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2. Map of the road to Mill Hill and Barnet

2. Title: A Map of the Roads from London, to Mill Hill, & Barnet.
Date: Map has compass (Aa) with date, 1792.
Size: 203 x 345 mm.
Imprint(s): No imprint but most likely published by Cooke himself.
Signature(s): By John Cooke Engraver, at Mill Hill, Middx. (all capitals) as part of title and also Plan & Writing Engraved by J Cooke. (Ee).
Location(s): BL, LBB.

 Comments: Probably published as a broadside map, i.e. as a separate sheet (although it lacks a price). The map has an explanatory note: J Cooke returns his sincere and grateful acknowledgements to his Friends and the Public in general for past favours. He has taken this method to inform them that he has remov´d from London to Mill-Hill. The Mill Hill Errand Cart sets out every Tuesday Thursday & Saturday from the Bull In Holborn at one, and at two o Clock from the Cock in Tottenham Court Road. Penny Post and other Letters attended to immediately

Although few street names are given, the lower section which shows London north of the Thames surrounding Fleet Street is fairly detailed with most streets recognisable. The map follows the road from there to Chipping Barnet. The Printing Offices are marked – one of the first buildings in Hendon after leaving Hampstead. For some reason Cooke decided to write Mill Hill upside down!

The map follows Tottenham Court Road and St Johns Street as they leave the city and head north. This necessitates the map taking a bend to the east after Hendon and Finchley.


Note: Map is reproduced (the Barnet Archives´ copy) on reverse of Old Ordnance Survey Maps – Mill Hill Village 1898 – produced by Alan Godfrey Maps (195 x 340 mm). BL copy is Maps 3487. (66.). 

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