Atlases in London Libraries
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 since 22nd December 1998
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London Libraries have an astonishing variety of atlases in their reference sections. The reservation system allows
you to pay fifty pence to reserve a book - six weeks later they send you a postcard telling you they have borrowed
it from the library two miles down the road. It would have been easier to go there to read it, if only you had
known it was there.
I will not visit libraries specially to make this list, but I love atlases so whenever I am in a library I check
out their atlas shelf. This list will therefore grow slowly and non-systematically. Road atlases of New Zealand,
The Times Comprehensive World Atlas etc are not included because they can be found in nearly every large library.
All information here should be considered to be incomplete and out of date, and telephoning the libraries concerned
might save you a journey. Libraries included so far are Barking, East Ham, Enfield, Harrow, Ilford, Kensington,
Kingston, Lewisham, Paddington, Romford, Walthamstow Central, Uxbridge. My favourites are in bold italics.
London and South East England
- Tidal Thames (Environment Agency) - Kingston
- Atlas of London - Romford, Lewisham
- Time On Our Side? (London Archaeology) - Romford
- Water, Tram & Rail Atlas: Volume 8, London & South East - Enfield
- Early Maps of London 1553 to 1667 - Ilford, Lewisham
- Charles Booth's Descriptive Map of London Poverty (1889: 1984 reprint) - Romford
- Roque's Map and Plan of London 1746 - Romford
- Times London History Atlas - Walthamstow Central
- A Collection of Early Maps of London 1553 to 1667 - Romford
Britain and Ireland
- European Railway Atlas (British Isles volume) - Walthamstow Central
- Atlas of Ireland (Royal Irish Academy) - Ilford, Uxbridge, Harrow, Kensington
- All Ireland Road Atlas - Walthamstow Central
- Atlas of Irish History - Enfield
- Domesday England (H.C. Darby, 7 volumes) - Enfield
- Atlas of Roman Britain - Enfield
- Atlas of Anglo-Saxon England - Enfield
- Ordnance Survey Road Atlas of Ireland - Harrow
- Linguistic Atlas of England (Ortan, Sanderson, Widdowson) - Ilford
- Linguistic Atlas of Late Mediaeval England (4 volumes) - Ilford
- National Trust Atlas - Walthamstow Central
- The Atlas of Britain and Northern Ireland (Clarendon 1963) - Ilford
- Ogilby's Road Maps of England & Wales (1675) - Uxbridge
- Old Series Ordnance Survey (vols 1 to 8) - Harrow
- Atlas of the Seas around the British Isles - Harrow
- English Civil War Atlas - Enfield
- John Speed's England (vols 1 to 4) - Harrow
- (The Atlas of) Historic Towns (vols 1 and 2) - Harrow
- Phillimore Atlas and Index of Parish Registers - Romford
- Early Maps of the British Isles - Romford
- The Royal English Atlas (18th century England and Wales) - Romford
- Historical Atlas of Scotland circa AD400 to AD1600 - Enfield
Africa, Middle East, Turkey, Bible, Romans, Greeks and Jews
- Historical Atlas of Africa (Ajayi & Crowder) - Ilford, East Ham, Barking, Kingston, Kensington, Lewisham
- Atlas of African History (Fage) - East Ham
- Atlas of African History (McEvedy) - Enfield
- Atlas Jeune Afrique - Kensington
- Cambridge Atlas of the Middle East & North Africa - Ilford, East Ham, Kensington
- Atlas of Uganda 1962 - Romford
- Atlas of Mesopotamia - Romford, Wimbledon
- Times Atlas of the Bible - Kingston, Kensington, Enfield, Lewisham
- Atlas of Israel - Ilford
- Atlas of the Jewish World - East Ham
- Jewish History Atlas - Enfield
- Geocart Road Atlas of Turkey - Walthamstow Central
- Atlas of the Greek World (Levi) - Kingston
- Atlas of the Classical World - Wimbledon
- Atlas of Classical History - Enfield
Australia and NZ
- New Zealand Atlas (Ian Wards) - Kensington
China
- Contemporary Atlas Of China - Walthamstow Central, Kingston
- Times Atlas of China - Harrow, East Ham, Romford, Kensington, Lewisham
- Rand McNally Atlas of China (1990) - Paddington
- National atlas of China (5 volumes) - Romford
Europe and Russia
- Berlin Public Transport Atlas 95/96 - this volume of maps and timetables is in Walthamstow Central
- Times Atlas of European History - Walthamstow Central
- Soviet History Atlas - Enfield
- Atlas Der Republik Österreich (atlas of Austria) - Romford
- Atlas of Finland (1960, with seperate volume of notes in English) - Romford
- Atlas of Denmark 1961 - Romford
- Geocart Atlas of Russia - Walthamstow Central
- Geocart Road Atlas of Poland - Walthamstow Central
- Atlas of European Birds - Ilford
- Economist Atlas of the New Europe - Kensington
- European Railway Atlas (France/Benelux volume) - Walthamstow Central
India, Pakistan and Bangladesh
- Historical Atlas of South Asia (Schwartzberg) - Ilford, Lewisham
- An Atlas of India (Oxford University Press) - Ilford, East Ham
- A Social and Economic Atlas of India (Oxford) - Kensington
Japan
- 1:250000 Road Atlas of Japan (Shobunsha) - this uniquely designed atlas is in The Japan Centre in Piccadilly.
Technically a shop rather than a library, but the atlas section is out of view and so a long browse is easy
North America
- Atlas of Canada (Readers Digest) - Uxbridge
- Historical Atlas of Canada (Volumes 1 & 3 only) - Ilford
- National Geographic Atlas of North America - Ilford
- American History Atlas - Enfield
- Penguin Atlas of North American History (McEvedy) - Enfield
Astronomy
- Times Atlas of the Moon - Harrow, Wimbledon
- Cambridge Atlas of Astronomy - Walthamstow Central, Lewisham
- Atlas of the Planets (Heinemann) - Harrow
- Philips Atlas of the Universe - Walthamstow Central
- Photographic Atlas of the Moon (Kopal) - Ilford
- Atlas of Mercury (Patrick Moore et al) - Harrow
- Hamlyn Atlas of the Moon - Kingston
Other
- Meyers Neuer Geographischer Handatlas (world atlas in German) - Romford
- Victory Atlas of the World (published in Britain in 1919!) - Romford
- Lloyds Maritime Atlas - Harrow, East Ham, Enfield
- Routledge Atlas of the World's Languages - this rare beauty is in Walthamstow Central and Lewisham
- Atlas of Antarctica (in Russian) - the legendary beast is in the library at the University of Uppsala
in Sweden
- Rand McNally Atlas of Columbus and the Great Discoveries - Lewisham
- Kurian Atlas of the Third World (2nd Edition) - Enfield
- First World War Atlas - Enfield
- Der Grosse Bertelsmann Weltatlas (world atlas in German) - Romford
- Atlas d'Empire Ottoman - Romford
- People and Places of the Past (National Geographic) - East Ham
- Caribbean Secondary School Atlas - East Ham
- Third World Atlas - East Ham
- Atlas of Maritime History (Chrstopher Lloyd) - Kingston, Lewisham
- Atlas of Economic Mineral Deposits - Harrow
- World Atlas of Geology and Mineral Deposits - Harrow
- Portland House Atlas of World Wildlife - Walthamstow Central
- Viking Historical Atlas of the Earth: not about Vikings! - Walthamstow Central
- World Wildlife Fund Atlas of the Environment - Walthamstow Central
- Historical Atlas of Music (Collaer & Vander Linden) - Ilford
