London-1813 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18726

Map Date:

10.1.1813

Repository reference:

BLML Maps *3480 (89)

Town name:

London, Westminster, Southwark

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TQ320811

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TQ 3181

Map title:

'Wallis's guide for strangers, through London and Westminster 1813.'

Comments on map:

Alphabetical list of 'principal streets' below map.

Scale:

1:15,840*

Map-maker:

J. Wallis, 42 Skinner St [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

59.2 x 39.6

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Only infilled (stipple) within city limits.

Turnpikes:

shown

Canals:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

river stairs

Sanitary and utility information:

reservoirs, water works

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, central government

Defence and military:

barracks, castles/forts/batteries, magazines/arsenals: [Also Fort east of Bermondsey Spa].

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, hospitals, mental, orphanages, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough: [City of London: buildings stippled inside].

Known copies of map:

DH217: BLML Maps 25.a.40, GL [1798: DH217(1)]; BL [1799: DH217(2)]; GL [1800: DH217(2a)];

Industry:

textiles: [Tenters].

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc

Parkland:

public parks, private parks and ornamental ground

Waterbodies:

shown

Commons:

shown

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Reference system:

squaring: Rectangles, optimistically described as 'squares' in note below the street-index.

Cemeteries:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1868-1876

1:1056

1:2500

1:10,560

1894-7

1:1056

1:2500

1:10,560

1848-51

1:1056

1:5280

1:10,560

Skeleton survey