Thomas Allen (topographer)

Thomas Allen (1803–1833) was an English topographer.

[1] Allen was the son of a map engraver who died of cholera on 7 July 1833.

[1] In 1827 Allen published a quarto volume, The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Lambeth and the Archiepiscopal Palace, with illustrations, mainly drawn and etched by himself.

He later published:[1] and he began in 1830 a History of the County of Lincoln, with engravings after his own drawings, which was completed after his death and published in 1834.

[1] Allen also published guide-books to London and the Zoological Gardens, contributed some plates and articles to the Gentleman's Magazine, and projected A Historical and Topographical Atlas of England and Wales, which he did not live to attempt.