Apologies if this has been posted before but I did try to do a search and nothing came up. For anyone interested, the London County Council Bomb Damage Maps are available to be viewed online for free via the website www.layersoflondon.org They have all manner of different overlays that can be used from 1270 to the present day, including the RAF aerial photographs of 1945-1949 which shows the bomb sites and extensive rebuilding programme as well as ordnance survey and inland revenue maps that show the street layouts and names before the Blitz and the rebuilding swept them away. Multiple layers can be shown with the ability to fade one over the other.
Thanks for the post, looks interesting. There is also this which has been mentioned on the forum before: Bomb Sight - Mapping the London Blitz
However, I do have a small request for information. As it didn't form part of the London County Council, does anyone have access to the bomb damage map for Canning Town (partial)-West Ham-Silvertown (partial) area as that is the area I am interested in seeing due to my dad living there during the Blitz. I believe it is held by Essex County Council ( Essex Archives Online - Catalogue: C/W 4/36 ) but does anyone have a copy? EDIT: I have found the relevant email address and have emailed them and await the answer as to getting a copy.
Aye, I have had that really good site bookmarked for a while now. They used to have an app (or plans for one) but I can't seem to find it so it doesn't look like that exists anymore.
There is a West Ham bomb map in Cyril Demarne's first edition of his wartime fireman's book but surprisingly, seeing as it was one of the most bombed parts of Britain, has had no proper post-war published history of its air raids.
Thank you. I have this which is in a Newham article about Black Saturday but unfortunately it is hard to make out what parts of the key correspond with the markings on the map except for the V-1 & V-2 strikes. I have also had a reply from Essex County Council confirming that they have a bomb damage map for the area that has the street in that I am looking for but unfortunately it was drawn up in 18th November 1940 so misses out any damage sustained after that date. They are happy to provide a digital copy for £4.40.
Wow - West Ham really did get clobbered. It doesn't help that some of the pins have clearly fallen out of the map and the key!
When you see the map it shows how randon the bombing was without the technology we have now post here London Blitz:Saturday 7th September 1940 — Black Saturday
