London-1861

CBTM: 
22099
Map date: 
21.6.1861
Repository reference: 
CUL Maps.31.86.46
Town name: 
London, Westminster, Southwark, Stepney, Shoreditch, Islington, Marylebone, Paddington, Kensington, Chelsea, Lambeth, Greenwich
Map type: 
General Purpose
Extent of cover: 
whole built-up area
National grid reference: 
TQ320811
Exeter coverage diagram reference: 
TQ 3181
Map title: 
'Plan of the cities of London & Westminster the boroughs of Marylebone, Finsbury, Tower Hamlets, Southwark, & Lambeth.'
Dedicee of map: 
[Main map: The proprietors, directors and officials of the railway & steam packet companies, shipowners, and merchants of the United Kingdom.]
Comments on map: 
Inset on sheets 19 and 20 of 'Clarke's Railway and Steam Navigation Map of the United Kingdom of Gt. Britain & Ireland, the Isle of Man & Channel Islands, and part of the Empire of France... by Samuel Clarke, C.E., F.R.G.S.... 1860'. Inset plans: top left, Dublin; top right, Edinburgh; bottom left, London; bottom right, Paris. Printing information on sheets 19 and 21, where '27' and publication date have been pasted on.
Scale: 
1:21,120
Map-maker: 
Samuel Clarke, C.E., F.R.G.S., 27 Upper Brook St, Ipswich [author, pb], S.H. Cowell, Ipswich [pr].
Production mode: 
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]: 
59.2 x 40.8
Number of parts: 
1
Colouring: 
general highlighting of district, transport.: Hand-coloured; railways multi-coloured.
Stated measurements: 
other: A few mileages by railway stations.
Road names: 
generally
Building names: 
royal palaces, important buildings only, outside built-up area only
Buildings: 
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Canals: 
shown
Water transport infrastructure: 
docks, jetties, piers, naval dockyards, river stairs, wharfs
Ferries: 
ferry
Railways: 
routes, goods depots, named, passenger stations
Industry: 
bricks/tiles, chemicals, engineering, food/drink, oil/soap etc, rope walk, textiles, timber, uncertain, misc: Factory, Cable Factories, Vitriol Factory, Mr Cubitt's Yd & Shops, White Lead Works.
Sanitary and utility information: 
gas works, water works
Places of Worship: 
incompletely shown
Cemeteries: 
shown
Miscellaneous religious: 
Convent.
Public buildings: 
town hall/administrative, customs, police, central government
Penal: 
jails/reformatories
Defence and military: 
barracks
Welfare and charitable: 
almshouses, blind, deaf & dumb, hospitals, orphanages, workhouses, misc: Philanthropic Institution, Asylum.
Education and academic: 
schools, further educational/colleges, observatories: [Royal Observatory].
Markets and exchanges: 
exchanges, markets
Service and professional: 
Inns of Court, Bank of England
Business & commercial: 
East India Company
Inns, hospitality & refreshment: 
out-of-town inns only: [A few riverside ones].
Leisure and entertainment: 
theatres, etc, museums, art galleries, misc: Colessium, Pantheon.
Clubs and societies: 
learned societies, trade and livery company halls
Monuments: 
statues
Waterbodies: 
shown
Recreation and sports venues: 
sports grounds
Parkland: 
public parks, private parks and ornamental ground
Gardens: 
shown, market gardens, nurseries
Relief: 
shown partially: [Primrose Hill].
Public/administrative boundaries: 
uncertain: May be boroughs.
Landowners and occupiers: 
industrial owners
Known copies of map: 
[Not in Ralph Hyde.] BOL C15(87), CUL Maps.31.86.46 [railway & steam navigation map]; BOL C15(87A) [geological map].
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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