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1746 In Colour: The Barbican to Bishopsgate Map
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1746 In Colour: The Barbican to Bishopsgate Map

Continuing my mission to colour in London's greatest historical map, one panel at a time.

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Welcome to Londonist: Time Machine… the newsletter of London history.

It’s time for another colourised panel from the John Rocque map of 1746. Long-time readers will know that I’m gradually colouring in every building, rivulet, market garden, orchard, pond and tree shown on this era-defining feat of cartography. Today’s panel stretches from what is now t…

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