasa & its current status as both an ancient city & a modern Chinese provincial capital. His narrative reveals how historical layering, popular memory, symbolism, & mythology constitute the story of a city. Besides the ancient Buddhist temples & former picnic gardens of the Tibetan capital, Lhasa describes the urban sprawl, the harsh rectangular structures, & the geometric blue-glass tower blocks that speak of the anxieties of successive regimes intent upon improving on the past. In Barnett`s excavation of the city`s past, the buildings & the city streets, interwoven with his own recollections of unrest & resistance, recount the story of Tibet`s complex transition from tradition to modernity & its painful history of foreign encounters & political experiment. ...

Lhasa to Kathmandu Cycling Map from Nepa, presenting the 1000km route along the main road joining the two cities, across Gyantse/ Gyangze, Shigatse/ Xigaze, Lhatse/ Chushar & Kodari, on three separate panels. Also shown is the spur to the North Everest Base Camp on the Tibetan side. Markings indicate unpaved sections & the route is annotated with symbols showing overnight stops, likely speed per hour, road distances, road maintenance houses, various places of interest, etc. The base map has contours at 200m intervals with spot heights & names of main peaks, & shows various trekking trails from the main route. The map has no geographical coordinates. Index lists settlements, peaks, passes & various temples. Also included is a profile of the route, tables showing the main route & the Everest detour in sections with altitudes in metres & feet plus intermediate distances, information on climate, etc. ...

Very detailed & informative street plan of Lhasa with enlargements for the Old Town & the Marpori Hill, as well as plans & elevation drawings of main palaces & temples. The plan, based on extensive research project carried out under the auspices of the Network of University Cooperation Tibet-Norway, is designed to highlight the city’s architectural & historical heritage & distinguish between pre- & post-1950 developments. The main plan at 1:4, 000 covers the central part of the city with the all the main religious structures. Religious buildings are highlighted & colouring of secular buildings indicates if built before or after 1950. A wide range of symbols shows various facilities: hotels, restaurants, tea houses, banks, etc.; viewpoints, prostration points, recommended sightseeing route, etc. On the reverse there are plans at 1:3, 000 of the Old Town & the Marpori Hill, plus north & south Chakpori, naming individual historical buildings & temples & indicating all development dating after 1950. Detailed plans & elevation drawings are provided for the Potala Palace & Jokhang Temple, plus plans of several other sites. Also included is a plan of the Norbulingka park & a map at 1:60, 000 showing Greater Lhasa in 1985. All the text is in English, French & German. ...

More than just a street plan of Lhasa: this map is packed with information which Chinese authorities would prefer you not to see. The plan is annotated with numbers referring to the surrounding panels providing information of Lhasa’s uncensored history, prison & detention facilities, the destruction of religious buildings & other centres of Tibetan culture, etc. Also included are tips for visitors concerned about preservation of local culture & list of various Tibetan organisations across the world. The main plan shows Lhasa at 1:20, 000, with an enlargement at 1:7, 500 for the Tibetan quarter around the Jokhang complex. As well as indicating religious & historic sites & tourist facilities, the plan also shows less well publicized attaractions: prisons, security police & army barracks, etc. On the reverse, a plan at 1:1, 250 the Jokhang area is cross-referenced to a description of a walking tour. Also included is an overview map of southern Tibet & the roads connecting Lhasa & Kathmandu. All the text is in English. ...

Georges (the s is silent) has a lot going on. He`s having trouble with some boys at school, his dad lost his job & so his mum has started working all the time
- & they had to sell their house & move into an apartment. But moving into the apartment block does bring one good thing
- Safer, an unusual boy who lives on the top floor. He runs a spy club, & is determined to teach Georges everything he knows. Their current case is to spy on the mysterious Mr X in the apartment above Georges. But as Georges & Safer go deeper into their Mr X plan, the lines between games, lies, & reality begin to blur.

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