‘The Weekly Dispatch’ newspaper between the years 1856 and 1862 included in each edition a map of a part of the world. During this period a total of 118 maps were issued. The maps bear the distinctive sign of a half globe with the figure of Mercury above. The engravers varied but included John Dower and Edward Weller. In 1863 ‘The Dispatch Atlas’ was published which contained a series of English county maps. The two were combined in 1865 as ‘Cassell’s Complete Atlas’. With many maps in a large scale of areas not often seen, including a number a town plans. This plan is fascinating to study. The Hammersmith Flyover now cuts across just below “Broadway” on the map, King Street and the Hammersmith Road are ever present features. The main line West London Railway is present and where it intersects the Hammersmith Road we find a large Nursery, now the site of Olympia. Further down Warwick Road we find now Earls Court. Holland Park is present and still largely unchanged. Upper left we find the New Road, better known now as Goldhawk Road leading at the border into Shepherd’s Bush Common. At the bottom of the map on the Fulham Road is the Fulham Union Workhouse, now Charing Cross Hospital. The scale is remarkable with individual buildings shown and many identified. Beresiner pp. 85-7; refer Carroll no. 120.