London-1835
CBTM:
18476
Map date:
[1835]
Repository reference:
[University of Exeter collection]
Town name:
London, Southwark, Westminster
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
TQ320811
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TQ 3181
Map title:
'London, Published under the Superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.'
Comments on map:
Recorded from Melville C. Branch, An atlas of rare city maps, New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 1997. General impression of fitting in everything which reasonably can be fitted in.
Scale:
1:21,120
Map-maker:
B.R. Davies [eng], Society for Diffusion of Useful Knowledge [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
50.3 x 31.5
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
boundaries, land-use, roads, water: Main roads, parks.
Stated measurements:
other: Bridge lengths; annotation to Isle of Dogs that is seven feet below high water.
Road names:
generally
Building names:
outside built-up area only, royal palaces
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Turnpikes:
shown
Canals:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
river stairs, wharfs: Numerous.
Railways:
named, routes: London & Birmingham, London & Greenwich: neither have stations.
Miscellaneous transport-related:
Thames Tunnel.
Post and telegraphs:
flagstaff: By riverside.
Industry:
misc, bricks/tiles, chemicals, engineering, food/drink, furniture/pottery, lime/cement, metallurgical processing, oil/soap etc, paper/print, rope walk, ship yards, textiles: Include 'colour', pearl ash, patent cables.
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, reservoirs, water works
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively: Some evidently not described, notably in City of London; evident bias to Anglican. Jews Chapel north of Bethnel Green.
Cemeteries:
shown
Public buildings:
central government, town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries
Welfare and charitable:
misc, almshouses, hospitals, infirmaries, mental, workhouses: e.g. Philanthropic Society.
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
out-of-town inns only, tea-gardens
Leisure and entertainment:
etc, theatres: Buildings such as Colessium by Regents Park, away from inner core.
Waterbodies:
shown
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground, public parks, zoological gardens: [Includes some evidently public gardens].
Gardens:
shown, nurseries
Other land-uses & land-cover:
marsh/wetland
Commons:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
areas named (no boundaries shown), borough: [City of London]: counties named, but no boundaries.
Landowners and occupiers:
notable residents: [Occasional suburban ones, e.g. Sir H. Taylor's Villa in Regents Park].
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Top right: View of Tower from London Bridge, and View of London from Holloway; at bottom: comparative elevations of 24 important buildings.
Known copies of map:
CUL Maps.BB.71.83.2, Maps.71.83.1, GL, Tower Hamlets library maps 135, 361 [1835: DH354(1)]; Westminster Archives Map Cabt C, Ashbridge 061; RGS England & Wales S.573 [Whitehall Press, 1976: ? from DH354(2)]; Bishopsgate Institute, British Library Maps 3480(332), GL, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [DH354(2)]; Southwark Library Map Cabt 1, Map 399; RGS 7.H.14 [pl 185-6 in SDUK atlas, 1843]; RGS 7.H.15 [1860: not in DH or H]; Bishopsgate Institute L.18 [1843: Chapman & Hall for SDUK; facsimile Moretonhampstead: Old House Books, 1992]; Bodleian Library G1.C16.6 [1843/1992: in Ashley Baynton-Williams, Town and city maps of the British Isles 1800-1855, London: Studio Editions, 1992]; [1997: included in Melville C. Branch, An atlas of rare city maps, New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 1997].
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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