London Metropolitan Archive puts maps online
he London Metropolitan Archives has added historic maps of London). The new maps are an 1889 version of Charles Booth’s poverty maps, which were colour-coded to show the level of poverty on the streets of the capital; an 1899 map of Jewish East London showing the Jewish population of the area at the time; and a 1940 bomb-damage map from London County Council showing the impact of the Blitz.
