Middlesex-Westminster-1756 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22851

Map Date:

[1756]

Repository reference:

Westminster Archives L.13 (1750)

Historic county:

Middlesex

Town name:

Bishops Waltham, Westminster

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TQ295795

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TQ 3181

Map title:

'A new and accurate plan of the City of Westminster the Dutchy of Lancaster and places adjacent'.'

Comments on map:

Title placed to make the map landscape: text on map proper is for landscape.

Scale:

1:11,520*

Map-maker:

B. Cole [eng].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

36.3 x 23.3 [map: 37.7 x 24.3].

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

royal palaces, important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Water transport infrastructure:

river stairs

Sanitary and utility information:

water works

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Public buildings:

central government, Parliament

Defence and military:

drill halls

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Known copies of map:

In book form: in 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

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Waterbodies:

shown

Decorative cartouches:

symbolic/non-realistic: Leaves and flowers to left and right.

Relief:

shown partially: [Slopes near Constitution Hill].

Symbolic elements:

Leaves and flowers: on left and right of cartouche.

Ferries:

ferry

Ordnance Survey's

1848-50

1:1056

1:5280

1:10,560

Skeleton survey

1868-70

1:1056

1:2500

1:10,560

1893-4

1:1056

1:2500

1:10,560