In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Moorfields like this:

Moorfields, Little, eccl. dist., St Giles without Cripplegate par., London City, pop. 1390.

Moorfields through time

Moorfields is now part of CITY OF LONDON District. Click here for graphs and data of how CITY OF LONDON has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Moorfields itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Moorfields, in City of London and London | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/31037

Date accessed: 11th November 2025


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