Old Railway Map of England and Wales in 1881 by A.K. Johnston - Great Western, Midland, LNWR Size:50x70 cm - UNFRAMED On the Surrey side

On the Surrey side

and mountainous ridge tells a story of shifting empires

making it one of the most densely built single sheets in the entire survey

It also makes a considerate work leaving gift for a colleague heading back to Northern Ireland

Old Railway Map of England and Wales in 1881 by A.K. Johnston - Great Western, Midland, LNWR Size:50x70 cm - UNFRAMED On the Surrey sideBy 1881, when A. K. Johnston published this railway map of England and Wales, the country's rail network had reached its Victorian peak, a dense mesh of competing companies criss crossing every county and connecting almost every town of any size to the national system. Johnston, part of the Edinburgh based mapmaking firm that had built a reputation for precise, information dense charts, produced this sheet as a practical reference for travellers