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Clerkenwell, before 1827 to today

Sekforde Street, map by map

Plans of the streets round the bank, from before Sekforde Street was built to the present day, each fitted to the same frame. Drag the scale, or press Play: the streets stay put while the city changes underneath.

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Map 1

Before 1827

Before Sekforde Street

Before the new streets: alleys and yards, ‘Low Tenements’, a ‘Floor Cloth Factory’, an ‘Old Soap Work’ and buildings marked ‘Ruinous’. The proposed streets are dashed across them.

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      The maps have been rectified to a common frame, so a street may sit a few metres off from one map to the next. ‘Matched’ shows every map re-toned to one paper and one ink; ‘As printed’ shows the scans as they are. The faint streets under the older plans are drawn from OpenStreetMap: © OpenStreetMap contributors.