Middlesex-London: Broad Street Ward-1756 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22263

Map Date:

[1756]

Repository reference:

BL 190.f.11-12

Historic county:

Middlesex

Town name:

London: Broad Street Ward, Cornhill Ward

Map type:

Ward

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TQ328812

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TQ 3281

Map title:

'Broad Street Ward, divided into parishes according to a new survey', 'Cornhill Ward, divided into parishes according to a new survey.'

Comments on map:

In William Maitland 'and others', The history and survey of London from its foundation to the present time, II, London: Osborne, etc, 1756, f.p 838.

Scale:

1:1440*

Map-maker:

B. Cole [eng].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

47.5 x 36.3

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Some public, etc, buildings are pictorial.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively, (pictorial): Anglican and French churches are pictorial.

Education and academic:

further educational/colleges

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges

Public/administrative boundaries:

Parish, Ward

Known copies of map:

Ralph Hyde's ward map catalogue, no. 38: Maitland, 1756 (II, fp 838), 1760, 1772, 1775 [William Maitland, The history of London from its foundation to the present time (London: Osborne 1756, 1760), or Maitland & John Etick (same title) (London: Wilkie 1772, 1775) (also English Architecture, or the publick buildings of London and Westminster, London: Osborne 1760) [Eng Arch: BL K.60.g.5]

Gardens:

shown

Service and professional:

banks

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative

Clubs and societies:

trade and livery company halls

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Top left: St Christopher, Threadneedle St; right centre and bottom: St Bartholomew behind the Royal Exchange, St Bennet Finch, Threadneedle St.

Arms and heraldry:

dedicee of map

Dedicee of map:

Thomas Rawlinson, Esq., Alderman of Broad Street Ward and Francis Cockayne, Esq., Alderman of Cornhill Ward in 1755.

Business & commercial:

South Seas Company

Tenement boundaries group:

incomplete