City of London-London: Aldgate Ward-1784
CBTM:
18380
Map Date:
? 1784
Repository reference:
BL 1854.a.16
Historic county:
City of London
Town name:
London: Aldgate Ward, Lime Street Ward, Queenhithe Ward, Vintry Ward
Map type:
Ward
Extent of cover:
fragmentary
National grid reference:
TQ332811
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TQ 3281
Map title:
'Plan of Aldgate Ward...', 'Plan of Lime Street Ward...', 'Plan of Queen Hith and Vintry Wards, divided into parishes, from a new survey'.
Comments on map:
Three separate plans on one plate, 'Engraved for Thornton's Complete History & survey of London & Westminster'. Aldgate is 1:4752*, the other two 1:3960*.
Scale:
1:3960*
Map-maker:
Royce [eng].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
20.2 x 32.0
Number of parts:
3
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Some public buildings pictorial.
Water transport infrastructure:
quays: Named.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively: Including Jews Synagogue.
Public buildings:
central government
Defence and military:
town walls
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Public/administrative boundaries:
Parish, Ward, misc: 'Precincts' in Aldgate Ward.
Known copies of map:
Ralph Hyde's ward map catalogue, no.14. Thornton 1784 (fp 388): BL 1854.a.16 [William Thornton, The new, complete & universal history, description & survey of the cities of London, Westminster, the borough of Southwark, & parts adjacent (London: Hogg 1784)]; Richard Skinner, A new & complete history & description of the cities of London, Westminster, the borough of Southwark, & parts adjacent, London: Hogg, 1796 [original]; [1999: Ralph Hyde, Ward maps of the City of London, London Topographical Society, 1999] [HW14].
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative
Borders:
decorative
Business & commercial:
East India Company: [East India House and Warehouse].
Tenement boundaries group:
incomplete: Aldgate Within Ward only.
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