City of London-London: Broad Street Ward-1795 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18375

Map Date:

[1795]

Repository reference:

BL 1854.a.16

Historic county:

City of London

Town name:

London: Broad Street Ward, Cornhill Ward, Walbrook Ward, Dowgate Ward

Map type:

Ward

Extent of cover:

fragmentary

National grid reference:

TQ328812

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TQ 3281

Map title:

'Plan of Broad Street & Cornhill Wards...', 'Plan of Walbrook & Dowgate Wards'.

Comments on map:

In Richard Skinner, A new & complete history & description of the cities of London, Westminster, the borough of Southwark, & parts adjacent, London: Hogg, 1796, fp.396. Broad Street 1:3600; Walbrook 1:2400.

Scale:

1:3600*

Map-maker:

Royce [eng].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

19.0 x 31.2

Number of parts:

2

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

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

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Defence and military:

town walls

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, misc: Steel Yard.

Public/administrative boundaries:

Parish, Ward

Known copies of map:

Ralph Hyde's ward map catalogue, no. 40(3). Thornton 1784 (fp 396) [HW40(1)]; Thornton n.d. [HW40(2)]; Skinner 1795 (fp 396) [HW40(3)]: 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; BLML Maps 3495(21) [original]; [1999: Ralph Hyde, Ward maps of the City of London, London Topographical Society, 1999].

Gardens:

shown

Service and professional:

banks

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative

Clubs and societies:

trade and livery company halls

Borders:

decorative

Tenement boundaries group:

incomplete