London-1865 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21468

Map Date:

[? 1865]

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 4.e.11

Town name:

Paddington, Lambeth, Marylebone, 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:

'The Landmarks of London revised by John Dower F.R.G.S.'

Comments on map:

Plate 78 in Cassell's British Atlas..., London: Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, n.d. [BM RD blue 3 MA 65.] Main roads and more important sidestreets only: much clearer than usual for mapping of London at this time. Is it too much to suggest influence from the Ordnance Survey skeleton survey? List of consulates, bottom left, and telegraph offices, with owning companies, bottom right.

Scale:

1:14,080*

Map-maker:

John Dower [author], Cassell, Petter & Gilpin, La Belle Sauvage Yard, Ludgate Hill, E.C. [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

63.0 x 45.5

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

postal, transport, other: Bus routes, insurance, post and money order offices, banks, railways.

Road names:

partly

Building names:

royal palaces, important buildings only

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised

Canals:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, piers

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively: With dedications.

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, customs, police, central government, misc: Embassies.

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks, town walls

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, hospitals, orphanages, workhouses, misc: Industrial Home for Girls.

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

Ralph Hyde's no.71. BL, GL, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [1:1:60, in Weekly Dispatch, also in Weekly Dispatch Atlas, 1863: H.71(1)]; CUL Atlas.3.86.6, Lambeth-Minet 2/[1863]/MF(a) (AP 867) [1863: H.71(2)]; BLML Maps 4.e.11, GL [1865, in Cassell's British Atlas: H.71(3)]; BL [1877, in Bacon's illustrated guide: H.71(4)].

Industry:

food/drink, paper/print, misc: Royal Mint.

Railways:

routes, goods depots, named, passenger stations

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, public halls, theatres, etc, museums, art galleries, misc: Coliseum.

Parkland:

botanic gardens, public parks

Service and professional:

banks, insurance offices, newspaper offices, misc: Money order offices.

Road transport:

bus routes

Waterbodies:

shown

Clubs and societies:

learned societies, trade and livery company halls, unspecified

Monuments:

obelisks, statues

Post and telegraphs:

post offices: [Shown by +].

Cemeteries:

shown

Retail activity:

limited range: Various well-known names in posher streets, e.g. Parkins & Gotto, Stationers, in Oxford Street. 'Cassells Publishing Office' is suitably prominent.

Miscellaneous street furniture:

London Stone.

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

hotels or principal inns only

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