London-1870 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19575

Map date:

? 1870

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 5.a.33

Town name:

London, Westminster, Southwark, Lambeth

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TQ320811

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TQ 3181

Map title:

[Cover:] 'Plan of London', [Map:] 'Black's plan of London.'

Comments on map:

Shows site of 1851 exhibition, but not that of 1862: also omits Royal Albert Hall.

Scale:

1:19,495

Map-maker:

J. Bartholomew Edinr. F.R.G.S. [dr, eng], A. & C. Black, Edinburgh [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

66.7 x 53.0

Number of parts:

Legends:

boundaries, transport: Underground railways and stations.

Reference system:

squaring: 0.5-mile; origin at St Pauls, but with independent alpha-numeric system.

Road names:

generally

Building names:

partly

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Hatched building infill.

Canals:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, piers, river stairs

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations: Underground lines by single line with close-spaced bars; overground by ladders. Railway information sometimes out of date, e.g. reference to Eastern Counties Railway [had become Great Eastern Railway in 1862].

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, water works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Cemeteries:

shown

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, hospitals, mental, orphanages, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Service and professional:

banks

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

shown

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc

Waterbodies:

shown

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough, postal districts.

Known copies of map:

Tower Hamlets library map 247 ['c.1860]; ?BOL G.A.Lond.8o 109 [1862: in London & its environs]; BLML Maps 5.a.33 [1870: received 9.45]. [Not mentioned in Ralph Hyde: is quite independent of the later Bartholomew/W.H. Smith map, Exeter 19577.]

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