old map of london zoo

Wow. Have you got a date from when this is from?

Be nice if the paddocks came back on the north bank.

It is possible to date this map approximately by the structures featured; it must be somewhere between 1905 and 1913 because:-

• The Sea Lion Pond, built in 1905, is shown.

• The Mappin Terraces do not feature, so it must be prior to 1913.

it was on google images if thts any help

Little Lion Man said:

Wow. Have you got a date from when this is from?

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Tim May said:

It is possible to date this map approximately by the structures featured; it must be somewhere between 1905 and 1913 because:-

• The Sea Lion Pond, built in 1905, is shown.

• The Mappin Terraces do not feature, so it must be prior to 1913.

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Further to my earlier post; inspecting the map more closely, it can be dated more accurately as the Offices and Library Building wasn’t built until 1910; it must be somewhere between 1910 and 1913.

Wow, very interesting. Thanks for sharing!

Good detective work Tim.

You would never imagine that both Elephants and Rhino's where once housed by the Clore.

I've checked my old London Guidebooks to compare the maps with this one, unfortunately, I have only one guide between 1908 and 1913, I have the 1921 edition. On this map, there are Western Goose paddocks between the Western Aviary and the Western paddock, the future Area of the Mappin Teraces. This goose paddocks are missing in this map, so it should be published between 1910 and 1912.

Plenty of things here still recognisable at the zoo today! Amazing map, thanks for posting.

@Tim May

What ape species was the zoo exhibiting in 1910? Do you know what the insect house of that time was like in terms of what their main draw exhibits were? Were they exhibiting big spiders like tarantulas?

Civets' House!!

~Thylo