London-1845
CBTM:
23263
Map Date:
? 1845
Repository reference:
Guildhall Library, Folded Maps 1845 k1290635
Town name:
Deptford, Greenwich, Chelsea, Hampstead, Islington, Paddington, Stepney, Battersea, Camberwell, Lambeth, Rotherhithe, Marylebone, St Pancras, London, Westminster, Southwark, Whitechapel, Hackney, Bermondsey
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
TQ320811
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TQ 3181
Map title:
'Crutchley's new plan of London improved'.
Comments on map:
Seems to be good litho transfer of engraved original. Dating from Darlington & Howgego (DH388a): conforms with railway evidence. Margin advertises an extended version.
Scale:
1:12,672
Map-maker:
G.F. Crutchley, 81 Fleet St, London (from 38 Ludgate St) [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
114.5 x 84.0
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
boundaries
Colouring:
water, boundaries, land-use, transport.: Main roads sienna, water blue, open spaces green, railways red, projected ditto blue: all hand-coloured.
Road names:
generally
Building names:
royal palaces, important buildings only, outside built-up area only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: What may be projected villas at e.g. Haverstock Park are shown without infill.
Turnpikes:
shown
Mills:
windmills, (unspecified type)
Canals:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, piers, river stairs, boat houses, wharfs, misc: Offices; some piers T-plan.
Sanitary and utility information:
conduits, gas works, reservoirs, water works
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively: City churches not named.
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, customs, police, central government, Parliament, internal revenue
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
barracks, volunteer parade grounds, misc.: Gt Gun, Bomb [both west of Horseguards].
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, blind, hospitals, mental, orphanages, workhouses, misc: [Blind Schl], Philanthropic Institution.
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges, observatories: [Royal Observatory].
Markets and exchanges:
bazaars, exchanges, markets: [Horse Bazaar].
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Woodland:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough, Parish: [Parishes shown in outer parts only].
Known copies of map:
Darlington & Howgego's no.388a: GL Folded Maps 1845bk1290635 [DH388a].
Industry:
bricks/tiles, chemicals, distilling, food/drink, lime/cement, ship yards, oil/soap etc, paper/print, rope walk, textiles, warehousing, timber, uncertain, misc: Kiln; Floor Cloth, Pearl Ash, Royal Mint, Sail cloth, Terra Cotta, Turpentine, Cubitt's Yard and Workshop.
Railways:
routes, goods depots, motive power depots, named, passenger stations, projected or otherwise unbuilt lines, misc: Statny Engines at Chalk Farm.
Gardens:
shown, nurseries
Leisure and entertainment:
art galleries, misc: Coliseum, Diorama.
Parkland:
botanic gardens, public parks, private parks and ornamental ground, zoological gardens
Service and professional:
Inns of Court, Bank of England
Landowners and occupiers:
industrial owners
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
learned societies, trade and livery company halls, unspecified
Commons:
shown
Borders:
keyboard type: Interlaced-black-keys type: wide and fairly heavy.
Monuments:
columns, Monuments: [Nelson Column, Wellington Monument].
Post and telegraphs:
flagstaff
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Reference system:
squaring: 0.5-mile: no letters or numbers.
Ferries:
ferry
Cemeteries:
shown
Walls, embankments, etc:
Hedges shown in fields.
Business & commercial:
East India Company
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
shown, tea-gardens
Stated measuerments:
other: Mileages from London Bridge in Thames; a few railway tuinnel lengths.
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
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