Urban Sprawl Collection

Map of London and south-east England, 1891. Artist: John Bartholomew
Map of London and south-east England, 1891. Map showing the population density of London and the surrounding counties

Hollars plan of Oxford, c1643. Artist: Wenceslaus Hollar
Hollars plan of Oxford, c1643. From The Connoisseur Volume XCII, edited by F. Gordon Roe. [The Connoisseur Ltd, London, 1933]. (Colorised black and white print)

Map of London, 1924-1926. A print from Hutchinsons Britain Beautiful, edited by Walter Hutchinson, volume III, Hutchinson and Co, 1924-1926

San Francisco in November, 1848, 1858 and the end of the 19th century, (1901). San Francisco grew dramatically after the discovery of gold in California in 1849 led to a gold rush

View of Manchester, 1844. Artist: Thomas Higham
View of Manchester, 1844. View looking towards the distant city of Manchester and its smoking chimneys from the surrounding countryside

Birmingham viewed from the south showing smoking chimneys, c1860. A small manufacturing town until the 18th century, Birmingham was one of the most important centres of the Industrial Revolution in

London going out of Town - or The March of Bricks and Mortar, 1829. Artist: George Cruikshank
London going out of Town - or The March of Bricks and Mortar, 1829. The expansion of London, showing the eating up of green field sites and the impact of pollution from the city and from brickworks

View of Leeds, Yorkshire, early 19th century. The economy of Leeds was based on the wool industry. The citys prosperity was greatly increased in the Industrial Revolution by the construction of

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