{"id":656,"date":"2011-10-17T08:27:28","date_gmt":"2011-10-17T08:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mappinglondon.blogweb.casa.ucl.ac.uk\/?p=656"},"modified":"2016-01-27T13:11:54","modified_gmt":"2016-01-27T12:11:54","slug":"the-times-atlas-of-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mappinglondon.co.uk\/2011\/the-times-atlas-of-london\/","title":{"rendered":"The Times Atlas of London"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/product\/0007434227?ie=UTF8&amp;ref_=asc_df_00074342274839826&amp;smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&amp;assoc_ss_swlb=1&amp;creativeASIN=0007434227\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3137 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/spatialanalysis.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/atlas_front.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"312\" height=\"370\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">A few months back I had the honour of being asked to approve the use of a couple of excerpts from my <a href=\"http:\/\/names.mappinglondon.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">London Surname Map<\/a> in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.timesatlas.com\/TimesAtlasRange\/Pages\/AtlasDetail.aspx?IDNumber=65288\" target=\"_blank\">The Times Atlas of London<\/a>. The wait was finally over last week when I received my copy in the post. It is a great book and an essential guide to the city. The Atlas begins with the first mapped representation of London in 1250 and covers a detailed history of London mapping that provides interesting context to both the development of the city and its mapping culture.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/spatialanalysis.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/atlas_history.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3154 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/spatialanalysis.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/atlas_history-1024x583.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"574\" height=\"326\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">The Atlas includes detailed information on each of the London boroughs\u00a0interspersed\u00a0with great photos and fascinating insights into London life covering everything from its inhabitants (below) to football,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/spatialanalysis.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/surname_Atlas2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3140 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/spatialanalysis.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/surname_Atlas2-1024x629.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"589\" height=\"362\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>and public transport (below) through to London&#8217;s World Heritage Sites.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/spatialanalysis.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/atlas_tube.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3149 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/spatialanalysis.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/atlas_tube-1024x559.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"574\" height=\"313\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As you would expect from an atlas there are may detailed maps (see below) to break up the extensive commentary associated with the topics I mentioned above. I think the Atlas is brilliant book (not just because I&#8217;m in it!) and should make a great addition to the coffee table of fellow London map addicts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/spatialanalysis.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/atlas_carto.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3145 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/spatialanalysis.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/atlas_carto-1024x829.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"491\" height=\"398\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few months back I had the honour of being asked to approve the use of a couple of excerpts from my London Surname Map<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":698,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,4],"tags":[90,143],"class_list":["post-656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-historic","category-demographics","tag-london","tag-times-atlas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mappinglondon.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mappinglondon.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mappinglondon.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mappinglondon.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mappinglondon.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=656"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mappinglondon.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5080,"href":"https:\/\/mappinglondon.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656\/revisions\/5080"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mappinglondon.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mappinglondon.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mappinglondon.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mappinglondon.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}