Title

Part of a map of London, c1553-c1559. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Part of a map of London, c1553-c1559. This part of the earliest map-view of London shows tha area around Moorfields (now Finsbury Circus). People are depicted engaged in various activities, including drying washing, practicing archery and setting up frames for stretching cloth. Windmills can be seen in Finsbury Fields.
Museum of London

Date

1553

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Museum of London

Reference

HRM19A83_060

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

49,9Mb (5,8Mb) / 16,2in x 11,9in / 4872 x 3580 (300dpi)

Keywords

building buildings England people color colour circus windmill century city of london Tudor 16th century sixteenth century Museum of London Finsbury Circus Finsbury Fields Moorfields TGN map Unknown map