About this map

A map of the history of inner London, roughly Zones 1 and 2. Large pins are highlights with a short story. Smaller dots, which appear as you zoom in, are other historic places and commemorative plaques. A dot with a dark ring has a story from Joolz Guides.

Sources and credits

• Highlight stories were written for this map with the help of Claude, an AI model, and have not all been checked line by line against sources. Each links to Wikipedia for the fuller account.
• Other places come from Wikidata (CC0), with summaries from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
• Notes headed “From Joolz Guides” are what Joolz tells about a place on his London walks, summarised from his videos with his kind permission. They are his telling, legends included, and have not been checked against other sources.
• Plaques come from Open Plaques (public domain).
• Photos are from Wikimedia Commons; each is credited where it appears.
• Base map © OpenStreetMap contributors, tiles by OpenFreeMap and OpenMapTiles, drawn with MapLibre.