An explosion in the tower of london left one person dead and 41 injured. Media caption the yearlong project, called bomb sight, reveals the devastation caused by the blitz over eight months. The london county council bomb damage maps, 19391945 by. Unfortunately, this edition of bomb damage maps only covers the old lcc area and not the area we know today as greater london. The impact of the destruction from air raids and vbombs can still be seen in london today. Buy london county council bomb damage maps 193945 first edition by saunders, ann, woolven, robin isbn. The astonishing interactive map that show every bomb. Buy the london county council bomb damage maps 19391945 01 by laurence ward isbn.
Many moslems consider the novel blasphemous and the late ayatollah ruhollah khomeini called in february for the author to be sought out and killed. Bomb census survey records 19401945 the national archives. Between 1939 and 1945, london and its environs experienced destruction on a huge and deadly scale, with air raids and rocket attacks reducing entire buildings and streets to rubble. Bomb damage to a street in birmingham after an air raid. The imperial war museum is a good place to familiarize yourself with the story of london during the blitz. More than 70,000 buildings were completely demolished, and another 1. The london county council bomb damage maps 19391945 laurence ward, archivist the attack on london between 1939 and 1945 is one of the most significant events in the citys modern history, the impact of which can still be seen in its urban and social landscapes. Gives a good insight into how much damage actually occurred during the blitz and after. The london county council bomb damage maps, 19391945. I wrote a piece for the guardian about the way modern london is still shaped by the bomb damage of the blitz. London county council bomb damage maps 19391945 by. The splinter holes were not repaired and the museum decided to leave them as a memorial to the blitz of 1940. The bomb damage map is well known to historians, and has long been available in libraries and in book form. Intricately colorcoded maps marking bomb damage from the.
The london county council bomb damage maps 19391945. Damage caused by bombing raids and v1 and v2 missile attacks are illustrated in 110 maps, published in a book to mark the 60 years since the war ended. Initially, only information relating to london, birmingham and liverpool was collated but by september 1941 the bomb census had been extended to cover the rest of the uk. London reconstruction after world war ii britannica. Bomb sight mapping the world war 2 london blitz bomb census.
A bomb exploded at the houses of parliament in london, causing extensive damage and injuring 11 people. Commercial reproduction is prohibited without prior permission from london metropolitan archives. The london county council bomb damage mapsmeticulously handcolored to document the extent of the damage being wrought on the city and surrounding areasrepresent a key record of the destruction wrought by the blitz, the impact of which can still be seen in the capitals urban and social landscapes. Bomb sight makes you discover london during ww2 luftwaffe blitz bombing raids, exploring maps, images and memories. Cleopatras needle 25 feb the scars of the bombing of the second world war can be seen across london. The train had left kings cross st pancras about eight minutes earlier. The attack on london between 1939 and 1945 is one of the most significant events in the citys modern history, the impact of which can still be seen in its urban and social landscapes. Buy the london county council bomb damage maps 19391945 by laurence ward from waterstones today. Bucket bomb strikes londons vulnerable underground. The london county council bomb damage maps citylab. The same scene in berkeley square, mayfair, on may 1, 2016. The attack on london between 1939 and 1945 is one of the most significant events in the citys modern history, the impact of which can still be. To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the start of the blitz in london, london metropolitan archives lma collaborated with thames and hudson to publish a new book containing the london county council lcc bomb damage maps, which chronicle much of the devastation caused by enemy bombing in the second world war in london.
Those records helped create the detailed maps that are the focus of the new book, the london county councils bomb damage maps, 19391945. If you like this sort of thing, i highly recommend joining the lts. The devastation wrought on the capital by the blitz was documented by the architects department of london county council. Official maps illustrating the scale of bomb damage to london in world war ii are being published for the first time. Explore tudor london, the famous 1746 john rocque map, victorian os maps or raf aerial. London county council bomb damage maps book city of london. To the visitor interested in that dark time in londons history, the signs of devastation are less recognizable. The area on the map around any particular school is only a few centimetres square, but explains the old and new houses on the school doorstep as no other map or writing. The german luftwaffe dropped thousands of bombs on london from 1939 to 1945, killing almost 30,000 people.
About 30,000 londoners died because of enemy action in the skies above the capital, and a further 50,000 were injured. At the end of the second world war, the london county council commissioned maps detailing the nature and extent of bomb damage throughout the capital. In autumn 2008, i photographed the full set, and made them available on flickr. Apparently, the book is a scaled down reproduction that is now out of print, selling for hundreds of pounds on ebay. In september 1940 the government started to collect and collate information relating to damage sustained during bombing raids. Find out with this interactive layers of london map. The site can tell people exactly when their area was hit, and even show photos from the period. Posts about bomb damage maps written by peterwatts1975. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. This damage was caused by two german he bombs that fell in exhibition road. In may 1941, raf night fighters shot down 38 german bombers. Bomb damage caused by an air raid on berkeley square, london, on april 29, 1942. This was a subject i immersed myself for several weeks and the first draft of my article is. The bomb sight project is mapping the london ww2 bomb census between 7101940 and 06061941, the.
A survey of the city of london and the surrounding builtup area, completed in 1682 by william morgan. As a key record of the attack, the london county council bomb damage maps represent destruction on a huge scale, recording buildings and streets. The london county council bomb damage maps, 19391945 9780500518250 by ward, laurence and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. London suffered widespread damage during world war ii as a result of aerial bombardment, which devastated the docks and many industrial, residential, and commercial districts, including the historic heart of the city. Various shots as civilians and army clear rubble from bomb damaged houses and streets, camera pans across the devastation. Bombdamage maps reveal londons world war ii devastation. Bucket bomb strikes londons vulnerable underground video britain was hit by a terrorist attack on a friday morning in september 2017, when a crude device exploded on a crowded london. The circle shows a direct v1 flying bomb strike, and the damage to the surrounding houses is indicated in the colours innear the circle. The first bomb exploded on a sixcar london underground c69 and c77 stock circle line subsurface train, number 204, travelling eastbound between liverpool street and aldgate. But a walk through central london can still reveal the scars of those days. The london county council bomb damage maps 19391945 by. Home layers of london recording the layers of londons. Reconstructed by modern historians and archaeologists and published by the historic towns trust in 2018.
The new book called the london county council bomb damage maps, 19391945, isbn 0 902087 51 7, pub. The london county council bomb damage mapsmeticulously handcolored to document the extent of the damage being wrought on the city. The bomb sight web map and mobile app reveals ww2 bomb census maps between 7101940 and 06061941, previously available only by viewing them in the reading room of the national archives. The book finishes with another 50 pages of wellreproduced blackandwhite photographs of the bomb damage and recovery efforts. The london county council bomb damage mapsmeticulously the aerial bombardment of london during the second world war is one of the most significant events in the. The book is immaculately presented and is an essential part of any londonphiles coffeetable book collection. The bomb damage map is just the latest in a treasure trove of historical maps available on layers of london.
The meticulously handcoloured bomb damage maps of london in. These maps are kept at the london metropolitan archives, who also have a facsimile set on public view. The meticulously handcoloured bomb damage maps of london. The london county council bomb damage maps, 19391945 9780500518250. The information relates mostly to damage to domestic, industrial and commercial properties in london but also covers the rest of england, wales, scotland and. London suffered severe damage, but 10 german bombers were downed.