DECEMBER ONLINE TALK, Mapping Local London – London’s Parish Maps to 1900.
Monday 8th December 2025, 8pm. Zoom.
Based on the work that went into producing the London Topographical Society’s “London Parish Maps to 1900” (2020), Simon Morris will review this distinct typology and, drawing on a wide range of examples, examine who commissioned the maps, who made them and how they were marketed. By examining the information they convey Simon will argue that, as well as demonstrating parochial pride and loyalty, these maps shed valuable light on the development of municipal services in Georgian and Victorian London.
Monday 17th November 2025, 8:00pm. Zoom.
A zoom presentation by Stuart Dennison paying tribute to railway mapping over the past 200 years with a journey covering a wide range of maps and plans of lines in England and Wales. Commencing with a trio from the 1830s and working through a selection including railway estate plans, parliamentary plans, timetable maps, O.S. maps, an industrial railway with four gauges, London Underground from classic designs contrasting to the present offering and one or two surprises perhaps.
Please note the day and later timing for this talk. To view/join this talk on Zoom, please use the link contained in the Members eNewsletter.
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2025
Saturday 10th May, 11am. Tiffin School, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey.
The Society's AGM was on Saturday 10th May at Tiffin School in Kingston upon Thames.
The main entrance to the school car park is on London Road as noted in AGM notice, this despite the postal address being Queen Elizabeth Road. Please use the car park to left upon entering, especially if you are a seller at the market.
Our guest speaker this year was Ifan Shepherd. He introduced his new book on the first edition of the OS Six-inch maps that the Society is publishing, this entitled 'ONE KINGDOM, 116 COUNTIES AND 17,000 SHEETS: The First Edition Six-inch Map of the United Kingdom'.
MAPPING CAMDEN: THE BOROUGH AS DEPICTED ON MAPS THROUGH THE AGES
Thursday 24th April 2025, 7:30pm.
Camden Local Studies & Archives Centre, Holborn Library, London. WC1X 8PA.
Three members of the CCS Committee will be presenting to the Camden Historical Society (CHS) on the mapping of the London Borough of Camden. The Historical Society will be live streaming the talk through their website, so you can watch online live. You can also attend as a non-member for a fee of £2 payable on the door.
More details can be found on their website.
ZOOM TALK: LAND VALUATION MAPPING OF 1911-12: A WASTED YEAR? by Dr. Rob Wheeler.
Wednesday 16th April 2025, 8.00pm. Zoom.
Following the introduction in Lloyd George's budget of 1909 of a duty on the increase in the value of land, a Valuation Office was set up to establish a baseline for values, and almost all OS effort was diverted to supporting this. The maps that resulted are little known and are not easy to use. The talk will describe what was done for the Lincoln local office and broadly how it fitted in with what was going on elsewhere.
NEXT ZOOM TALK: RAILWAY MAPS SHOW-AND-TELL MEETING by Stuart Dennison.
Tuesday 25th March 2025, 7.30pm. Zoom.
Carrying on with our transport maps theme, Stuart Dennison will be hosting a Zoom meeting, featuring maps that are railway-related, in any way you choose. If you are a Member, please send your choice of material with a short resumé to Stuart by email before Friday 14th March if possible.
The maps can be Ordnance Survey or any other mapping company, for any period and for broad, standard or narrow gauge railways. Gives a fair bit of scope to cover!
ZOOM TALK: SHELL ROAD MAPS by Dr Ian Byrne.
Tuesday 25th February 2025, 7:30pm. Zoom.
Dr Ian Byrne presented another talk followed by a Q&A session, this time entitled "Wherever you go, you can be sure of a Shell map". Produced since the 1920s, maps by the Shell Oil Company were first produced in the United States and then in the 1930s in Britain. These in response to the growth of the US based Standard Oil Company that later became Chevron and Exxon.
With around 2,200 Shell maps in his collection, Ian has sufficient to keep the talk lively and of general interest!
LONDON SHOW & TELL MEETING
Saturday 15th February 2025, 10:30am. The Woodman pub, Highgate, London. N6 5UA.
This is a Members only event and this time, bring anything with a London interest, OS or not, routine or rare, whatever takes your fancy. Or just look and listen, maybe ask advice on mystery items from your fellow members. Some items can be for sale.
The Woodman is right next to Highgate Tube, so easy to get to. See The Woodman website for details and menus.
There’s no charge for the meeting. Just pay for what you order: drinks available any time after 10:30am, and lunch from about 1pm. Please reserve your place by emailing the Chairman.