City of London-London: Billingsgate Ward-1767
CBTM:
18363
Map Date:
[1767]
Repository reference:
BL PP 5437
Historic county:
City of London
Town name:
London: Billingsgate Ward, Bridge Ward Within
Map type:
Ward
Extent of cover:
fragmentary
National grid reference:
TQ329818
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TQ 3281
Map title:
'Billingsgate Ward and Bridge Ward Within, with their divisions into parishes, according to a new survey.'
Comments on map:
Issued with London Magazine, March 1767. On right are vignettes of St Mary at Hill and St Botolph. Ralph Hyde attributes this to Thomas Bowen, on the grounds of similarity to the Queenhithe and Vintry map [Exeter 18382].
Scale:
1:1260
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
23.0 x 16.7
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Public buildings pictorial.
Water transport infrastructure:
quays: Named.
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Public/administrative boundaries:
Parish, Ward
Known copies of map:
Ralph Hyde's ward map catalogue, no. 20. BL PP 5437 [original]; [1999: Ralph Hyde, Ward maps of the City of London, London Topographical Society, 1999] [HW20].
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative
Clubs and societies:
trade and livery company halls
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Vignettes of two churches.
Arms and heraldry:
aldermen: [William Beckford and William Stephenson (Hyde indicates they are aldermen)].
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