City of London-London: Billingsgate Ward-1767 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

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)].