Map: London to Luton Hoo, 1767

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London is in the bottom corner of the map, and was much smaller when the map was made.

Roll your mouse over the part of the map shown above to see the following places highlighted to show just how much London has grown since then.

• a very famous park that is now in the centre of London.
• London's most famous shopping street today is probably Oxford Street. Today it is in the centre of London, but as you can see it was on the edge of town when this map was made.