City of London-London: Billingsgate-1720 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19392

Map Date:

[1720]

Repository reference:

TNA [PRO] Library

Historic county:

City of London

Town name:

Bridge Ward Within, London: Billingsgate

Map type:

Ward

Extent of cover:

fragmentary

National grid reference:

TQ329807

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

*

Map title:

'Billingsgate Ward and Bridge Ward Within with its division into parishes, taken from the last survey.'

Comments on map:

In: John Stow, revised John Strype, A survey of the cities of London and Westminster, and the borough of Southwark, 6th edition, London: Innys, etc, 2 vols, 1754-5, Vol I (1754), f.p. 486.

Scale:

1:2160

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

17.8 x 31.0

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

other: Note re unnamed courts, etc.

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Some public buildings pictorial.

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only, (pictorial)

Public/administrative boundaries:

Parish, Ward

Known copies of map:

Ralph Hyde's ward map catalogue, no. 18(2). Strype 1720 (I, bk 2, fp 65) [HW18(1)]; Strype 1754-5 (I, fp 486) [HW18(2)]. [In book form:] BL 1791.d.5, HLL 942.1 [1720]; BL 189.F.10, BOL E 10.31, Douce S.Subt 45, 46, TNA [PRO] Library [open access] [1754-5, ed 6].

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative

Clubs and societies:

trade and livery company halls

Monuments:

Monuments, (pictorial)

Symbolic elements:

Face: at bottom of cartouche.

Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:

Shipping and rowed boats in river.

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

shown